Federal agencies struggle with IT modernization and AI amid staffing challenges.
Today's reporting reveals a federal government caught between two powerful and contradictory forces: aggressive workforce reduction and ambitious technology modernization.
The Partnership for Public Service's $165.6 billion cost estimate for federal workforce changes arrives alongside news that OPM omitted over 100 departures fro…
The Partnership for Public Service's $165.6 billion cost estimate for federal workforce changes arrives alongside news that OPM omitted over 100 departures from its Retirement Services division — the very unit processing an unprecedented surge of retirement applications — raising serious questions about institutional capacity. Meanwhile, the VA is resuming its EHR rollout after a three-year pause and hiring 400 staff, DIA is standing up a permanent AI accelerator, and agenci…
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Expect at least one more action by mid-summer. (2) OPM retirement backlog metrics — if processing times continue to deteriorate as congressional scrutiny intensifies, legislative intervention or emergency staffing measures become likely.
“Which three federal agency clients are most exposed to OPM's retirement backlog, and do we have succession maps for our key program contacts?”
Ask your CFO whether the firm is positioned for a capital cycle that compresses faster than the policy cycle.
By Joseph Lancaster, Editor — with research from Pine Needle's intelligence layer.
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