Tech Force set out to hire 1,000 technologists last year — it’s onboarded 10 so far
Late last year, the Trump administration began an effort to recruit early-career software and data engineers after pushing almost 20,000 technology employees out of their government jobs under widespread downsizing imperatives.
The goal of that new effort, called the U.S. Tech Force, was to hire a 1,000-strong cohort — potentially as soon as the end of March, Scott Kupor, the head of the Office of Personnel Management, said in December.
So far, the program has onboarded only 10 new hires, Tech Force Director Kevin Hennecken said during a Thursday event held by the Alliance for Digital Innovation trade association. Overall, the program has made 180 to 200 hires.
“I would love to have everybody here yesterday,” Kupor told Nextgov/FCW in an interview. “But I’m learning the government hiring process does take time.”
OPM is managing the program centrally, working with agencies across the federal government to place fellows into...
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