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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 […]

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Trump orders end of US government cheques in digital disbursements overhaul

US president Donald Trump has signed executive orders to “modernise how the government handles money” and centralise a “fragmented” federal disbursements bureaucracy to tackle fraud. The first executive order mandates […]
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New Canadian PM Mark Carney forms government, with minister of government transformation among appointments

Mark Carney – the former public servant who served both the Department of Finance and central bank in Canada and was governor of the Bank of England in the UK […]

Trump unveils plan to create ‘Strategic Bitcoin Reserve’ with forfeited crypto

US president Donald Trump has set out plans to create a ‘Strategic Bitcoin Reserve’ and ‘Digital Asset Stockpile.’ Trump ended the seventh week of his second term as US president […]

From digital twins to AI financial forecasting: staff ideas longlisted in Canada’s Public Service Data and AI Challenge

Eight projects have been longlisted in Canada’s latest Public Service Data/AI Challenge, which gathers data-related ideas from the federal government workforce and develops the best ones towards implementation. The longlisted ideas […]
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Canada launches first AI strategy for federal public service

The Canadian government has launched its first strategy for AI in the public service, in a bid to boost the productivity of its workforce and deliver enhanced digital services to […]

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 […]
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Trump administration to cull 6,700 IRS jobs as part of federal layoffs

The Trump administration is preparing to axe 6,700 jobs at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a bid to shrink the agency and reduce federal government headcount. Probationary staff, including […]
USAID pallets Pallets of USAID-supplied food, water and supplies sit on the flight line at the airport as a MH-53E helicopter awaits to be on loaded with supplies. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations

Judge pauses Trump administration plan to put USAID civil servants on leave

A plan by the Trump administration to put almost all civil servants at the US government’s international development agency on leave has been put on hold until later this week […]

Trump administration puts USAID staff on leave as DOGE sets out spending cuts 

Staff at the US government’s international development agency have been put on administrative leave around the globe, while the Elon Musk led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has set out […]