BY GAUTHAM NAGESH
A shortage of information technology project managers remains one of the biggest challenges the federal government faces, according to a report released Thursday by the Chief Information Officers Council.
The number of employees who identify themselves as project managers has decreased by 3.4 percent since 2004, according to the council's Information Technology Workforce Capability Assessment report. Despite the drop, the CIO Council reported "no large gaps for personnel performing IT project management functions."
But the council did report that issues involving "significant competencies" in IT project management were of concern.
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