All posts tagged "General Services Administration"

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  US General Services Administration sets out AI ambitions for 2026 – and war department adopts new AI tool

  The US General Services Administration (GSA) has said that its goal this year is to empower agencies to adopt artificial intelligence, remove blockers to AI innovation, and spur related collaboration.

  • Posted January 14, 2026
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  US federal CIO urges vendors to offer government ‘best-and-final-first pricing’

  Gregory Barbaccia, chief information officer of the US federal government, has warned companies not to submit “balloon quotes” when bidding for government contracts, and said procurement incentives should be changed

  • Posted October 9, 2025
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  US state department looking to agentic AI to ‘take action’ for officials, CIO says

  The US Department of State has set its sights on using AI agents to perform actions on behalf of staff, according to the department’s chief information officer. Speaking at the

  • Posted October 1, 2025
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  Opportunity knocks: protecting identity to foster greater sharing of information across government  

  In this webinar, a US government identity assurance specialist and a private sector identity expert discussed how to share information securely across government – and why, in a fast-changing tech

  • Posted September 24, 2025
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  US government restarts Presidential Rank Awards to recognise ‘truly outstanding performance’ by federal officials

  The US government has set out plans to revamp how federal employees are rewarded for good performance, with plans including a relaunch of the Presidential Rank Awards – the most

  • Posted August 20, 2025
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  US secures large government-wide software discount with Google

  Google will offer its Workspace software suite to all federal agencies at a temporary discount of 71% on current pricing until September 30, under an agreement reached with the General

  • Posted April 16, 2025
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  Trump administration sets guardrails for AI use and acquisition within government agencies  

  US federal agencies received two memos on 3 April from the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) containing guidelines on how to use and procure artificial intelligence in government.

  • Posted April 10, 2025
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  Trump and DOGE demand centralised tech systems to track spending

  President Donald Trump has directed US government agencies to build “centralised tech systems” to “record every payment” made via grants and contracts, as part of the ongoing Department of Government

  • Posted March 3, 2025
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  Succeeding with government digital services: Lessons from the UK, the US and Iceland 

  Digitising services is intended to make it easier for citizens to interact with government and complete common tasks. There is still much work to do here and each new digital

  • Posted December 2, 2024
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  How the failure of Healthcare.gov kickstarted US government transformation

  The 2013 launch of healthcare.gov – the US government website that helps Americans find health insurance – is most often viewed as a failure. The website crashed on its first

  • Posted July 15, 2024
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