Treasury Recruits IT Staff After 33,000 Losses

The Treasury Common Services Center is hiring IT professionals as the department has lost thousands of employees since early 2025.

Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Job Search

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Treasury Common Services Center administrator Colleen Heller-Stein said Friday at ACT-IAC's Workforce Innovation Summit that the center is actively recruiting IT professionals. The effort comes as Treasury has lost 33,000 staffers since the start of the second Trump administration.

Why it matters

The Treasury Common Services Center provides IT engineering, IT operations, human resources, acquisition and travel services for the entire agency, so its staffing directly affects the department's operations. Treasury has been one of the hardest-hit agencies by staff reductions since January 2025, and has leaned on the OPM-run Tech Force initiative to fill early-career tech roles.

Treasury has lost 33,000 staffers and nearly 2,200 IT management employees since the second Trump administration began, according to figures cited by agency leadership. The source does not specify how many open IT positions the center intends to fill or over what period.

The players

Colleen Heller-Stein

Heller-Stein is administrator of the Treasury Common Services Center, having previously spent more than 13 years in various human resources roles at Treasury before a stint at the Office of Personnel Management.

Office of Personnel Management

The Office of Personnel Management is the federal agency that oversees the civil service workforce and runs the Tech Force initiative, which recruits early-career tech talent for two-year federal positions.

The details

Heller-Stein, who rejoined Treasury three weeks ago after a two-and-a-half-year stint at the Office of Personnel Management, said AI is an issue for everyone at the agency, not only the chief information officer. She also said some early-career technologists have mixed feelings about AI, and that the center is working to avoid layering technology onto processes that do not already work.

Friday: Heller-Stein spoke at the ACT-IAC Workforce Innovation Summit.
Three weeks before the speech: Heller-Stein rejoined Treasury from the Office of Personnel Management.
January 2025: Treasury staff reductions began affecting the agency.

Market Landscape

Treasury's reliance on the OPM-run Tech Force initiative to recruit early-career technologists extends a federal strategy for filling technology roles after staffing cuts. The department's IT hiring push also reflects competition for technical talent across government as agencies integrate AI into operations.

Job seekers with IT backgrounds may find federal openings at Treasury's Common Services Center as the agency rebuilds its technology staff. Early-career technologists considering federal roles may find Tech Force's two-year positions a path into government service.

The takeaway

Federal IT roles are being filled through a mix of direct recruitment and short-term programs, so applicants should watch both agency postings and OPM's Tech Force listings. Staffing losses at Treasury suggest openings may continue as the department reorganizes its technology operations.