United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-09-07 monographic deposited born digital 70 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-423 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-423 P0b002ee1803a3c6f f:d06423 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-423 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-423 GAO-06-423 Computer hardware industry Exporting Foreign governments Information technology International trade IT human capital Labor costs Manufacturing industry Research and development Skilled labor Software Software engineering Offshoring China India Malaysia South Korea Taiwan Other Written Product A60410 Much attention has focused on offshoring of information technology (IT) services overseas. "Offshoring" of services generally refers to an organization's purchase from other countries of services such as software programming that it previously produced or purchased domestically. IT manufacturing, notably semiconductor manufacturing, has a longer history of offshoring of manufacturing operations. Under the Comptroller General's authority to conduct evaluations on his own initiative, GAO addressed the following questions: (1) How has offshoring in semiconductor manufacturing and software services developed over time? (2)What factors enabled the expansion of offshoring in these industries? (3) As these industries have become more global, what have been the trends in their U.S.-based activities https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-423/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-423.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-423/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-423.pdf GAO-06-423 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-423 Other Written Product GAO-06-423; Offshoring: U.S. Semiconductor and Software Industries Increasingly Produce in China and India; Computer hardware industry Exporting Foreign governments Information technology International trade IT human capital Labor costs Manufacturing industry Research and development Skilled labor Software Software engineering Offshoring China India Malaysia South Korea Taiwan