Why is the DON CIO doing workforce planning?
As the DON moves into the 21st century, it must confront the challenges of a high technology workplace. As IM/IT capabilities expand at ever increasing rates, they affect not only warfighting concepts and capabilities, but also the kind and number of people in the workforce. The extraordinary emphasis on the power of information and knowledge has focused enormous interest in the IM/IT workforce. Further, the sweep of digital technologies and the accompanying transformation to a knowledge-based economy have created vast changes in society. The demand for workers able to create, apply and use information is expanding rapidly. As a result, there is intense competition for IM/IT workers in both the private and public sectors. The impact of these environmental factors is reflected in the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996. This requires selected CIOs to assess IM/IT personnel knowledge and skill requirements for their agencies and to develop strategies and specific plans for hiring, training, and pr
