{"id":19682,"date":"2018-09-11T19:07:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T19:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/11\/why-300000-feds-may-soon-face-retraining\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:50:08","slug":"why-300000-feds-may-soon-face-retraining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/09\/11\/why-300000-feds-may-soon-face-retraining\/","title":{"rendered":"Why 300,000 feds may soon face retraining"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the federal government moves to become more technologically advanced and automate certain kinds of work, potentially hundreds of thousands of federal employees could soon require reskilling, according to William Eggers, executive director of the Deloitte Center of Government Insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was over at [the Office of Management and Budget] the other day, and their belief is that they\u2019re going to need to reskill upwards of 300,000 federal employees or more over the next few years alone,\u201d Eggers told attendees Sept 11. at a Professional Services Council event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of that reskilling comes from a push toward automation, which could eliminate thousands of hours of federal work, according to Eggers.<\/p>\n\n\n\t