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Here is article I mentioned yesterday. Sorry link did not work. w34705 Article on AI Displacement.pdf

This is an AI-generated executive summary of effects on Contracting Officers, Procurement Analysts, and acquisition offices in general related to article titled "How Adaptable Are American Workers to AI-Induced Job Displacement?". Citation is Sam J. Manning and Tomás Aguirre, "How Adaptable Are American Workers to AI-Induced Job Displacement?," NBER Working Paper 34705 (2026). I could not attach the article as it exceeds MB limit, but the entire article is available at https://www.nber.org/papers/w34705. The summary was created since article runs about 54 pages, and that is a lot of material. This is only one opinion generated from AI of course. Note: The link has been removed because it does not work. Executive Summary on AI Displacement.pdf

Thanks for the insight everyone. I strongly agree that Federal employees should be accountable and carry out the directives of any administration under the law, regulations and executive orders. My concern was for Contracting Officers being at-will, fired and losing retirement/severance pay if they followed the regulations and did not award to preferred Contractors of those in leadership. Also concerned for Procurement Analysts being impacted by this, even if they are not directly creating these policies, but reviewing procurement actions or auditing contracts based on these policies only.

It will be interesting to see if 1102 series is rolled into Schedule F or not. Does anyone see this happening?

Thanks for the insight. Scary times to be an 1102. I think the long-term opportunities in this field are gone, and not sure if industry is going to be any better. I would not recommend the Federal Government anymore to any of my younger family members.

All: With consolidation of common services and supplies to GSA over next several months, it seems to be clear that 1102 career opportunities will be significantly reduced as I would not expect GSA to take on tons of 1102s, and the agencies losing contracts to GSA may not need them as much either. Given that and to remain viable in the Federal career fields, are there job series that you all think 1102 skills could translate to? I could only think of two for now: 0341 (Administrative Officer) and 0343 (Program Management). Thanks.