Washington, D.C, 20410-1000
AUG 22 2003
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
CONGRESSIONAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS
MEMORANDUM FOR: Carolyn Federoff, President, AFGE, National Council of
HUD Locals 222
FROM: Priscilla A.
Lewis, Chief, Labor Relations Branch, ARHLL
SUBJECT: Clinger-Cohen
Assessment Survey (CAA) of Information
Technology (IT) Related Positions
In
accordance with Article 3, Section 3.08, of the HUD/AFGE Agreement, this memorandum
serves as notification that the Federal Chief Information Officers Council
(CIOC) and the Office of Management Budget will be conducting a survey of IT
and IT-related positions. As
information, please review the attached letter to Mr. Bobby Harnage, Sr.,
National President for the American Federal of Government Employees. The IT and
IT-related occupations to be surveyed are listed in the attached letter. The survey is anonymous and voluntary.
Announcement
of the CAA Survey is scheduled for September 2, 2003. An e-mail will, be sent to the CIOC announcing the survey and
providing them with a web site link to the survey. The Agency contact person will distribute the announcement to all
employees occupying IT and IT related positions.
Although,
participation is voluntary, employees are encouraged to complete the survey in
order to provide valuable information needed to conduct IT workforce
assessments. The responses will be
compiled into all Access database, and provided to the Agency contact person
once the CAA survey is completed.
Accordingly, it has no adverse impact on the bargaining unit.
If
you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact Joann Robinson on
202-708-3373.
Attachment
cc:
Edward Eitches, Chairperson, Headquarters
Perry Casper, Portland, Oregon
Lisa Lowery, Knoxville, Tennessee
Monique Williams, New York, New York
James Lee, Richmond, Virginia
Marinella Murillo, San Antonio, Texas
John Noyes, Minneapolis, Minnesota
August 11, 2003
OLER-03-1l
Mr. Bobby Harnage, Sr. National President
American Federation of Government Employees
80 F St., NW.
Washington, DC 20001
Dear Mr. Harnage:
This letter is to inform you that the Federal
Chief Information Officers Council (CIOC) in partnership with the office of Management
and Budget (0MB) will be conducting a survey of information technology (IT)
employees in the Federal workforce. The
survey will be absolutely anonymous and participants will include approximately
85,000 incumbents through GS-15 or equivalent grade levels. The following IT and IT related occupations
will be surveyed: GS-2210 Information Technology Specialist: GS-334 Computer
Specialist: GS-391 Telecommunications Specialist: GS-1550 Computer Scientist:
GS-854 Computer Engineering: and other (i.e., GS-343 Management Analyst and 345
Program Analyst).
The survey is designed to collect information
regarding IT employee skills, certifications, and competencies. In addition, limited demographic information
will be gathered from the respondents, including retirement eligibility. The information received will be used to
provide a comprehensive view of the federal lT workforce to a1low agencies to
assess the degree to which certain skills, competencies and professional
certifications are resident in the IT workforce; and to aid in the development
of strategic workforce and human capital plans. The survey will provide a consistent approach for all agencies to
use in conducting IT workforce assessments.
The information collected may be used by individual agencies to develop
human resource management strategies for recruitment, employee development, and
retention.
The survey is scheduled to be issued on August
25, 2003, and will be on-line for approximately 3 weeks. It will require 20 -30
minutes to complete during work hours.
Again, we would like to emphasize that all employee responses will
remain anonymous and will have no effect on an individual’s employment.
We appreciate your support in this important
effort. If you have any questions
concerning this survey, please contact Ms. Dagne Fulcher (Project Manager) at (703) 305-5293.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Sumberg
Deputy Associate
Director
Center for
Workforce Relations
and Accountability Policy