Expert speaks out on 'perfect solution' to federal hiring issues creating national security concerns

SPECIAL Fox News Digital sat down with SkillStorm CEO Justin Vianello who addressed issues the federal administration faces hiring workers sometimes raising national safety concerns and explained what his company is doing to streamline that process The federal authorities has struggled for decades with staffing issues in key roles like cybersecurity tech and other high-skill areas an issue flagged as far back as according to the Administration Accountability Office Vianello discussed how SkillStorm is attempting to solve those issues If we look at the procurement process and the way it's been structured there's crucial delays Vianello recounted Fox News Digital So it can take years to veritably get to a point where a solicitation is truly awarded And then ironically or paradoxically post that award the agency will expect the particular company to be able to deliver a crew in days So this process is inefficient and somewhat outdated Vianello explained that the current hiring process is lengthy and laborious sometimes taking years rather than months and creating delays that teams need to properly mobilize and deploy MAGA GROUP FIGHTS TO UNDO CARTER-ERA BAN ON MERIT-BASED FEDERAL HIRING One of the solutions to that issue is to indeed allow for an on-ramp time where people can spend between two to four months to custom build teams that have the right skills that have the right certifications that are based in the right locations to rapidly deploy teams and to accelerate IT transformation and automation And that's really where the SkillStorm model comes in Vianello declared Vianello says the company has spent millions of dollars in latest years building a Performance Acceleration Center for Excellence that is essentially a learning management training system with a customized curriculum and content along with a stable of trainers in a position to rapidly upskill and deploy people How do we leverage that infrastructure to build out a key for the federal regime Vianello commented Well what we do is we leverage that infrastructure to accelerate and train teams And the way the model works is we both bring people into our campaign We train them for anywhere between and weeks We pay them while we're training them We help them achieve their certification and then we deploy them And we recover the financing that we make by billing them hourly FLASHBACK TOP FIVE WILDEST MOMENTS FROM ELON MUSK'S DOGE TENURE AS IT COMES TO AN ENDThat system Vianello explained means SkillStorm takes all the pitfall up front and recovers it by billing hourly to the client Now this is the perfect cure to being able to custom-build tech teams create net new talent for the ecosystem and being able deploy these people over time But the regime is gonna have to change the procurement system to not require people to be deployed within days but allow companies to build these teams over two three four months Another issue Vianello notified Fox News Digital is the current hiring process can get tied up with precaution clearances and become a national defense menace That's absolutely part of it but I think there's a bigger issue here if you look more generally at our model and specific of the issues that are facing the field Vianello revealed Well if you look at SkillStorm's model SkillStorm has an innovative cost-effective method to custom-build U S -based tech teams for rapid deployment Now we have a trainee debt dilemma in this country and at the same time what are we doing We're offshoring our children's roles to other countries and we're using visa holders to take up the place of entry-level tech roles Now if we don't invest in programs like SkillStorm if we do invest in these outcome-driven apprenticeship-type programs where's the next generation of cybersecurity experts going to come from Where s the new generation of AI innovators going to come from This is a national assurance issue that is essential in driving innovation Right now there are open cybersecurity roles as of January We are the domestic models like these apprenticeship models that can backing that gap to make sure that we're protecting national precaution Former General Services Administration GSA head Emily Murphy who previously spoke to Fox News Digital about the GSA s work to streamline regime in the era of DOGE noted she has seen firsthand how outdated federal systems have become one of the majority serious yet least discussed threats to national assurance Agencies charged with safeguarding cybersecurity and digital infrastructure are losing the talent battle to the private sector and the slow outdated process for onboarding cleared workers doesn t match the urgency of in the present day s threats Murphy explained that the federal establishment necessities a new pipeline that delivers clearance-eligible project-ready professionals trained on mission-specific tools SkillStorm is doing exactly that deploying Stormers technologists trained on specific tech platforms at a vital discount It s a smarter faster way to secure the talent our leadership urgently necessities Vianello advised Fox News Digital SkillStorm and the Department of Governing body Efficiency DOGE have similar goals in making regime more efficient I think DOGE is really focused on IT automation and IT transformation and doing it on an efficient and cost-effective basis Vianello commented We believe going forward there's likely going to be more of a push to less full-time employees and more of a push towards efficient contractors coming in and accelerating project delivery So again this really does come back in our belief To the solicitation process how do we tighten it up How do we make sure that once an award is made and that machinery is implemented it's not outdated Because if that continues to happen how are you going to continue to attract technologists young technologists who want to be part of the change