Because demand so far outpaces supply, CIS will now have to conduct a "random selection," i.e. a lottery, to decide which petitions will be adjudicated and which will be rejected. This development is a clarion call for reform. This economy desperately needs more H-1B visas. After starving employers for several years, Congress should enact new legislation immediately lifting the cap for this fiscal year, and raising the limit to 200,000 for the next five years. Citizenship and Immigration Services should immediately implement a "gap filling" policy which would allow non-immigrants whose status would otherwise expire within 6 months of October 1 to remain in the United States pending H-1B employment and to legally change their status to H-1B on that date. The shortfall in H-1Bs is a disaster for U.S. business. Coupled with the massive backlogs in employment based immigration for professionals, the current situtation for skilled foreign workers, key to many sectors of our economy, is abysmal. There is simply no way that an employer can retain a key employee when the immigration process for that employee and family may be as long as 10 years with no certainty about its resolution. We are losing our competitive edge, and in turn economic growth, and other countries will happily to take advantage of that.