Competitiveness Resources

Backgrounds and General Information
23-Nov-05	IT’s Global Future in Play at ITAA’s Executive Leadership Summit America’s competitive position in the global information economy was a consistent theme throughout ITAA’s 2005 Executive Leadership Summit in Phoenix held Nov. 13-14. More than 100 senior IT executives, financial analysts and major technology buyers participated in an intimate two-day program focus More...
14-Sep-05	Alliance Launched for Public Community Colleges, Four-Year Colleges/Universities and Workforce Investment Boards ITAA is pleased to announce the creation of the National IT Education Alliance (NITEA) focused exclusively on Workforce Investment Boards, community colleges, and four-year colleges and universities. NITEA offers these groups ITAA membership at a cost far below th More...

Briefs and Filings
17-Dec-07	CGI, Northrop Grumman Open New Facilities in Rural Virginia ITAA members CGI Group Inc. and Northrop Grumman Corp. each unveiled new facilities in Lebanon, Va., a town of about 3200 people in the Southwestern corner of the state. The announcements demonstrate the opportunity for the U.S. to further boost IT employment and sharpen its competitive edge by More...

Briefs and Filings

17-Dec-07

CGI, Northrop Grumman Open New Facilities in Rural Virginia

ITAA members CGI Group Inc. and Northrop Grumman Corp. each unveiled new facilities in Lebanon, Va., a town of about 3200 people in the Southwestern corner of the state.

The announcements demonstrate the opportunity for the U.S. to further boost IT employment and sharpen its competitive edge by More...

Comment and Letters
24-May-07	ITAA Expresses Concerns with Senate Immigration Bill ITAA recently told members of the U.S. Senate that it cannot support the compromise bill on comprehensive immigration reform in its current form because it "seems to give short shrift to innovation and the competitiveness of America’s high tech industries." The Association expressed its concerns i More...
16-Sep-05	Accessibilty Forum Comments More...

Links
14-Sep-05	U.S. Department of Education More...
14-Sep-05	U.S. Department of Labor, Employment & Training More...
14-Sep-05	U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics More...
14-Sep-05	US Department of Commerce, Technology Administration More...
14-Sep-05	National Science Foundation More...
14-Sep-05	Educational Testing Service, ICT Literacy More...
14-Sep-05	President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) More...
14-Sep-05	OECD Programme for International Student Assessment More...
14-Sep-05	Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS) More...
14-Sep-05	Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP) More...
14-Sep-05	National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET) More...

Other
18-Nov-05	Department of Education CIO Shares Views Michell Clark does not need to say much before his background as a West Point trained engineer begins to emerge. Now the Acting Assistant Secretary for Management, Acting CIO and Acting Chief Human Capital Officer at the U.S. Department of Education, Clark is interested in solutions but his primary More...

Positions and Statements
01-Jan-05	Racing to the Horizon: Competition, Innovation and Enlightened Public Policy More...
06-Aug-03	ITAA Global Sourcing Principles Adopted August 6, 2003 The U.S. IT Industry must Remain Pre-eminent in World Markets ITAA is committed to retaining the pre-eminence of the U.S. IT industry in global markets. To be the best, U.S. IT firms must continue to perform research, to generate innovative new prod More...

Positions and Statements

01-Jan-05

Racing to the Horizon: Competition, Innovation and Enlightened Public Policy

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06-Aug-03

ITAA Global Sourcing Principles

Adopted August 6, 2003

The U.S. IT Industry must Remain Pre-eminent in World Markets
ITAA is committed to retaining the pre-eminence of the U.S. IT industry in global markets. To be the best, U.S. IT firms must continue to perform research, to generate innovative new prod More...

Presentations
11-Nov-05	Diversity in the IT Workforce Women and minorities are significantly underrepresented in the IT workforce. This 2005 presentation presents data on IT workforce diversity and what can be done to better tap this talent pool. More...
01-Nov-05	Global Insight Presentation More...
04-Oct-05	ITAA Joins AARP National Advisory Council to Address Workforce Issues for Mature Workers ITAA has joined AARP and 23 other major national associations from business, industry and nonprofit on a National Advisory Council of Organizations to encourage national dialogue on the value of the mature workforce in different industry sectors. Participating business and industry groups will dev More...
16-Sep-05	Diversity Barriers and Best Practices More...
05-May-03	2003 IT Workforce Study More...

