Partnership for Public Service plans AI training center for federal employees in 2025

The Partnership for Public Service plans to open a new center to help educate federal workers "from interns to executives" on the potential applications of artificial intelligence.  

Dubbed the Center for Federal AI, and backed by a $10 million grant from Google’s philanthropic arm, the nonpartisan good government organization’s new technology hub will launch in March 2025 with the aim of educating federal employees on how to utilize AI, helping build up and retain the federal AI workforce and in general promoting the effective use of the technology by federal agencies.

“AI is today’s electricity — it’s a transformative technology that is fundamental to the public sector and to our society,” said Max Stier, the Partnership’s president and CEO, in a statement. “Google.org’s generous investment will enable the Partnership to expand our current programming and research, and offer innovative new programming to empower agencies to capitalize on AI and better serve the public.”

Partnership officials said in a blog that the AI center will build on previous efforts, including its AI federal leadership cohort program, which educated senior federal leaders on AI best practices and how to incorporate the technology into their workforces.

President Joe Biden in 2023 issued an executive order to guide safe federal usage of AI. The Government Accountability Office in September found that federal agencies have fulfilled all of that directive’s initial management and recruitment benchmarks, including publishing AI guidance to agencies and creating a hiring page on the government’s AI website. 

The Office of Management and Budget on Sept. 24 released an AI memorandum directing federal agencies to update their acquisition policies to ensure responsible and collaborative applications of AI, while ensuring competitive procurement.