2. Require "minimum competency" in information technology for Senior Executive Service candidates. Agencies and OPM, by September 1994, should jointly require that candidates demonstrate a minimum competency in IT prior to their appointment in the SES. Specifically, candidates should be able to (1) integrate technology into the workplace, (2) develop strategies using new technology to manage and improve program effectiveness, and (3) understand the impact of technological changes on the organization.[6] Agencies and OPM should also require that IT competency be included in the SES recertification program. The standard for IT competency in SES recertification should include the development and use of management information systems and other technological resources to meet an agency "s current and future needs. Endnotes 6. These qualifications, needed for technology management, were identified under the "technology management" competency in Office of Personnel Management, Human Resources Development Group, "Leadership Effectiveness Survey," October 1991.
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