{"id":255764,"date":"2026-05-26T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/inside-the-federal-governments-big-bet-on-ai-workforce-readiness\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T09:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:00:09","slug":"inside-the-federal-governments-big-bet-on-ai-workforce-readiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/inside-the-federal-governments-big-bet-on-ai-workforce-readiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside The Federal Government\u2019s Big Bet On AI Workforce Readiness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inside The Federal Government\u2019s Big Bet On AI Workforce Readiness<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/shalinjyotishi\/2026\/05\/26\/inside-the-federal-governments-big-bet-on-ai-workforce-readiness\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-26 08:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 23: U.S. President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order during the “Winning the AI Race” summit hosted by All\u2011In Podcast and Hill & Valley Forum at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on July 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump signed executive orders related to his Artificial Intelligence Action Plan during the event. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has launched a new nationwide initiative to coordinate AI workforce readiness across all U.S. states and territories, partnering with the Department of Labor, Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Small Business Administration. The program, called TechAccess: AI-Ready America, will fund a national convener, state-level coordination hubs, and AI education efforts to help workers, small businesses, and local governments adapt to AI\u2019s impact on the economy.<\/p>\n

When states and regions face shocks to their labor markets, local workforce and economic development actors are tasked with the herculean effort of triaging labor market needs, organizing local workforce leaders, pursuing and allocating funding and resources, implementing solutions in a coordinated fashion, and instituting a feedback loop to refine approaches. <\/p>\n

Whether it be a response to natural disasters or global pandemics, recessions, federal industrial policy and workforce initiatives, or the impact of technological change as with AI or the advent of the Internet in the mid-1990s, it is almost always underfunded, invisible work, and its beginning to implicate AI education and workforce development efforts that the federal government aims to address through a new federal initiative. <\/p>\n

Francie Genz, a Fellow with New America\u2019s Future of Work & Innovation Economy program, recently defined this work as the six functions of economic and workforce development intermediaries, drawing on the experiences of workforce and education leaders working within tech-based economic…<\/p>\n

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