Press Release
14-May-08	ITAA, Commerce Encourage Companies to Support Tech Education for Women and Minority Small Businesses Arlington, VA - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the Technology Partnership for Small Business Task Force today joined with the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce in a call to America’s IT companies to help small and mid-size mi More...
20-Dec-07	ITAA Calls First Session a ‘Mixed Bag’ for Innovation Arlington, VA - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today praised Congress for passing federal funding for Fiscal Year 2008 -- a task critical to government modernization initiatives -- but expressed frustration that lawmakers are leaving town without acting on urgent threats to More...
27-Jul-07	ITAA Applauds Potential Spectrum Access Compromise Arlington, VA - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today welcomed movement toward agreement on spectrum auction rules which would require a portion of the auctioned airwaves to be available to any wireless device. An FCC vote on the auction's rules is scheduled for next Tuesday More...
26-Jun-07	ITAA Decries Pending Lapse of Trade Promotion Authority Arlington, VA - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today said the expiration of the President’s authority to negotiate free trade agreements will virtually eliminate America’s ability to expand U.S. businesses’ access to markets around the world. "With no plans in Congress More...
05-Jun-07	ITAA Asks Senate to Preserve DOD Access to U.S. Information Technologies Arlington, VA -The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today wrote the members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, asking them to reject provisions on Department of Defense (DoD) use of specialty metals included in the Fiscal Year 2008 Defense Authorization Act pass More...
23-Mar-07	ITAA Praises Bi-Partisan Immigration Reform Bill Measure Would Make America More Competitive Arlington, VA - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today applauded the introduction of a comprehensive, bi-partisan, immigration reform bill, which includes provisions to ease restrictions on high-tech business immigration. Reps. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and Jeff Flake (R.-Ariz More...
06-Jan-06	ITAA Applauds Extension of Defense Education Assistance Program Arlington, VA -- The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) applauded a move by Congress to permanently extend a financial assistance program that benefits students pursuing higher education in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. "This legislation earns h More...
22-Jun-05	ITAA Diversity Study: Numbers of Women, Minorities in Tech Too Low Arlington, VA - Women and most racial minorities remain significantly underrepresented in the U.S. information technology (IT) workforce, according to a new study released today by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA). According to the report , Untapped Talent: Diver More...
20-May-05	ITAA Calls "Buy America" Provision a "Lose-Lose" Proposition Arlington, VA - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today said that a "Buy American" style amendment added to the Homeland Security Authorization Act is bad security policy and bad economic policy. The measure would require 50 percent or more of components in products acquired More...
05-May-05	ITAA to Launch Special Interest Group Program for Educators and Workforce Development Professional Arlington, VA, - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today said it will launch a Special Interest Group (SIG) for educators and workforce development professionals during an Education Forum to be held May 12, 2005, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the George Mason University (GMU) Law Scho More...
22-Mar-05	Ronald E. Freedman to Chair ITAA E-Learning Committee Arlington, VA, – The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today announced that Ronald E. Freedman, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing, VCampus Corporation, has been appointed chairman of its E-Learning Committee. “We are pleased to have an executive w More...
08-Sep-04	Recovery Slight for IT Job Market in 2004 Arlington, VA, Sept. 8, 2004 – The long awaited recovery in the information technology job market could be off to a shaky start with a slight 2 percent increase in IT employment from the first quarter of 2003 to the first quarter of 2004 and a shrinking forecast for growth in the remainder of the More...
02-Jun-04	ITAA Says The Future is Bright, But Workers Must Be Prepared - Association Makes Recommendations For American Workforce Training - Arlington, VA - Dr. Ernst Volgenau, Chairman of the Information Technology Association of America’s (ITAA) Workforce Committee, today in testimony before the House Small Business Committee, called for greater partner More...
02-Jun-04	Dr. Ernst Volgenaus Testimony Before the House Small Business Committee Introduction Good afternoon Chairman Manzullo and other members of the House Committee on Small Business. I am Ernst Volgenau, Chairman and CEO, SRA International, Inc. Today I am representing the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA). ITAA is the leading trade assoc More...
27-Jan-04	ITAA Announces Plans for IT Workforce Convocation Focusing on the IT Worker and the Global Economy Arlington, VA--The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today announced that its seventh annual National IT Workforce Convocation will highlight the new realities of the global economy for the IT workforce. The ITAA National IT Workforce Convocation will tak More...
20-Oct-03	ITAA Cautions Lawmakers to Keep Offshore in Perspective Respond with New Competitive Reality Program Arlington, Virginia, -- Testifying before Congress today, the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) said the flow of IT jobs offshore is not as pervasive as policymakers and the public fear. To the extent that the nation' More...
15-Sep-03	ITAA Survey Explores Issues in Information Security Hiring Arlington, VA - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today released the results of a member survey indicating a significant level of dissatisfaction in the ability of companies to hire information security workers. While 43 percent say job candidates lack sufficient ha More...
12-Aug-03	BearingPoint Executive to Chair ITAA E-Learning Committee Arlington, VA - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today announced that John Higgins, chief learning officer of BearingPoint Inc., one of the world's largest business consulting and systems integration firms, will chair the Association's e-Learning Committee. More...
06-Aug-03	ITAA Says Offshore Reality Presents New Competitiveness Challenges Arlington, VA - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today said that although the United States is the world leader in information technology, its future leadership position cannot be assumed and the nation must take affirmative steps to retain its competitive advantage More...
29-Jul-03	New ITAA Paper on L-1 Visas Clarifies “Specialized Knowledge” for Foreign Information Technology Workers - Association Calls the Visas Critically Important Arlington, VA - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today released a new white paper on the L-1 business immigration visa, focusing on the administration of visas for foreign workers brought to the U.S. to work on information technology projects. “The L-1 program is criti More...
18-Jun-03	ITAA Says International Markets Framework Must Guide U.S. Programs and Policy on Global Challenges Arlington, VA - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today called on U.S. policymakers to craft an approach to domestic and foreign policy trade and workforce issues that reflects the increasingly global nature of high tech markets, while helping U.S. workers to g More...
05-May-03	New ITAA Data Show Decline in Women, Minorities in High Tech Workforce Arlington, VA – A new study released today by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) finds that racial minorities and women made few inroads into high tech employment between 1996 and 2002, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Current Population Surveys. Am More...
05-May-03	New ITAA Study Shows Tech Job Outlook to Remain Soft in 2003 Demand for Workers at Historic Lows, More Positions to be Outsourced Overseas Arlington, VA – Research released today by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) suggests that, failing a dramatic turnaround in the national economy, a recovery in the tech sector in 2003 will most likely continue to be a “jobless” one. The telephone survey of 400 hiring More...
05-May-03	ITAA Recognizes Company Leaders in Disability Employment Association’s IT Works Ability Awards Given to IBM, Microsoft and Xerox At its sixth annual National IT Workforce Convocation in Arlington, Virginia, the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) announced the winners of a new award created to honor employers of people with disabilities in the information technology sector, the IT Works Ability Awar More...
02-Apr-03	ITAA Data Show Overall Information Technology Workforce Grew Slowly in 2002 Hiring Managers Predict Lower Future Demand Arlington, VA - In its latest report on the IT workforce, the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) found little change in the aggregate workforce in the fourth quarter of 2002 as both hiring and dismissals of I More...
29-Jan-03	New Survey Benchmarks Current Practices in Staffing and Designing IT Departments In these uncertain economic times, organizations of all sizes and across all industries are asking the same question: How should our IT function be organized and staffed to meet our rapidly changing business needs? A new survey conducted by people3, Inc., Mercer Human Resource Consulting and t More...
09-Jan-03	ITAA and Disability Law Center Launch Awards Program Arlington, VA--The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), the nation's leading IT industry association, in cooperation with the Law, Health Policy & Disability Center's "IT Works" project, has established the IT Works Ability Awards, a national awards program recognizing IT firms t More...

