# Presentation: 709485

## Information Technology:  An HR Challenge

**Job Family Standard Classification Update**
**August 28, 2000**
**Strategic Compensation Conference 2000**
**Classification Programs Division**
**workforce Compensation and Performance Service**

## Overview

**Coverage **
**Objectives**
**Scope**
**Why IT?**
**Issues**
**Study Features**
**Schedule**
**Draft Development**
**Focus Groups**
**Final Validation**
**Next Steps**

**Future Events**
**What’s New in the Draft?**
**Introduction**
**General Series, Titling, Occupational Guidance**
**Exclusions**
**Acronyms/Abbreviations**
**How to Use this Standard**
**Factor Level Descriptions (FLDs)**
**Illustrations**
**Grade Conversion Table**

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## Coverage

**GS-334, Computer Specialist**
**GS-391, Telecommunications**
**GS-854, Computer Engineering**
**GS-1550,  Computer Science**
**IT Jobs in Other Series, e.g.,**
**GS-080, Security Administration**
**GS-301, Miscellaneous Administration and Program**
**GS-343, Management and Program Analysis**

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## Objectives

**Strengthen Ability to Recruit *****and***** Retain Skilled IT Workforce**
**Modernize HR Tools**
**Adopt Best Practices**
**Provide Greater Flexibility**

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## Scope

**Total IT Worker Life Cycle**
**Recruitment and selection**
**Compensation**
**Training and development**
**Motivation**

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## Why IT?

**Largest Occupation**
**70,000+ . . . And Growing**
**GS-334, Computer Specialist - 57,000**
**GS-391, Telecommunications - 6,000**
**GS-854, Computer Engineering - 2,300**
**GS-1550, Computer Science - 3,000**
**Positions in other series requiring paramount knowledge of IT???**

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## Issues

**Supply < Demand**
**Current Need = .8 Million**
**Projected Need = 1.5 Million**
**Federal Impact**

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## Study Features

**Integrated**
**Streamlined**
**New Methods**
**Partnership with IT Community**

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## Schedule

**Study Kick-Off - April 1999**
**Focus Groups - July - September 1999**
**Draft Specialty Titles and Job Profile - October 1999**
**Final Specialty Titles - March 2000**
**IT Pilot - March 2000**
**New Job Family Standard (JFS)**
**Factfinding March - June 2000**
**Draft - July 2000**
**Final - Winter 2001**

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## Draft Development

**Research**
**Review of Job Documentation**
**Consultation with HR and IT Communities**

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## Focus Groups

**30 Groups - Headquarters/Field**
**25 Different Agencies**
**Over 250 Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)**
**Focus Group Functions**
**Review, validate, and revise**
**Specialty definitions**
**Factor level descriptions**
**Provide and validate illustrations**
**Provide other information**

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## Final Validation

**IT Work Group Members**
**Accuracy, Consistency, and Relevancy**

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## Next Steps

**Draft JFS Published July 2000**
**www.opm.gov/fedclass/html/whatsnew.htm**
**PDF, Word 97, WordPerfect 5.1, WordPerfect 6.1 Formats**
**Draft Responses Due October 20, 2000**
**Test apply and report results**
**Review specialty definitions, FLDs and illustrations**
**Respond to questions, provide comments, suggestions and illustrations**
**Email:  ****fedclass@opm.gov**
**Regular Mail:****  Classification Programs Division**
**                ****1900 E Street NW, Room 6H31**
**                 ****Washington DC 20415**

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## Future Events

**Establish New GS-2200 IT Occupational Group**
**Continue Study of Other IT Series**
**GS-391, Telecommunications**
**GS-854, Computer Engineering**
**GS-1550, Computer Science**
**Begin Study of One-Grade IT Series**
**GS-332, Computer Operation**
**GS-335, Computer Clerk and Assistant**
**GS-392, General Telecommunications**

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## What’s New in the Draft?

**New Basic Title**
**New Parenthetical Specialty Titles**
**New Factor Level Descriptions (FLDs)**
**New Illustrations**
**New Format**

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## Introduction

**Coverage**
**General Information**
**Modifications and Cancellations**

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## General Series, Titling, Occupational Guidance

**Basic Title = Information Technology Specialist (Specialty)**
**Parenthetical Titles Required**
**Multiple Titles**
**Do you need more than two?**
**If you do, please provide examples.**

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## Exclusions

**Distinguish Between IT Workers**
**And IT Users**

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## Acronyms/Abbreviations

**IP = Internet Protocol**
**Glossary in Final?**

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## How to Use this Standard

**Factor Evaluation System Standard Operating Procedures**
**JFS Evaluation Summary**

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## Factor Level Descriptions (FLDs)

**Provided:**
**FLDs 1-5 through1-8**
**FLDs 2-1 through 2-5**
**FLDs 3-1 through 3-5**
**FLDs 4-2 through 4-6**
**FLDs 5-1 through 5-6**
**FLDs 6/7 1A through 4D**
**FLDs 8-1 through 8-2**
**FLDs 9-1 through 9-2**
**Under Development:  FLD 1-9**

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## Illustrations

**Factors 1, 4, 5**
**Levels**
**1-5 through 1-8**
**4-2 through 4-5**
**5-2 through 5-5**
**Do you need?**
**Level 4-6 illustrations**
**Level 5-6 illustrations**
**Hyperlinked from FLDs**

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## Grade Conversion Table

**No Changes**
**Possible Point Ranges**
**940 points (GS-5) through**
**4120 points (GS-15)**

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## Questions? and Answers!

**rldadamo@opm.gov**
**(202) 606-2950**

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