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With nearly 500,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs across the country, the Biden administration is throwing down the gauntlet on skills-based hiring.
White House officials just committed to using skills-based hiring for most federal IT jobs. The Office of Personnel Management is leading the effort to transition nearly 100,000 federal cyber and IT jobs to skills-based hiring by next summer. The Energy Department is leading a corresponding initiative to move federal IT contracts to skills-based hiring.
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It is that most magical time of the year. Appropriations arriving six months late for the current fiscal year and Congress futzing over next year's budget, which will also arrive late. For an expert's take on what contractors need to do, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen.
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The University of Maryland has launched of a new institute dedicated to developing the next generation of artificial intelligence people. The Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute will support research focusing on responsible and ethical AI across industry and government. For details, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke to the institute's director, Professor Hal Daume.
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The Navy runs on ships and people. They need fuel, ammo, food and tons of other stuff. Now ships are on duty around the world, while some are on heightened alert because of the world situation. It all highlights the importance of supplies and the supply chain. For an update, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the Vice Commander and Executive Director of the Naval Supply Systems Command, Kurt Wendelken.
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On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin:

NAVSUP works overtime to keep up with the Navy's heightened tempo.

A university creates an artificial intelligence institute, partly to help government.

For contractors, the next few months are all about the numbers.


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Tony Boese likes to tell a story that epitomizes the reason why ASPIRE, an emerging initiative focused on training federal employees, is both a passion project and an opportunity to close long-standing gaps in workforce development.
Boese, the research programs manager and associate researcher in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Artificial Intelligence Institute, highlights the training saga of one person who had to take basically the same statistics course six different times.
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