Offshore Outsourcing

The ITAA has published a set of “Global Outsourcing Principles” (http://www.itaa.org/news/gendoc.cfm?DocID=245) which we have built upon and modified to create the Council’s position: 

  • The US IT industry is and must remain pre-eminent in world markets; necessitating a strong emphasis on innovation and R&D for our future prosperity.
  • The future success of the IT industry will depend on the knowledge and skills of our workforce; therefore, a continued emphasis on education and training is critical.
  • IT is a global industry; therefore, our companies must retain the flexibility to align operations and make workforce sourcing decisions as necessary to meet customer needs.
  • IT customers are demanding higher value added products and services at improved cost; therefore, companies must have the flexibility to build the best products and services at the most competitive prices. 
  • Continued support of free trade is vital to the growth of IT markets; therefore, we should work to ensure open markets and the enforcement of international treaties.

  • It is important to foster policies that are both conducive to increasing jobs here and encouraging foreign direct investment, and attracting international company jobs that leverage our unique resources and environment.

  • The US IT industry wants to preserve the legitimate security interests of our country and realizes that certain safeguards (such as security clearances) may be necessary for the performance of classified government work.