The House Armed Services Committee passed legislation on Tuesday that would authorize the Defense Department to enter into agreements with the private sector to arrange for the temporary assignment of Defense IT professionals to private sector jobs, or for private sector IT professionals to be assigned to Defense organizations. The provision, which was included in the fiscal 2010 Defense authorization bill, is part of a package of provisions to reform the IT acquisition process, which has been criticized as too slow considering the frequency at which changes and upgrades of systems are needed.
I wrote a post last week about rotational assignments of cybersecurity professionals in and out of the private sector. Perhaps Defense could be the government's poster child for ushering in these reforms?
Brittany Ballenstedt
Brittany Ballenstedt writes Nextgov's Wired Workplace blog, which delves into the issues facing employees who work in the federal information technology sector. Before joining Nextgov, Brittany covered federal pay and benefits issues as a staff correspondent for Government Executive and served as an associate editor for National Journal's Technology Daily. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Mansfield University and originally hails from Pennsylvania. She currently lives near Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where her husband is stationed.
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