Studies and Surveys
20-Jul-07	ITAA Releases New Report on Domestic ‘In-Sourcing’ A new report released by ITAA said the U.S. can further boost IT employment and sharpen its competitive edge by turning to locales not known as technology centers. Even with IT employment at a four-year high, the report said the United States could strengthen its position in the global IT market More...
14-Sep-05	Adding Value: Annual IT Workforce Study 2004 More...
22-Jun-05	Diversity in the IT Workforce Women and most racial minorities remain significantly underrepresented in today’s U.S. information technology (IT) workforce. By examining data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Current Population Surveys, this report, like previous ITAA diversity studies conducted in 1998 and 2003, More...
21-Jun-05	Untapped Talent: Diveristy, Competition and America's High Tech Future Women and most racial minorities remain significantly underrepresented in the U.S. information technology (IT) workforce, according to a study released by ITAA. According to the report , Untapped Talent: Diversity, Competition and America's High Tech Future , the percentage of women in IT has actua More...
30-Mar-04	Global Sourcing Study The Impact of Offshore IT Software and Services Outsourcing on the U.S. Economy and the IT Industry ITAA sponsored a ground-breaking study by Global Insight finds that global sourcing strengthens U.S More...
29-Mar-04	Global Sourcing Impact on States More...
05-May-03	2003 IT Workforce Study More...
05-May-03	2003 Diversity in the IT Workforce Study More...
01-May-02	2002 IT Workforce Study More...
13-Apr-01	ITAA Releases 2001 Diversity Survey The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and U.S. Black Engineer & IT Magazine have partnered on a Diversity Survey to gain insights into what strategies are effective for encouraging women and minorities to pursue IT careers. More...

