The federal government is offering prime perks of wage bonuses, student loan repayments and telework as it jumps into the job market for artificial intelligence experts.
The Office of Personnel Management released new guidance Tuesday to help agencies bring on talent in the growing tech industry that has potential to disrupt large swathes of society, including how energy and environmental problems are assessed and resolved. The guidance comes in response to the wide-ranging executive order on AI that President Joe Biden signed last October, which called for a federal hiring surge in the field.
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“The guidance summarizes the flexibilities and programs available to agencies to recruit and retain AI and related talent, including information on where to find additional resources,” OPM Director Kiran Ahuja told heads of agencies and departments in the memo.
Ahuja added the “flexibilities” may be used by agencies to bring on and keep other employees for their “other positions of need” as well. Some of those flexibilities may require approval from the personnel office, such as special pay rates and relocation incentives.
