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Article: The transforming power of information technology. (Mini-Forum: Ensuring the IT Workforce of the Future).(Transforming Power of Information Technology: Making the Federal Government an Employer of Choice for IT Employees )
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- The Public Manager
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- December 22, 2001
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A new study provides a blueprint for how the federal government could transition to a market-based human resources management system for its IT professionals.
Information technology (IT) has radically changed the landscape of how we conduct business, communicate, and govern. Governments not only can reach across borders, but they have a greater ability to reach constituents as well. As the United States shifted from an agrarian state to an industrial age a century ago, we are now transitioning toward an information-based age, where IT has the capability of putting government services at citizens' fingertips. Most importantly, IT can provide an aggressive platform ...