 The FCWWG will strengthen the sense of community among federal cyber workforce leaders across departments and agencies who are dedicated to improving federal cyber workforce development through collaboration to meet common challenges. 4.1.2 Enable better data-informed decision making to guide federal cyber workforce management. In an effort coordinated by the FCWWG, the NICE program office, OPM, and select department and agency representatives will evaluate ways to strengthen the use of work roles derived from established workforce frameworks, including the NICE Framework, in cyber workforce management. Work roles can be used to better understand the size, disposition, composition, and developmental needs of the federal cyber workforce. Departments and agencies should also be able to use these work roles to determine skills demands now and in the future, and focus their strategic human capital efforts appropriately. S TRATEGIC O BJECTIVE 4.2: A TTRACT AND H IRE A Q UALIFIED AND D IVERSE F EDERAL C YBER W ORKFORCE To meet its current and future cyber workforce needs, the federal government must articulate the benefits of public service and provide robust on-ramp opportunities at every stage of career development. Recruitment must highlight the unique and challenging missions performed by federal departments and agencies, which often require the use of expertise, skills, and insights that can be developed only through government service. Important on-ramps include scholarships, paid internships, registered apprenticeships, and reskilling opportunities. The government must also seek to attract professionals from the private sector. Two proven programs that provide scholarships in return for federal service are CyberCorps Scholarship For Service, managed by the NSF in collaboration with OPM and CISA, and the DoD Cyber Scholarship Program (CySP).109 The federal government will explore expanding the capacity of programs such as these. Another valuable way to attract additional talent to the federal government is the use of internships, such as those listed on the Federal Internship Portal,110 that enable students from high schools, technical schools, and colleges and universities to explore careers in the federal government. The Intelligence and Cybersecurity Diversity Program in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) offers a potential model for strengthening the cyber workforce through improvements in diversity.111 Other potential models include the Department of Energy Omni Technology Alliance Internship Program, which provides paid rotational internships in cybersecurity, information technology, and related fields to talented undergraduate and graduate students from underserved communities.112 A third potential for paid internships is the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)—Human 35 NATIONAL CYBER WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION STRATEGY