Outsourcing and its impact on innovation?

Will outsourcing harm or benefit the US IT industry?

Tentative: [Firm-side cost analysis; consideration of education levels and whether outsourced employment is a perfect substitute for domestic IT sector employment. Analysis of firm best responses to basic government policies. (Mandy Chang, )]

Is outsourcing inevitable?

How can the US government formulate public policy help displaced IT workers? (Hong Qu, Ian Carpe, Sandy Tesch, Aamir Alavi)

Which policies might the US government implement to reduce the likelihood of outsourcing in the IT sector? (Ian Carpe)

How does outsourcing impact the US IT industry (cost/benefit)? - Aamir Alavi

         - i think its important to analyze this before looking at government policy to help displace workers to see if its necessary and why.