The results of a recent NCSL survey of state legislative staff has a familar ring. The problem of replacing the experience and knowledge of retiring senior staff was the top challenge to the effectiveness of legislative staff that was reported in a national survey of all legislative staff. Not a real surprise and certainly a challenge near and dear to the state CIO community. NASCIO's state IT workforce survey reported similar concerns about retirements and the aging IT workforce.
The survey results were released at NCSL's Legislative Summit last week. The survey revealed that legislative staff turnover is likely to be a significant issue in coming years. Nearly half of all respondents said that they plan to leave legislative service within five years and nearly three-quarters within 10 years.
For more details, check out the survey results presentation here -
http://www.ncsl.org/documents/lscc/LegislativeStaffChallenges_Aug2011.pdf