The Office of Personnel Management has quietly opened the federal doors to mainstream generative AI by making Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and OpenAI’s ChatGPT available to its workforce — a move that follows a string of rapid OneGov procurement deals and the launch of GSA’s USAi sandbox, and that...
The House of Representatives has quietly moved from prohibition to adoption: according to an Axios briefing shared with reporters, the House will begin rolling out Microsoft Copilot for members and staff as part of a broader push to modernize the chamber and integrate artificial intelligence...
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Microsoft’s new federal bargain is one of those rare deals that looks simple on paper and seismic in practice: deep, governmentwide discounts on Microsoft 365, Azure, Dynamics 365, security tooling and — critically — up to 12 months of Microsoft 365 Copilot for qualifying G5 agency customers...
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Microsoft’s package of education pledges — announced at a White House AI education event and consolidated under the new Microsoft Elevate umbrella — promises a major, fast-moving push to put generative AI into students’ hands: free Microsoft 365 Personal with Copilot for every eligible U.S...
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Microsoft's new OneGov arrangement with the General Services Administration (GSA) hands federal agencies a fast lane into the AI era: Microsoft 365 Copilot will be offered at no cost for an initial period to qualifying government customers, while steep, government‑wide discounts across Azure...
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Microsoft and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) have announced a sweeping OneGov agreement that puts Microsoft’s cloud and AI stack — including Microsoft 365 Copilot, Azure services, Dynamics 365, and security tooling — on preferential, government‑wide terms that the GSA and...
OpenAI’s ChatGPT suffered a widespread service disruption on September 3, 2025, that left thousands of users unable to see responses in the Conversations web UI and sparked an immediate wave of troubleshooting, vendor-switching and enterprise planning conversations across technical communities...
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Microsoft and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) have struck a government‑wide OneGov agreement that bundles Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Azure cloud services, Dynamics 365 and related security tooling into a single, opt‑in procurement vehicle — a package the GSA and...
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Microsoft and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) have struck a governmentwide "OneGov" agreement that offers steep discounts across Microsoft 365, Azure, Dynamics 365 and associated security tools, and — critically — makes Microsoft 365 Copilot available at no cost for an initial...
Microsoft and the U.S. General Services Administration have struck a governmentwide cloud agreement that promises major discounts on Microsoft 365, Azure, Copilot and related cloud services — a deal the GSA says could deliver roughly $3.1 billion in savings in the first year and significantly...
Microsoft’s new OneGov agreement with the General Services Administration promises to make Microsoft 365 Copilot effectively free for qualifying federal customers while folding deep discounts across Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and security tooling into a government‑wide purchasing vehicle...
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Microsoft and the U.S. General Services Administration have struck a sweeping OneGov agreement that puts Microsoft’s cloud and AI stack — including Microsoft 365 Copilot, Azure services, Dynamics 365, and security tooling — on preferential terms for federal agencies, with Microsoft and GSA...
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Microsoft and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) have struck a OneGov agreement to deliver steep discounts on Microsoft cloud services for federal agencies — including no‑cost access to Microsoft 365 Copilot for eligible G5 users for up to 12 months — a package GSA and Microsoft say...
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Unprecedented Federal Savings Shake Up the Productivity Software Arena
In a bold move to capitalize on ongoing federal budget cuts, Google has secured a landmark agreement with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) that slashes the cost of its Google Workspace subscriptions for...