Personnel from the Centers of Excellence and Presidential Innovation Fellows program may be tapped for project evaluation improvements after the TMF received $1 billion for pressing modernization projects.

The order borrows heavily from principles already established by the defense and intelligence communities, extending them to those outside the national security space.

The 2021 PIFs will be working remotely. They were chosen with an added emphasis on attracting artificial intelligence talent to the federal government. They'll be working remotely.

The 20 fellows are placed at nine different agencies.