workforce

The review, prompted by the notion that high-technology was creating many jobs for the economy, identifies the number of workers employed in high-tech activities in 1996, and shows high-technology employment in 1986, its projections for 2006, and its growth over the 1986–96 and 1996–2006 periods.

The study examines available measures of skills and technology to shed light on the question of whether the growth of a skills gap can account for the growth in wage inequality and whether technology can be identified as playing a role in raising job skill requirements. In general, results indicate that skill requirements rose secularly between the early 1960s and late 1990s but show little evidence of the kind of acceleration that could explain the early 1980s surge in inequality.

The plan presents a comprehensive , multi-faceted approach to the information technology workforce shortage by providing initiatives to increase the supply of qualified technology workers. The plan will be accomplished through additional graduates of IT degree and certificate programs, IT training and retraining for displaced workers and current employees, customized short term training, and expanded and improved technical training in high schools.