As societies everywhere work to recover from a global economic recession, cities and regions that are particularly challenged are those whose economies have historically depended on 19th and 20th century models of work. Now the economic sustainability of these societies requires that they reinvent themselves for a 21st century economy that increasingly depends upon innovation and creative uses of information technology. Of concern to the SIGMIS CPR community are the implications for IT workforce career paths in this new economy, the skills and knowledge that will be needed, and human resource strategies in these economically difficult times. ACM SIGMIS CPR 2013 welcomes research and practice submissions that address issues related to the conference theme of economic renewal and sustainability through information technology work. It also welcomes papers about the IT workforce topics that have traditionally been presented at this conference.