After firing hundreds of thousands of government workers and shuttering several federal tech offices this year, the United States is launching a new programme to hire new top tech talent and close “critical skills gaps” within federal agencies.
The “US Tech Force,” announced this week, aims to recruit the tech and artificial intelligence (AI) talent needed to modernise the US government and “help win the global race for AI dominance,” according to Scott Kupor, director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which manages the US federal civil service and is overseeing the project.
