Under Tech Force, OPM wants to send some feds for tours of duty in industry @FedScoop
Under Tech Force, OPM wants to send some feds for tours of duty in industry  @FedScoop
Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The Trump administration is already trying to bring talent from industry into the government via its U.S. Tech Force program, but the next step could be putting federal workers on exchanges to companies, according to remarks from an Office of Personnel Management official Thursday. During a panel at a federal technology-focused conference, Kevin Hennecken, senior advisor to the director at OPM and leader of the Trump administration’s Tech Force hiring effort, mentioned the agency’s interest in such a program as a way of helping train federal workers.

A National Institutes of Health contracting arm responsible for a series of large-scale IT contracting vehicles is ending all of its cross-government contracts and ceasing all functions by the end of 2028, according to a notice from the agency. All of the governmentwide acquisition vehicles (GWACs) under the NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) will expire Oct. 29, which is also the last day to award new orders, the Tuesday announcement stated. That includes the office’s ongoing iterations of its Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners contracts. The functions will be moved to the General Services Administration.

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• OPM wants to leverage talent exchanges that would place feds in industry via FedScoop: fedscoop.com/opm-leverage-talent-exchanges-place-feds-industry
• NIH contracting arm announces sunset of all governmentwide vehicles via FedScoop: fedscoop.com/nih-contracting-announces-sunset-governmentwide-vehicles-nitaac

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