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𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚'𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 released today, outlines this Administration's bold strategy for America to secure global dominance in #AI and unleash a new era of economic opportunity for American Workers. I applaud President Trump’s leadership in delivering a worker-centered AI strategy and emphasizing the instrumental role that the U.S. Department of Labor will play in advancing it. The U.S. Department of Labor believes AI represents a new frontier of opportunity for workers, but to realize its full promise, we must equip Americans with AI skills, build talent pipelines for AI infrastructure, and develop the agility in our workforce system to evolve alongside advances in AI. The “𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈” section of the AI Action Plan includes actions for #DOL to work with relevant federal agencies to: 🟢 Prioritize AI skills development as a core objective of education and workforce funding streams, including career and technical education, apprenticeships, and other federally supported skills initiatives. 🟢 Establish the AI Workforce Research Hub to lead a sustained federal effort to evaluate AI’s impact on the labor market and the American worker, including recurring analysis, scenario planning, and actionable insights for workforce and education policy. 🟢 Study AI’s impact on the labor market through BLS data collection efforts and provide the AI Workforce Research Hub with analysis to support tracking of AI adoption, job creation, displacement, and wage effects. 🟢 Fund rapid retraining for individuals impacted by AI-related job displacement, as well as issue guidance clarifying how funds can be used to proactively upskill workers at risk of future displacement. 🟢 Pilot new approaches to meet workforce challenges created by AI, which may include areas such as rapid retraining models to respond to labor market shifts and new models to support pathways into entry level roles. The "𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐈 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞" section of the AI Action Plan includes actions for #DOL to work with relevant federal agencies to: 🟢 Create a national initiative identifying high-priority occupations critical to AI infrastructure. 🟢 Partner with state and local governments and workforce system stakeholders to support the creation of industry-driven training programs for priority AI infrastructure occupations. 🟢 Partner with education and workforce system stakeholders to expand early career exposure programs and pre-apprenticeship opportunities for middle and high school students in AI infrastructure occupations. 🟢 Expand Registered Apprenticeships for occupations critical to AI infrastructure. I look forward to leading DOL's efforts, ushering in a new wave of opportunity for American Workers. Congratulations Michael Kratsios David O. Sacks Lynne Parker White House Office of Science and Technology Policy