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Jen Pahlka expresses concern that the US government may implement statutory and regulatory barriers to AI adoption before its potential is fully understood, citing the Biden administration's executive order and subsequent OMB guidance.
The state of New York has passed a law that prohibits changing a public servant's job because of AI.
A senior U.S. Air Force leader told Jen Pahlka that the Department of Defense would be more effective with half its budget.
A paper by Lukas Ilves titled "The Agentic State" suggests AI agents can deliver immediate value in government through proactive public service design, self-orchestrating workflows, and continuously adapting policymaking.
A paper by Lukas Ilves titled "The Agentic State" envisions AI agents enabling real-time regulatory compliance, machine-speed crisis response, and autonomous procurement systems operating within policy constraints.
New Jersey's unemployment insurance program operates under 7,119 pages of active regulations.
Jen Pahlka argues that a program with 7,119 pages of regulations, like New Jersey's unemployment insurance, is fundamentally "unadministrable" and cannot be robust or scalable.
Jen Pahlka and Dan Ho co-authored a letter to the Office of Management and Budget in response to a request for comments on AI guidance, which was based on a paper titled "AI Meets the Cascade of Rigidity."
The Recoding America Fund was created to act as a "field catalyst" for government reform aimed at helping government adopt an AI-era operating model.
The state of North Carolina is undertaking a major civil service reform, with its legislature asking the state human resources director to propose a complete reboot of the system.
Jen Pahlka believes that laws like New York's, which restrict AI's impact on public sector jobs, could exacerbate the effectiveness gap between the public and private sectors.
The crisis surrounding the launch of Healthcare.gov was a critical catalyst for the creation of the U.S. Digital Service.