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Army Cyber Command builds agentic workforce to support cyber operations [...] Michael Cogar, who oversees the Defense Department’s civilian personnel policies, says a pilot program has slashed the Army’s average civilian hiring times from 161 days to 47 by introducing artificial intelligence and consolidating steps of the recruiting process. [...] He didn’t say how many people were hired through the pilot or how those results could be scaled across the military.
The department is pairing AI adoption with widespread changes to how it brings in new talent. Cogar said the Pentagon has overhauled 11 direct-hire authority policies, which allow agencies to fill vacancies in critical fields more quickly.