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GovExec announces leadership change
Tim Hartman will transition into a senior advisory role with the company.
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GSA’s deputy administrator to depart government
Michael Lynch joined the General Services Administration in January 2025 as a senior advisor and later became the agency’s deputy administrator.
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Amazon Web Services’ Dave Levy departs for Google
The senior executive has worked at AWS since 2017.
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What history tells us about the potential government shutdown
Kicking the funding can down the road would prevent a government shutdown during the November midterms, but a flip of either the House or Senate would increase the odds of a prolonged December shutdown.
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Leidos saving money, employee time through expanded ServiceNow partnership
Leidos is deploying ServiceNow’s AI Control Tower across its enterprise, adding new capabilities to a partnership that spans a decade.
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AWS launches Secret Cloud for industry’s classified workloads
The company made several announcements geared towards its government customers, including up to $1 billion in cloud credits for U.S. intelligence agencies.
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT to debut on GenAI.mil in ‘early July’
The company is working closely with the Pentagon’s Chief Digital Artificial Intelligence Office to deliver more model access via GenAI.mil.
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GSA publishes ‘Elimination, Optimization and Automation’ playbook for government agencies
The playbook’s framework has already helped the agency save hundreds of thousands of hours, and other agencies can now make use of it to launch their own automation initiatives.
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Virtualitics targets public sector customers with OpenAI partnership
Virtualitics is the latest company to partner with a frontier AI firm to enhance its existing software suite.
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Pentagon adds Google’s latest model to GenAI.mil as usage soars
Users have built more than 100,000 AI agents using the generative-AI platform, officials said.
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GSA No. 2 talks ‘million hours challenge,’ scaling agency AI efforts
GSA Deputy Administrator Michael Lynch offered comprehensive look at the agency’s plans for key acquisition and shared services programs and new internal efforts aimed at automating work.
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Agencies begin to shed Anthropic contracts following Trump’s directive
Officials from the departments of Treasury, State and Health and Human Services confirmed they would be acting to comply with the White House mandate.
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Trump directs government to ‘immediately cease’ using Anthropic technology
Ban follows AI firm’s refusal to enable mass surveillance, autonomous weapons.
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Federal CIO tapped for dual-hatted role at GSA
Greg Barbaccia will serve as the acting Technology Transformation Services director and senior advisor to the administrator at GSA, while its previous lead, Thomas Shedd, will remain with the agency in another role.
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SAP offers major discount to government customers through OneGov agreement
Discounted software could generate as much as $165 million in savings for agencies over the next 18 months, GSA estimates.
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Civilian agency spending cratered during shutdown
October spending during the shutdown dropped by as much as 80% for some agencies compared to October 2024.
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GSA, Perplexity ink first direct-to-government OneGov deal
Under a new agreement, federal agencies can access Perplexity Enterprise Pro for Government through a direct contract on the General Services Administration’s Multiple-Award Schedule.
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Transportation awards Google major contract after ‘OneGov’ deal
The five-year contract for Google’s Workspace software suite has a ceiling of $89 million.
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GSA will be ‘multiplier for efficiency and modernization,’ nominee for administrator says
Edward Forst, President Trump’s nominee to lead the General Services Administration, testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Thursday.
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