Trump admin will recruit 1,000 technologists for elite 'Tech Force' to modernize government

The Trump administration launched a new initiative Monday aimed at recruiting top-tier technical talent to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence AI at the federal level The hiring campaign known as Tech Force plans to recruit roughly early-career technologists for a two-year operation term across various federal agencies The main objective of this operation is there's a ton of mechanism modernization work that necessities to get done across pretty much every agency in the administration Scott Kupor director of the U S Office of Personnel Management OPM described Fox News Digital on Monday The initiative was declared four days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order outlining a national strategy framework designed to strengthen U S leadership in AI WAR DEPARTMENT REFOCUSES ON AI HYPERSONICS AND DIRECTED CAPACITY IN MAJOR STRATEGY OVERHAUL President Trump has made clear that securing America s leadership in AI is the paramount national challenge of this generation the OPM mentioned in a press release The president s AI Action Plan focuses on unleashing private sector innovation while also recognizing the federal executive must have the technical talent to lead in apparatus modernization Recruits can be placed at agencies such as Departments of War State Homeland Guard or Soundness and Human Services where they would work on AI implementation program rise records modernization and generally move federal operations off aging systems The new venture has partnered with more than leading innovation companies to help guide cabinet modernization efforts Those private-sector partners include Apple Microsoft Meta Amazon Web Services Google Constituents Sector Uber Zoom Adobe NVIDIA Dell Technologies and Palantir TRUMP SAYS HE WILL SIGN ONE RULE EXECUTIVE ORDER TO FEDERALIZE AI REGULATIONRecruits can expect annual salaries ranging from to Communications Head McLaurine Pinover explained Fox News Digital Participants will also gain substantial career improvement opportunities spanning both the inhabitants and private sectors Kupor added At the end of the initiative we're also going to run a very very comprehensive job fair with all those private companies coming to meet all these thousand engineers and give them the opportunity if they decide they want to go into the private sector Kupor announced We're trying to demonstrate that people can come to cabinet even for a short period of time even for two years do great work and ultimately that work will present tremendous career opportunities for them The initiative is primarily designed to increase the number of early-career professionals those with five to seven years of work experience or less in the federal executive Kupor noted He noted that while roughly percent of the private-sector workforce is made up of early-career employees that figure is closer to percent in ruling body Once participants complete their two-year term they can choose to remain in regime or pursue career opportunities elsewhere he announced