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Large lettering marks the main entrance to the General Services Administration (GSA) headquarters on July 23, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

GSA appoints former banking exec as new government contracting head

Jennifer Hill is the new commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service, the agency’s contracting operation recently involved in artificial intelligence procurements.
In this photo illustration, a person holds a smartphone displaying the logo of Perplexity AI, an artificial intelligence-powered search and answer engine, with the company’s logo visible in the background. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)

FedRAMP 20x picks up steam with first full ‘Class C’ certification to AI company

Perplexity is the first company to be certified under the full sped-up 20x process within the class most akin to the old “moderate” level. More are coming,…
Labor unions hold a “Kill the Cuts” rally at Wayne State University in Detroit on April 8, 2025, protesting Trump administration cuts to research, health care, and higher education. It was one of a many coordinated rallies across the United States. (Photo by: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Records show White House, DOGE involvement in National Science Foundation grant terminations

Federal records show DOGE's role in initiating grant terminations across the National Science Foundation and indicate that the White House also flagged awards to cut.
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Demonstrators stand outside the Office of Personnel Management headquarters Feb. 4 to protest the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency and a “deferred resignation” offer to federal workers from the OPM called “Fork in the Road.” (Photo by Madison Alder)

OPM illegally shared millions of employee records with DOGE, federal judge rules

Judge Denise Cote said the government failed to provide a credible explanation for why DOGE needed access to personal information to modernize the human capital agency.
From left to right, Google Public Sector CEO Karen Dahut speaks with GSA Administrator Ed Forst, DOD Undersecretary for Acquisition and Sustainment Michael Duffey and Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian at the Google Public Sector Summit on Oct. 20, 2026 in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.

Google launches Gemini for government services as new ‘agentic solution’

The Google Public Sector Summit featured the Gemini announcement and GSA Administrator Ed Forst’s take on America-dot-gov.
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