Workday’s Ashok Banerjee on revamping federal operations with secure AI

Ashok Banerjee, Vice President of Workday Government Engineering, discussed the role of AI in transforming the federal workforce, emphasizing the need for high accuracy in compliance and efficiency across various government functions, including job descriptions, skills assessments, and performance management. He highlighted the importance of agentic AI for correctness and efficiency, reducing tasks from days to minutes. On security, Banerjee stressed the importance of reducing the attack surface by consolidating data into a single source with Workday, which provides built-in security and role-based access control, enhancing federal IT security.