The Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management are looking to former federal chief information officers to help develop a new IT project management career path. FederalNewsRadio.com reports that OMB and OPM held a brainstorming session on Jan. 21 with about 30 industry executives who are members of TechAmerica and IAC.
"They were interested in hearing about the notion of new GS-series and wondering what it should look like, such as the difference between project and program management," one official who attended the meeting told FederalNewsRadio. "It really focused on practical matters. Should it be someone with IT knowledge? Should the person be a mission expert?"
In December, federal CIO Vivek Kundra unveiled a 25-point implementation plan for reforming federal IT, which called on OPM to take steps to significantly enhance the supply of IT program managers, including creating a career path to attract and reward top performers.
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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