LEARNING AT THE SPEED OF CHANGE
Developing the Workforce for Information Technology in the Bay Area

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The ITAA Policy Prescription

ITAA Workforce and Education Agenda

Get Involved in Public/Private Partnerships

• Workforce Investment Act
• • Drives Skill Shortage Issues to Local Level
  • Enlists Business Leadership
  • Facilitates Employee Re-skilling
• ITAA Sponsored WIB Workshop with
  DOL Secretary and CEOs
• • National School-to-Work Office
  • More than 17 regional symposia, 2400 leaders
  • Growing network of Centers of Excellence
  • Techforce Initiative (www.techworkforce.org/programs/stw.htm)
  • Webcasts and more in Year 3
  • Building Linkages -- improving IT education
  
  

Harris Miller, President, Information Technology Association of America
The National Perspective, February 7, 2001
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