A new D.C.-area initiative links displaced federal workers across the region with job opportunities, career coaching and even retraining services.

The platform, Talent Capital. AI, is housed at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and COG Chair Rodney Lusk called the initiative “a new framework for workforce resilience and it’s powered by AI but grounded in human resource and support.”

It was launched on Wednesday, the first day of the federal government shutdown, which Maryland Labor Secretary Portia Wu made note of during a news conference.

As a self-described “former fed,” Wu told the crowd, “In Maryland, we have a huge number of federal workers and federal contractors who are being impacted.”

“We want opportunity and growth. That is what federal workers and contractor

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