Throughout multiple Administrations, the White House has been a strong sponsor and advocate of recruiting and developing exceptional talent to work in federal agencies on a wide variety of missions that significantly impact our nation and the rest of the world. Since 1964, the White House has recognized the need to create and foster talent programs to encourage the brightest minds and experienced change-agents to work with colleagues within agencies to drive results.
As the demand and complexity of agency missions have increased, so too has the need for more types of experience and knowledge across multiple industry sectors. In response, many agencies added time-limited “tour of duty” term appointments to bring in exceptional talent to work on specific, high-impact projects for shorter periods of time, which has enhanced government’s ability to recruit top talent across industry sectors into Federal service.
Many White House talent programs have been created to help fuel the talent pipeline for current and future leaders, especially the best and brightest from technology and other industry sectors.
Below is a brief summary of each of the Presidential Talent Programs, including the type of talent they recruit and whom to contact to learn more.