Testimony
14-Sep-05	Opposing a California Bill to Restrict Global Sourcing More...
05-Mar-04	Global Sourcing - The New Competitive Reality More...
19-Feb-04	Opposing Maryland Bill to Restrict Global Sourcing More...
20-Oct-03	03test.pdfThe Offshoring of High Tech Jobs More...

White Paper
03-Nov-05	The Tie that Binds: Innovation, Economic Growth and the STEM Workforce The way forward is clear. Without disciplined, purposeful action now, the nation’s high tech future, and therefore its economic future, are at risk. To remain globally competitive, America must double the number of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) graduates over the next ten years, More...

Competitiveness Resources

IT’s Global Future in Play at ITAA’s Executive Leadership Summit

Alliance Launched for Public Community Colleges, Four-Year Colleges/Universities and Workforce Investment Boards

CGI, Northrop Grumman Open New Facilities in Rural Virginia

ITAA Expresses Concerns with Senate Immigration Bill

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Labor, Employment & Training

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

US Department of Commerce, Technology Administration

National Science Foundation

Educational Testing Service, ICT Literacy

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)

OECD Programme for International Student Assessment

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS)

Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP)

National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET)

Department of Education CIO Shares Views

Racing to the Horizon: Competition, Innovation and Enlightened Public Policy

ITAA Global Sourcing Principles

Diversity in the IT Workforce

ITAA Joins AARP National Advisory Council to Address Workforce Issues for Mature Workers

ITAA, Commerce Encourage Companies to Support Tech Education for Women and Minority Small Businesses

ITAA Calls First Session a ‘Mixed Bag’ for Innovation

ITAA Applauds Potential Spectrum Access Compromise

ITAA Decries Pending Lapse of Trade Promotion Authority

ITAA Asks Senate to Preserve DOD Access to U.S. Information Technologies

ITAA Praises Bi-Partisan Immigration Reform BillMeasure Would Make America More Competitive

ITAA Applauds Extension of Defense Education Assistance Program

ITAA Diversity Study: Numbers of Women, Minorities in Tech Too Low

ITAA Calls "Buy America" Provision a "Lose-Lose" Proposition

ITAA to Launch Special Interest Group Program for Educators and Workforce Development Professional

Ronald E. Freedman to Chair ITAA E-Learning Committee

Recovery Slight for IT Job Market in 2004

ITAA Says The Future is Bright, But Workers Must Be Prepared

Dr. Ernst Volgenaus Testimony Before the House Small Business Committee

ITAA Announces Plans for IT Workforce Convocation Focusing on the IT Worker and the Global Economy

ITAA Cautions Lawmakers to Keep Offshore in Perspective

ITAA Survey Explores Issues in Information Security Hiring

BearingPoint Executive to Chair ITAA E-Learning Committee

ITAA Says Offshore Reality Presents New Competitiveness Challenges

New ITAA Paper on L-1 Visas Clarifies “Specialized Knowledge” for Foreign Information Technology Workers - Association Calls the Visas Critically Important

ITAA Says International Markets Framework Must Guide U.S. Programs and Policy on Global Challenges

New ITAA Data Show Decline in Women, Minorities in High Tech Workforce

New ITAA Study Shows Tech Job Outlook to Remain Soft in 2003Demand for Workers at Historic Lows, More Positions to be Outsourced Overseas

ITAA Recognizes Company Leaders in Disability EmploymentAssociation’s IT Works Ability Awards Given to IBM, Microsoft and Xerox

ITAA Data Show Overall Information Technology Workforce Grew Slowly in 2002

New Survey Benchmarks Current Practices in Staffing and Designing IT Departments

ITAA and Disability Law Center Launch Awards Program

ITAA Releases New Report on Domestic ‘In-Sourcing’

Adding Value: Annual IT Workforce Study 2004

Diversity in the IT Workforce

Untapped Talent: Diveristy, Competition and America's High Tech Future

Global Sourcing Study

ITAA Releases 2001 Diversity Survey

The Tie that Binds: Innovation, Economic Growth and the STEM Workforce

ITAA Praises Bi-Partisan Immigration Reform Bill
Measure Would Make America More Competitive

New ITAA Study Shows Tech Job Outlook to Remain Soft in 2003
Demand for Workers at Historic Lows, More Positions to be Outsourced Overseas

ITAA Recognizes Company Leaders in Disability Employment
Association’s IT Works Ability Awards
Given to IBM, Microsoft and Xerox