We're at OneGov today and tomorrow as tech partner, the govtech hackathon at The Hague Tech in Den Haag.
The challenges are real ones: a clear government overview for bereaved families, synthetic populations for pandemic preparedness, and a robust drinking water supply for 2040.
Every team gets free access to GreenPT and credits to build with, and we're picking one winner for a full year free. We'll let you know who wins!
Microsoft Lands Multi-Billion Dollar ‘OneGov’ Deal to Supercharge US Government with AI
OMB is out with M-25 -31, a memo on “Consolidating Federal Procurement Activities.” The memo provides an appendix that describes two workstreams: * increased agency use of centralized contracts managed by GSA, especially for widely available commercial products and basic services, * centralization in GSA of procurement functions currently decentralized across departments
On 31 July 2025, GSA announced Docusign agreed to a 70 percent discount on Docusign eSignature plans and 50 percent off Intelligent Agreement Management plans, the latter of which serve as sticky workflow solutions, AI-enabled, of course. This appears to be quite a good deal, as a search of GSA
OMB is out with M-25 -31, a memo on “Consolidating Federal Procurement Activities.” The memo provides an appendix that describes two workstreams: * increased agency use of centralized contracts managed by GSA, especially for widely available commercial products and basic services, * centralization in GSA of procurement functions currently decentralized across departments
At the end of April, GSA announced its baffling OneGov strategy, of which the govwide Microsoft agreement is now a part. Behind the spin, the Microsoft agreement sounds mostly like the government aligning itself on language, terms, and security, rather than achieving cost savings. Its key elements comprise: * Establishing, improving,
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