IT Advisory Report

(a) No later than September 30, 2022, the WIC shall submit to the Mayor, Council, UDC-CC, WDLL, and community training providers, an IT Advisory Report, which shall contain the following: (1) The number of District residents needed to meet hiring demands of District employers hiring for IT occupation jobs; (2) The occupational credentials less than a bachelor's degree needed for District residents to be eligible for employment in IT occupations; (3) The necessary hard and soft skills needed to succeed in IT occupations; (4) Target performance outcomes for Program training providers to achieve pertaining to recruitment, enrollment, course or degree completion, credential attainment, employment, average starting wage, and retention of employment at 6 months and one year; and (5) Recommendations for Program training providers on the following: (A) New or additional IT courses that Program training providers should offer; (B) Existing IT course offerings that Program training providers should expand; (C) IT course content adjustments that could be made to align courses with skills needed on the job in IT occupations; (D) Equipment and facilities upgrades necessary for relevant IT education and IT training to achieve the recommendations in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection; and (E) Any other information deemed appropriate by the IT Board.