OMB also has taken steps including issuing initial plans for AI talent recruitment, while the White House established the AI and Technology Talent Task Force. Image: TippaPatt/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffFederal agencies are on schedule for carrying out the personnel-related aspects of a key executive order on artificial intelligence, which leaves the government “better positioned to increase its AI workforce, effectively coordinate AI activities across agencies, and implement consistent and timely AI-related policies,” GAO has said.
The GAO said that of some 100 directives in a sweeping 2023 order designed to create a central framework for developing and using AI, some 13 involved federal personnel considerations, including to build up the workforce in related occupations.
OPM has “reviewed hiring and workplace flexibility, considered excepted service appointments, coordinated AI hiring action across federal agencies, and issued related pay guidance,” said the GAO. “In addition, the Office of Science and Technology Policy and OMB have identified priority mission areas for increasing AI talent, established the types of talent that are the highest priority to recruit and develop, and identified accelerated hiring pathways,” it said.
OMB also has taken steps including issuing initial plans for AI talent recruitment, while the White House established the AI and Technology Talent Task Force, the GAO said, making the government “likely to increase AI expertise in high-priority areas quickly and more efficiently.”
The report, which was an assessment of steps taken and which made no recommendations, added that under a series of laws and executive orders including the 2023 order, “seven oversight and advisory bodies have a major role in the implementation and oversight of AI.”
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