“Agencies with foreign policy and national security missions must modernize to ensure officials performing those roles have the latest technologies at their disposal, according to a new memo from President Biden.”
“Modernization is one of the six principles that should guide the revitalization of the workforce, the institutions and the partnerships at those agencies, the memorandum says. The others are integrity, transparency, diversity, service and accountability.”
“President Biden‘s memo, issued Thursday, calls for recruiting and retaining technical talent that will strengthen the national security and foreign policy workforce, as his administration refocuses on diplomacy and rebuilding alliances that languished under former President Trump.”
“’Too many of America’s foreign policy and national security institutions have lost, or are at risk of losing, their technological edge,’ reads the memo. ‘To succeed in a competitive world, we must close mission-critical knowledge and skills gaps, compete in and win the race for talent, equip our workforce with cutting-edge technology and agile, flexible, and adaptive organizational structures, and establish incentives and rewards for innovation across the government.’”
“The memo establishes an Interagency Working Group on the National Security Workforce chaired by the principal deputy national security adviser with deputy directors of the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management, and Office of Science and Technology Policy serving as vice chairs.”
“Members include the heads or their designees of the departments of Commerce, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, Justice, State, Treasury, Veterans Affairs; the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; the FBI and CIA; and the U.S. Agency for International Development…” Read the full article here.
Source: Biden calls for tech modernization to boost workforce at national security, foreign policy agencies – By Dave Nyczepir, February 5, 2021. FedScoop.
