An agency spokesperson told FedScoop that AI will play a “primary role” in the TMF-funded project to update retirement systems.

The Technology Modernization Fund awarded $19.67 million to the agencies to modernize immigration and retirement systems.

The findings come as federal workers face great uncertainty with a new administration coming.

The president-elect has said he would reinstate his executive order to make it easier to fire federal workers.

The personnel agency said DHA for those positions will now run through the end of 2028.

The former top innovator at the Government Accountability Office, Taka Ariga, is hopeful that the unit will remain “vanguard of experimentation and exploration” for Congress and others.

The Office of Personnel Management says it will be monitoring agency progress.

Members of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology voted in favor of recommendations to strengthen an OPM program targeting early-career talent.

The pool of potential AI workers could pose a challenge to the administration’s efforts to build a diverse workforce to responsibly manage artificial intelligence.

The HR Marketplace aligns with the workforce agency’s pre-designation as the quality services management office (QSMO) for human resources solutions.