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Tech Sector Partnership Effort to Help Close Industry’s Skills Gap

Responding to the demands of business leaders to close the nation’s workforce skills gap, the National Skill Standards Board (NSSB) has created the Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) Voluntary Partnership to represent the telecommunications, computer and information industry sector.

By bringing together representatives from business, labor, education and community-based organizations, NSSB is facilitating the creation of a system of skill
standards, assessments and certification that is expected to help the nation’s businesses compete in the global economy and improve worker productivity. ICT is the
fifth industry-led Voluntary Partnership recognized by NSSB; the other partnerships cover the manufacturing, sales and service, education and training, and hospitality
and tourism industry sectors.

ICT is spearheaded by several major organizations, including the Computing Technology Industry Association, the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies,
and the Information Technology Association of America. The creation of ICT is a nationwide effort in the growing IT and telecommunications sector that aims to equip a
vast workforce with skills that may be used across the industry sector.

For more information about NSSB, visit http://www.nssb.org.

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