From Time:
... The Biden Administration moved aggressively in its final 18 months to convince more than 200 AI technology experts to forgo the private sector for the federal workforce, through what was called the ”National AI Talent Surge.” The new hires were deployed throughout the government and used AI to find ways to reduce Social Security wait times, simplify tax filings, and help veterans track their medical care. Most of them were quickly pushed out by the new administration, multiple former federal officials tell TIME.
The shift, say the former officials, represents an enormous waste of federal resources, as agencies across the Trump Administration are looking to draw workers with the very experience they just let go. It also means agencies may have to increasingly rely on costlier outside companies for that expertise. ...
In early 2024, Biden officials hired Angelica Quirarte, who had spent years pitching tech experts on becoming public servants. Quirarte says that coders and engineers are natural problem-solvers and are attracted to the challenge of working with huge data sets that can improve services for millions of people. ...
In less than a year, Quirarte tells TIME, she helped hire about 250 AI experts. After Trump’s actions, she estimates about 10% of that cohort are still with the federal government.
“It’s going to be really hard” for the Trump administration to hire more tech workers after such haphazard layoffs, Quirarte says. “It’s so chaotic.” ...
These are not serious people.
6 comments:
Back to the spoils system. The Pendleton Act and Civil Service Reform Act abolished by fiat. And the majority in Congress just sit on their asses.
“It also means agencies may have to increasingly rely on costlier outside companies for that expertise”. Companies owned by Musk and his bro buddies.
We are going to encounter similiar within the walls of SSA. Some of the best tech talent I have worked with over the past decade are walking out with this latest round of DRP. The tech brain drain will be real.
Clown's usually aren't serious.
So according to Time....25 remain. How many are needed ? Too many cooks spoil it
Just lets Dudek contract more services out which is he can't want to do!
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