The Chief Information Officers Council, a group of agency information technology chiefs, supports breaking IT personnel out of the general schedule and setting their pay according to market conditions, potentially through the use of pay banding. In a statement, the group said it also endorsed creating a stronger pay-for-performance link for those employees and said agencies need to do more to improve the balance of work and home life for IT employees. The idea might make its way soon into legislation, possibly sponsored by Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., head of a House subcommittee on government technology, who has expressed support for the concept as well.