How are you handling the government IT staffing gap?

<p class=”ds-markdown-paragraph” style=”margin: 16px 0px; color: #0f1115; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ‘Segoe UI’, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, ‘Open Sans’, ‘Helvetica Neue’, sans-serif;”>Seriously, is anyone else struggling to find and keep good IT people? The government it staffing situation in my department is getting critical. We have legacy systems that need maintaining, but all the new talent wants to work on cloud and AI projects, not 20-year-old code.</p>
<p class=”ds-markdown-paragraph” style=”margin: 16px 0px; color: #0f1115; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ‘Segoe UI’, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, ‘Open Sans’, ‘Helvetica Neue’, sans-serif;”>We’ve tried using contractors to fill the government it staffing gaps, but it’s expensive and they leave as soon as the project ends. How are other agencies tackling their government it staffing challenges? Are you having any success with training programs or different hiring strategies?</p>
<p class=”ds-markdown-paragraph” style=”color: #0f1115; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ‘Segoe UI’, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, ‘Open Sans’, ‘Helvetica Neue’, sans-serif; margin: 16px 0px 0px !important 0px;”>I’m worried that without a solid plan for government it staffing, all our fancy digital transformation projects are going to fail. Any advice or shared experiences would be a huge help.</p>