The Office of Personnel Management is launching a new initiative designed to attract high school students into information technology careers in the federal government.
OPM Chief Information Officer Matthew Perry announced last week the launch of the 2013 IT Job Shadow Day, an effort to educate and engage high school students on the variety of IT careers in the federal government.
In a blog post on CIO.gov, Perry said students will have the opportunity to shadow federal IT professionals at federal offices across the country to “learn about the innovative work being done to improve transparency, communication and cost efficiencies for American citizens.”
The 2013 job shadow season will run through May 1. Federal employees who would like to volunteer can register on MAX.gov. School faculty and administrators can sign up to participate on the IT Job Shadow Day page on CIO.gov.
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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