U.S. CIO Suzette Kent said it "shows there’s a great desire from our federal employees to transition into the cybersecurity career field."

Acting OPM director Margaret Weichert directed federal agencies to start thinking about the future of work in this year's Human Capital Reports.

A new report claims that by pooling resources to reskill their workforces, public and private stakeholders could trim costs to the point of a net gain.

The partial government shutdown has exacted disruptions to federal operations, including the White House's efforts to build a technology-based workforce.

The application deadline for the Federal Cybersecurity Reskilling Academy was supposed to be Jan. 11.

This year saw the Trump administration merge its goals of IT modernization and workforce reform by proposing to reskill federal employees.