{"id":202708,"date":"2026-04-06T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/feds-struggle-to-scale-ai-amid-legacy-tech-skills-gaps-survey-finds-meritalk\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:10:27","slug":"feds-struggle-to-scale-ai-amid-legacy-tech-skills-gaps-survey-finds-meritalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/feds-struggle-to-scale-ai-amid-legacy-tech-skills-gaps-survey-finds-meritalk\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds Struggle to Scale AI Amid Legacy Tech, Skills Gaps, Survey Finds \u2013 MeriTalk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meritalk.com\/articles\/feds-struggle-to-scale-ai-amid-legacy-tech-skills-gaps-survey-finds\/\">Feds Struggle to Scale AI Amid Legacy Tech, Skills Gaps, Survey Finds \u2013 MeriTalk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meritalk.com\/articles\/feds-struggle-to-scale-ai-amid-legacy-tech-skills-gaps-survey-finds\/\">https:\/\/www.meritalk.com\/articles\/feds-struggle-to-scale-ai-amid-legacy-tech-skills-gaps-survey-finds\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-06 14:37:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.meritalk.com\">www.meritalk.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Federal agencies acknowledge AI\u2019s importance for modernization and efficiency, with 92% and 88% respectively viewing it as critical.<\/li>\n<li>Adoption of AI remains limited; 38% operate under pilot programs, and nearly half are still identifying specific use cases.<\/li>\n<li>Key barriers to scaling AI include integrating AI with existing IT systems, shortages in AI-related skills, and outdated technology infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Governance challenges, including the lack of comprehensive AI governance strategies, hinder full AI adoption.<\/li>\n<li>Despite challenges, all surveyed leaders are undertaking efficiency initiatives, including investments in AI and cybersecurity.<\/li>\n<li>Speed, workforce skills, and scaling remain the major constraints to technology modernization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feds Struggle to Scale AI Amid Legacy Tech, Skills Gaps, Survey Finds \u2013 MeriTalk https:\/\/www.meritalk.com\/articles\/feds-struggle-to-scale-ai-amid-legacy-tech-skills-gaps-survey-finds\/&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":202709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.meritalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/shutterstock_618815732.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202710,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202708\/revisions\/202710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}