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OPM Grants Staff Copilot and ChatGPT Access via GSA's OneGov: A Practical Guide for Federal Workers
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has flipped the switch on generative AI for its employees, granting immediate access to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and preparing to roll out an...
How the House Reversed Its Copilot Ban: A Blueprint for Secure AI in Government
The U.S. House of Representatives has lifted its year-old prohibition on Microsoft Copilot and will begin deploying the generative AI tool to members and staff under strict data-protection terms,...
Microsoft Gives College Students 12 Months of Free Copilot in $4 Billion AI Education Push
Microsoft will hand out a full year of Microsoft 365 Personal—complete with Copilot—to every eligible U.S. college student at no charge, the company announced at a White House AI education event...
Inside the OneGov Pact: How Microsoft's $3.1B Federal Offer Reshapes Government IT
The General Services Administration surprised Washington on September 2, 2025, by announcing a landmark OneGov agreement with Microsoft that immediately rewrites the economics of federal IT. The deal...
OneGov Deal: Microsoft Gives Federal Agencies Free Copilot, $3.1B in Projected Savings
Microsoft has opened a fast lane for U.S. federal agencies to adopt generative AI, offering Microsoft 365 Copilot at no cost for up to 12 months and a suite of deep discounts across Azure, Dynamics...
ChatGPT's Frontend Meltdown: How a UI Glitch Triggered Mass Outage and an Enterprise AI Wake-Up Call
On September 3, 2025, at 10:23 AM Eastern, OpenAI marked as resolved a ChatGPT service disruption that sent millions of users into a productivity spiral. The outage, which began earlier that morning,...
Microsoft Offers Free Copilot to Feds in $3B OneGov Deal—But Critics Cry Lock-In and Security Risks
The U.S. General Services Administration has struck a deal with Microsoft that makes Microsoft 365 Copilot free for eligible federal agencies for the first year—the latest in a string of...
Microsoft Inks $3 Billion AI Deal with U.S. Government: Free Copilot, Azure Discounts, and the Risks Agencies Can't Ignore
Microsoft and the U.S. General Services Administration have finalized a landmark OneGov agreement that arms federal agencies with deeply discounted—and in some cases, free—access to the...
Microsoft Promises $3 Billion in Federal Cloud Savings with OneGov, Copilot Free for a Year
Microsoft and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) have finalized a sweeping OneGov agreement that delivers deep discounts on Microsoft cloud services to federal agencies, headlined by 12...
Google Workspace Offers 71% Discount for Federal Agencies, Challenges Microsoft Dominance
In a seismic shift for public sector IT procurement, Google Workspace has unveiled a staggering 71% discount on its productivity suite for federal agencies, a move that could redefine how government...