Public Sector

The agentic era: Architecting the blueprint for mission impact across the public sector

Tue, 19 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000

This is a new era — the agentic era – and the question is no longer, “what’s possible?” but rather, “what creates impact?” Today, organizations across industries around the world are swiftly moving from AI exploration and pilots to real-world use cases that drive impact, at scale. They are doing this with agents. In order to fully meet this moment, and seize the opportunities in this agentic era, we need leadership. To that end, I was honored to share the stage at Google Cloud Next with visionary leaders from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S Department of Transportation (DOT) and the City of Los Angeles who shared how they are disrupting the status quo and driving lasting impact for their organizations and the people they serve. Let’s take a closer look at their stories.

The U.S. Department of Transportation: Strengthening the safety and reliability of our nation’s transportation systems

Pavan Pidugu, the Chief Digital and Information Officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), is empowering staff with cloud-based productivity and collaboration tools as the first-cabinet level federal agency to fully transition their workforce away from legacy providers to Google Workspace with Gemini. “Twenty-two days. That’s what it took for us to create a production environment with Google Workspace,” Pavan asserted. In less than six months, the agency migrated more than one billion emails. This transition to Workspace has enabled staff to work smarter and faster, ultimately strengthening the safety and reliability of our nation’s transportation systems.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Accelerating cures and meaningful treatments that benefit everyone

Jeremy Walsh, the Chief AI Officer at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is leveraging agentic AI to accelerate the delivery of life-saving cures, achieving a 80% AI adoption rate across its 18,000-person workforce. “By using AI agents to move the agency toward a real-time regulatory environment, the FDA is compressing decades-old workflows,” underscored Jeremy. While the traditional drug development process can take ten years, the agency now uses AI to analyze candidate data against vast historical datasets in minutes – shrinking 60-day filing reviews down to a matter of hours. This mission to halve the overall time to market for new drugs directly translates into saving more lives.

The City of Los Angeles: Building the technological foundation to serve residents and visitors

Ted Ross, the Chief Information Officer for the City of Los Angeles, is facing a massive logistical challenge: preparing for the 2026 World Cup, the 2027 Super Bowl, and the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. With 15 million visitors expected for the Olympics alone, the city is scaling AI across its 45 departments and 27,500 employees. “The world is going to be looking at Los Angeles, and the reality is you need force multipliers,” Ted articulated. “You need tools like AI, which don’t replace our workforce, but amplify their ability to deliver world-class customer service and the essential functions to run events of this scale.” The City of Los Angeles is embedding Gemini directly into the tools employees use every day to deliver faster, more accessible services for visitors, as well as the city’s four million residents who speak more than 224 languages.

Your blueprint for agentic transformation

These leaders are creating the blueprint for agentic transformation by leveraging AI and agents as a force multiplier to empower their workforce, unlock new levels of productivity, and transform how services are delivered. As evident from these leaders, moving from exploration and pilots to full-scale adoption requires a thoughtful and strategic approach, centered on three critical pillars:

Empower leaders and teams to disrupt the status quo: Transformation requires a cultural shift where leaders and teams are empowered to disrupt the status quo, take calculated risks, and move with speed. As demonstrated by Pavan Pidugu of the DOT, the goal is to ignite a spirit where teams can harness technology to create results in days, not years.
Scale for lasting impact: Moving from AI pilots to agency-wide adoption requires bold leadership. Jeremy Walsh shared how the FDA is empowering its workforce – from reviewers to scientists – with AI and agents to protect public health and accelerate life-saving treatments. As Walsh articulated, agents act as force multipliers, moving the agency beyond document-heavy processes to a state where they can analyze all available data simultaneously. This approach allows the FDA to compress review timelines and solve mission-critical challenges at scale.
Prioritize human-centered adoption: Transformation is fundamentally a “people project” that succeeds by solving immediate employee pain points within existing tools. Ted Ross from the City of Los Angeles shared that by embedding AI into daily workflows, leaders can turn skeptics into champions through small wins that create organizational momentum. This approach raises the collective digital IQ, and ensures that the city can upskill their workforce while delivering faster, more accessible services for residents and visitors alike.

Your mission partner

We are so proud that Google Public Sector is the partner that organizations turn to as they move from AI pilots to total agentic transformation. We believe that bold leadership, coupled with our integrated stack built on a foundation of security, openness and scale, is what makes this kind of transformation possible. We invite you to register to attend our Gemini for Government webinar on June 11 where we’ll dive deeper into the blueprint for transformation and mission impact in the agentic era.

The new era of SaMD: Why cloud infrastructure is the foundation for digital health in 2026

Wed, 13 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000

In the healthcare and life sciences industries, speed saves lives, but meeting regulatory requirements and other administrative burdens often pumps the brakes for manufacturers of software as a medical device (SaMD). These devices include AI image analysis for cancer detection, diagnostic mobile apps for viewing MRIs, and software that can calculate insulin dosages.

Today, the medical device industry stands at an inflection point. We’re moving from reactive diagnostics to proactive, prognostic learning systems. Modern SaMD is a composite system where clinical functionality emerges from the interaction of embedded firmware, mobile apps, and cloud-resident services.

