{"id":2313,"date":"2026-07-16T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthfitnessusa.com\/?p=2313"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:00:51","slug":"govtech-to-shed-up-to-9-of-workforce-in-phased-exercise-93-in-first-phase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthfitnessusa.com\/?p=2313","title":{"rendered":"GovTech to shed up to 9% of workforce in phased exercise; 93 in first phase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sGqNffmXM84\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Singapore government&#8217;s tech arm, GovTech, will let go of 93 staff in the first stage of what it calls a phased transformation. The two-year exercise, which aims to help the agency shift its focus from project delivery to product ownership, will eventually affect up to nine per cent of its 3,900 workforce. 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