Government & Public Sector — Federal Agencies Face Workforce Challenges Amid Automation and Reorganization

Government & Public Sector · 2026-04-15

TODAY'S SIGNAL — The federal government is simultaneously shrinking and hiring, automating and struggling to staff, and the contradictions are becoming operationally consequential. GSA, having lost nearly 40% of its workforce, is racing to automate a million work hours — a model its leadership says could expand government-wide. Meanwhile, GAO found that GSA's Public Buildings Service cut 45% of…