{"id":6673,"date":"2018-09-26T20:33:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T20:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opsweb.wpengine.com\/?post_type=pps_publication&#038;p=6673"},"modified":"2022-04-04T00:18:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T04:18:17","slug":"mobilizing-tech-talent","status":"publish","type":"pps_publication","link":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/publications\/mobilizing-tech-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobilizing Tech Talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From delivering high-quality health care to veterans to processing millions of tax returns to regulating autonomous vehicles and drones, agencies depend on&nbsp;<span class=\"markzu1gqsw51\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">tech<\/span>nology and innovation to operate efficiently and deliver effective services to the American people. Yet the federal government lags behind the private sector in hiring qualified&nbsp;<span class=\"markzu1gqsw51\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">tech<\/span>nologists for mission-critical leadership and staff positions, and has fallen short in adopting modern&nbsp;<span class=\"markzu1gqsw51\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">tech<\/span>nologies.<\/p>\n<p>In two reports, \u201c<span class=\"markmjlwamhhd\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Mobilizing<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"markzu1gqsw51\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Tech<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"markxrt0bbcue\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Talent<\/span>\u201d and \u201c<span class=\"markzu1gqsw51\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Tech<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"markxrt0bbcue\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Talent<\/span>&nbsp;for 21st Century Government,\u201d the Partnership for Public Service and the&nbsp;<span class=\"markzu1gqsw51\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Tech<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"markxrt0bbcue\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Talent<\/span>&nbsp;Project identify top&nbsp;<span class=\"markzu1gqsw51\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">tech<\/span>nology and innovation leadership positions in government, the competencies these leaders and their teams need to be successful, advice for recruiting and hiring&nbsp;<span class=\"markzu1gqsw51\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">tech<\/span>nical experts, and opportunities and challenges for&nbsp;<span class=\"markzu1gqsw51\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">tech<\/span>nology transformation in federal agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pps-gutenberg-blocks-multi-column multi-column-wrapper columns-2\" data-column-count=\"2\" data-column-layout=\"even\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mobilizing-Tech-Talent.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15781\" width=\"274\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mobilizing-Tech-Talent.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mobilizing-Tech-Talent-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mobilizing-Tech-Talent-300x300.jpg 300w, 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