{"id":237233,"date":"2026-04-28T17:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/spy-agency-officials-say-job-loss-anxiety-moving-fast-safely-among-top-challenges-in-ai-workforce-overhaul\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T17:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:48:00","slug":"spy-agency-officials-say-job-loss-anxiety-moving-fast-safely-among-top-challenges-in-ai-workforce-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/spy-agency-officials-say-job-loss-anxiety-moving-fast-safely-among-top-challenges-in-ai-workforce-overhaul\/","title":{"rendered":"Spy agency officials say job loss anxiety, moving fast \u2018safely\u2019 among top challenges in AI workforce overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spy agency officials say job loss anxiety, moving fast \u2018safely\u2019 among top challenges in AI workforce overhaul<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/national-geospatial-intelligence-ai-agency-leaders-say-job-loss-safety-top-concerns\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-28 17:48:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: cyberscoop.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Like many organizations, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency is moving to integrate AI tools into their business operations. <\/p>\n

Jay Harless, director of human development at NGA, said the agency is trying to strike a balance: move fast enough to keep pace in what U.S. national security officials increasingly view as an AI arms race with adversarial countries like Russia, China, but not so fast that it disrupts proven intelligence-gathering methods.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of our primary drivers is that our adversaries were investing heavily, and so there is the pressure to keep ahead of and do that safely,\u201d Harless said Tuesday at the Workday Federal Forum, presented by Scoop News Group. \u201cWe also realize that some of our adversaries may not have the same legal and ethical boundaries that us and our partners all need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harless said the agency and others in the intelligence community are working to build systems with agentic AI that operates that can accelerate decision making \u201cwithin secure boundaries.\u201d That means building new IT infrastructure, validation protocols, monitoring for bias or rogue behavior, and putting accountability mechanisms in place.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re moving fast, and moving fast safely by distinguishing what should be automated, what should be augmented and what should be kept purely human, because there are some things that will always be [human-operated],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A key piece is figuring out exactly how AI should fit into the work. Sasha Muth, NGA\u2019s deputy director of human development, said the agency envisions a three-to-five-year effort to transform its workforce and IT infrastructure for the AI age. This year will be spent largely putting \u201cstructural things in place\u201d for when and how analysts use AI, and reassessing what qualifications the agency should require for entry-level jobs. <\/p>\n

But that effort is also causing tensions within the workforce, and Muth acknowledged that part of the challenge is convincing…<\/p>\n

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