The agency is challenging incumbent contractors to keep up with modernization and AI initiatives or risk losing contracts, Zack Schwartz said in an interview.

And, inside EPA’s AI strategy to ‘pilot everything’

CIO Carter Farmer said the agency is prioritizing low-stakes AI use for much of its workforce, while making sure only subject matter experts are handling high-stakes work.

A Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report found that 29% of IT staffers exited via workforce reduction efforts while another 13% were involuntarily reassigned.

Such an exchange is being eyed for NASA, per the leader of the Tech Force.

The agency’s efforts to reduce barriers to innovation, aligned with a 2025 OMB memo, may have introduced more vulnerabilities.

The $400 million award kickstarts OPM’s process of bringing over 100 disparate federal HR platforms into one system.

Edward Forst and other agency officials said the government is behind the curve on technology, and asked for private-sector engagement to improve.

The industry partners will provide training, career pathways, and a selection of their own workers who will serve temporary government roles, OPM said.

The determination comes after the Trump administration initially estimated 50,000 workers would be moved to the newly established Schedule Policy/Career.