White House: 5 Percent of Government Jobs Could Be 'Automated Entirely'

NextGov: The Trump administration sees a critical role for automation in its long-term goal of building a smaller, more efficient federal workforce, according to a White House report.

The Office of Personnel Management estimates automation could cut workloads for 60 percent of federal employees by about 30 percent and render nearly 5 percent of government jobs completely obsolete. In total, existing technology has the potential to automate nearly half of all work activities, according to the Federal Workforce Priorities Report.

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