President Donald Trump will recruit employees from Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other tech giants to create the US Tech Force, a new program aimed at “modernizing the federal government.” According to an announcement on MondayUnder the new program, Trump plans to hire about 1,000 technology experts to work in federal agencies for a period of two years, Workers can then seek employment at companies partnering with Tech Force, or apply to continue working for the government,
technical force will work to “Accelerate the use of AI” to make the government “more accountable and efficient” as well as develop apps and modernize data systems. In addition to capturing employees from big tech companies, the tech force will also hire “early-career candidates.” Adobe, AMD, OpenAI, Robinhood, Uber, Nvidia, xAI, Zoom and others will also participate in the event.
The tech force appears to be Trump’s own twist on the US Digital Service (USDS), the agency that the administration effectively dismantled earlier this year to create the Department of Government Efficiency. Former President Barack Obama created USDS in 2014 to work with federal agencies to improve their digital services.
But soon after coming into office, Trump changed the USDS to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) before renaming the DOGE service and Dozens of workers fired At the agency. The administration has tried to cut large parts of the federal government, including its technical talent, laying off many employees and demoralizing those who remain.
Now, the Trump administration is turning to some of the country’s biggest tech companies to revamp the technology used by the government. In June, American army is also like this Officials from Meta, OpenAI, Palantir and Thinking Machines Lab were called in to advise the military branch on the technology.
And focusing on AI is a long-standing priority of the Trump administration. Last week, Trump signed an executive order that orders federal agencies to challenge state-level AI regulation.
