As agencies continue to adopt artificial intelligence and machine learning, they're working to keep their employees up to speed in new technologies and cybersecurity defenses. Lynne Parker, assistant director for AI at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), acknowledged at an April 18 event hosted by the National Academy for Public Administration that AI presents "a lot of workforce challenges." Parker said that while government doesn't "at the moment" have a holistic approach toward training and preparing the workforce for technological advancements, "agencies are stepping up on their own to create opportunities for people to enroll" in IT, cyber and AI training. "Agencies are taking an active role in trying to help people learn those kinds of opportunities," she said. Because agencies understand "the kinds of skills and the kinds of work that they do, they're best suited to create these kinds of training programs," she added, citing the General Services Administration as an example of an agency that's promoting new skills.