This shift requires a fundamental reimagining of how we demonstrate a state of control. More than just an alternative to on-premises servers, cloud infrastructure has become a superior foundation for regulated medical software.

The regulatory landscape of 2026: FDA QMSR and the EU AI Act

The regulatory environment in early 2026 is defined by a shift toward international harmonization and risk-based oversight. For organizations operating globally, two major milestones dominate the compliance roadmap.

The FDA QMSR Transition
The FDA aligned the Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR) 21 CFR Part 820 with ISO 13485:2016 earlier this year, reinforcing the value of cloud-native patterns that automate document control and change management.

Under the new Inspection of Medical Device Manufacturers Compliance Program, the FDA has moved away from the old Quality System Inspection Technique (QSIT) subsystems in favor of a risk-based strategy that prioritizes areas including change control and outsourcing. In this model, digital retention and automated audit trails are now recognized as primary objective evidence, reducing the industry's reliance on manual paperwork.

The EU AI Act Applicability
As of August 2, the European Union AI Act enters the full applicability phase for high-risk obligations in AI systems. For SaMD manufacturers, these requirements introduce rigorous data governance, transparency, and human oversight for medical devices.

The shift to Compliance as Code

We believe that in a world of continuously updated device platforms, the manual administrative control model doesn’t scale. Instead, we should embrace Compliance as Code (CaC). Five years ago, CaC was a competitive advantage, but today it’s a regulatory necessity.

In this model, compliance is expressed programmatically and enforced declaratively in the system. Because controls are implemented as platform policies, change control can be enforced at the pipeline gate, and evidence is generated operationally as a continuous byproduct of how the system runs. Since the system can’t operate outside its defined controls, we’re able to produce a persistent, defensible record for regulators.

The technical blueprint: The three-plane model

To achieve this state of continuous audit readiness, we organize our architecture into three distinct planes. This separation clarifies the distinction between technical enforcement and regulatory accountability.

1. The data plane covers how clinical or device data moves through the system to deliver its medical purpose — whether that is physiological telemetry from a wearable or medical images for diagnostic analysis. In Google Cloud, this plane handles functional boundaries and ensures data integrity through encryption at rest and in transit. We use Customer Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK) and Key Access Justifications to ensure the manufacturer retains ultimate control over decryption events, a critical requirement for HIPAA and GDPR compliance.

2. The control plane is the governance layer. It defines identity, network boundaries, and configuration constraints. In the 2026 architecture, the control plane uses Zero Trust principles. Instead of relying on a network perimeter, access is granted through Identity Aware Proxy (IAP) after evaluating the user's identity, device security posture, and context. We also use the Organization Policy Service to programmatically prevent non-compliant configurations, such as the accidental creation of public data buckets.

3. The evidence plane is where technical operations meet regulatory proof. It captures immutable audit trails, build attestations, and monitoring history. By using tools like Binary Authorization and Artifact Registry, we can mathematically prove that only code that has passed all security and validation gates is allowed into production. This plane generates the software bill of materials (SBOM) and provenance metadata required by the FDA.

Scaling for the agentic enterprise

As AI matures from answering questions to reasoning and taking action, AI agents can assist with autonomous compliance monitoring, replacing weeks of manual review with continuous oversight while providing human-in-the-loop triggers for final quality sign-off.

Google's AI-optimized infrastructure provides the backbone for innovation, where nodes and pods start up faster and models load quicker, helping to ensure that SaMD agents are ready the moment a clinician or patient engages with the system. This responsiveness is essential for clinical scenarios where latency can affect patient outcomes.

Managing risk in the cloud

Adopting cloud infrastructure does not remove a manufacturer's responsibility for safety and performance. However, it changes the implementation model from shared responsibility to shared fate — where the cloud provider provides the technical primitives (like Assured Workloads for data residency) while the manufacturer configures them to implement their specific quality system.

As we detail in our new whitepaper, Building Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) on Cloud Infrastructure, shared fate provides a superior model to address common SaMD risks:

Policy drift: Enforcing organizational policies to prevent disallowed regions or weak IAM settings.
Audit visibility: Implementing non-repudiable Data Access Logs and Key Access Justifications (KAJ) to ensure every interaction with sensitive clinical data is captured as immutable evidence for long-term retention.
Supply chain integrity: Using cryptographically signed attestations to prevent unverified artifacts from reaching production.

You can read the full report here.

Smart moves: Building resilient transportation systems with Google AI

Wed, 13 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000

What does transportation mean to you? For some, it’s making sure the train is on schedule so they can get to work on time. Maybe it’s making sure you have time connecting between flights. Maybe it’s about a stress-free commute. For others it’s the pleasure of walking around our cities or biking on trails. We all have our own individual transportation story, and for the thousands of transportation agencies and the millions of people working in the transportation sector, their key mission is safety. We believe AI can fundamentally advance ‘Vision Zero’ - a goal to reduce fatalities in transportation, build and maintain resilient systems, connect people, while also planning for the future.

