Many observers point to the way the funds are doled out.
The Labor Department, according to the ITAA, is too slow-moving for the task of churning out a highly skilled IT work force as quickly as the industry requires. The process is very bureaucratic. IT employers aren't the only ones critical of how training money has been spent. The allocation of training funds has also been criticized in a recent report by the U.S. General Accounting Office. The GAO said funds haven't been allocated with precision because the Labor Department never determined exactly what IT skills are needed in the domestic work force.