Cover -- Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Part I -- 1 The IT Sector: Context and Character -- 2 Understanding the IT Workforce -- 3 Characterizing the Workforce Problem -- Part II -- 4 Older IT Workers and Possible Age-Related Discrimination -- 5 Foreign Workers in the IT Workforce -- 6 Making More Effective Use of the Existing IT Workforce -- 7 Longer-Term Strategies for Increasing the Supply of Qualified Labor: Training and Education -- Part III -- 8 Synthesis, Principles, and Recommendations -- Appendixes -- APPENDIX A Biotechnology -- APPENDIX B Estimating the Size of the IT Workforce -- APPENDIX C Study Committee Biographies -- APPENDIX D Briefers to the Committee -- Index.