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A sign marks the location of the Office of Personnel Management headquarters building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

How to make Tech Force work

A former DHS AI Corps member and federal IT pro lays out a blueprint for how OPM’s new tech recruiting initiative can succeed.

3 days ago By Abigail Haddad

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., attends a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Feb. 4, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

House bill seeks AI workforce tax credits, agency-led outreach

The AI Workforce Training Act would amend the federal tax code and task the departments of Commerce, Labor and Treasury with leading a campaign to inform companies.

4 days ago By Matt Bracken

WASHINGTON – APRIL 11: Department Of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. Humphrey Building on April 11, 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

HHS reports changes in deputy IT, artificial intelligence leadership

New acting deputy IT and AI chiefs are listed. Kevin Duvall, who previously served in both roles, is no longer on the page.

Feb 13, 2026 By Madison Alder

A high-angle aerial drone shot of the hydroelectric power infrastructure on the border of Ontario, Canada, and New York.

CBP ramps up surveillance tech without much-needed IT personnel, GAO says

The watchdog’s analysis of northern border facilities found staffing levels for information systems specialists below targets and no plans for remediation, though the agency is now working…

Feb 13, 2026 By Lindsey Wilkinson

The facade of the Internal Revenue Service building is seen in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (Photo by Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

IRS moves operations employees to tax services for filing season amid workforce cuts

The shakeup follows warnings from the Treasury’s watchdog about how staffing cuts at the IRS could affect tax filing season.

Feb 12, 2026 By Miranda Nazzaro

An organizational flag flies outside of the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. on February 7, 2025 as demonstrators gather to protest federal layoffs and demand the termination of Elon Musk from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP)

Roughly 50,000 could lose federal workforce protections under new OPM rule

While the Trump administration labels the change as an “accountability” measure, worker advocates blasted the rule as a ploy to make nonpartisan employees easier to fire and…

Feb 5, 2026 By Madison Alder

Members of the American Federation of Government Employees arrive for the “Rally to Save the Civil Service” in Upper Senate Park outside the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Education IT, tech employees lose union protections

The move against OCIO and FSA CTO staffers follows a March 2025 Trump executive order barring collective bargaining agreements for nearly two-thirds of the federal workforce.

Feb 3, 2026 By Miranda Nazzaro

Scenes from outside the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in Washington on May 21, 2019. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

OPM’s federal workforce data site just got a major overhaul

The new workforce data site provides more user-friendly information on workforce changes, adds recruitment data, and promises faster updates.

Jan 9, 2026 By Madison Alder

STANFORD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 28: Pedestrians walk on the Stanford University campus on March 28, 2025 in Stanford, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Education Department gives colleges three months to submit new admissions data

Unlike the traditional IPEDS survey, the agency is requesting seven years of applicants’ data in a single submission.

Jan 8, 2026 By Miranda Nazzaro

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks as (L-R) CEO of Social Capital Chamath Palihapitiya, White House “AI and Crypto Czar” David Scahs, U.S. President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates listen during a dinner at the State Dining Room of the White House on September 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump’s Tech Force treads familiar ground for former government tech leaders

One former U.S. Digital Service worker called the new project a ‘slap in the face’ to those laid off at the beginning of the Trump administration.

Dec 23, 2025 By Miranda Nazzaro Madison Alder