Building the blueprint for safe, resilient, and efficient transportation systems

From moving millions of commuters across a city or deploying critical supplies, Google is committed to being the partner that helps people move faster, safer, and more efficiently. Google’s investments in transportation include expanding its cloud solutions and developing new data and models to ‘see’ the world. Some of our latest transportation innovations include:

Road Management Insights (RMI): Google Maps now provides high-accuracy travel time, speed, disruption, and vehicle count data across road networks without the need for physical sensors. By leveraging RMI travel time data, agencies can identify incidents before the first emergency services call, analyze long-term congestion trends, improve urban planning, and identify safety hotspots and crash-prone areas.
Mobility AI Traffic Simulation API: Coming from Google Research, Mobility AI provides a powerful digital twin to help agencies visualize the future of their road networks. In this virtual environment, city planners can "test drive" infrastructure changes before a single cone is placed on the road. Whether it is Seattle optimizing traffic routes during major events or agencies proactively visualizing new bike lanes and road infrastructure to seek public feedback, watch how cities are using these simulations to build more efficient and resilient communities.
Preventing crashes before they happen: By combining AI simulations, machine learning models, advanced models, and RMI data, states like California and Hawaii are able to detect where crashes would take place before they even happen, which can help save lives.

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with three leading voices in transportation - Carlos Braceras, Executive Director, Utah Department of Transportation (DOT), Toks Omishakin, Secretary, California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), and Anant Dinamani, Principal at Deloitte Consulting LLP. Together. We discussed ideas for building resilient transportation systems with AI and shared our blueprint for building safe, resilient, and efficient transportation systems of the future. Here are a few takeaways from our conversation.

The ultimate goal: Saving lives

The single most important goal for any transportation agency - safety. With roadway fatalities remaining high, the shift from reactive to proactive safety measures is paramount. Secretary Toks Omishakin of CalSTA highlighted California’s Roadway Safety Insights (RSI) tool, developed with Deloitte and Google Cloud. By integrating over 30 different datasets, RSI condenses weeks of analysis into minutes. The goal is to move beyond fixing intersections after crashes occur to predicting and mitigating risks before they happen.

Leveraging technology for safe and seamless journeys

Carlos Braceras of Utah DOT shared that he’s thinking about how we create the journey that people want to take - allowing people to go where they want, when they want and how they want - and doing it safely. He underscored the focus on saving lives and making people’s lives better. From our conversation, it’s clear that we’re at an inflection point in terms of the ability to make better and faster decisions, and build trust. Carlos emphasized that technology, including AI, is the crucial enabler here.

Getting your data ready for AI

This biggest challenge facing transportation agencies is siloed and fragmented data. According to Anant Dinamani of Deloitte Consulting LLP, we're at an inflection point - and the future is about integration. Agencies must rethink how they manage their data, and take a foundational step to create a single source of truth—this is essential to maximize the value of AI and agents. Anant stressed that progress will stall if we don't anchor everything on trusted data—understanding its origin, identifying potential bias, and ensuring secure integration - this is the key to realizing the full potential of AI.

Let’s build the future together

Register to attend our Best of Next Public Sector Webinar for a deep dive into the Next sessions and announcements that matter most to the public sector. Join us at ITS America in Detroit from June 9-12, where our experts will be on the ground to provide live demos and discuss how Google's AI-powered solutions can help build transportation systems of the future, right now.

Architecting a resilient, scalable and secure foundation for the agentic era

Mon, 11 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Across the public sector, the conversation has shifted; we are no longer just talking about the potential of AI, we are already seeing the impact. While visionary leadership and cultural buy-in are crucial for driving the agentic era forward, moving from pilots to full-scale, organization-wide agentic transformation requires a resilient, scalable and secure foundation. I was honored to moderate a breakout session “From silos to synergy: Architecting the AI-powered governments of tomorrow” where customer speakers shared how they are building future-ready and future-proof systems that will power a more efficient, secure, collaborative, and connected government.

Let’s take a closer look at key innovations across infrastructure, data, and security that are helping public sector organizations turn their bold AI ambitions into a reality.

Building a resilient foundation with our AI infrastructure

Designed for demanding AI workloads, our AI Hypercomputer is an advanced, purpose-built architecture that unites performance-optimized hardware for compute, storage, networking, along with flexible consumption models into an integrated system. At Google Cloud Next, we announced several new innovations including our eighth-generation TPUs, with TPU 8t for accelerated training and TPU 8i for cost-effective, near-zero latency inference, along with networking advancements like Virgo Networking for high-performance at massive scale. We also announced new capabilities in Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) that bring Gemini and our advanced AI stack to wherever your data is.

We are committed to providing the highest level of assurance that sensitive agency data is protected while also streamlining the adoption of secure and modern cloud technologies, with our latest DoD IL4 & IL5 authorizations for Cloud Service Mesh, our fully managed service mesh based on Envoy and Istio and Filestore, our high-performance, scalable, fully managed file storage. These services are foundational components of our AI infrastructure designed to help organizations build a resilient foundation for the agentic era.

Our powerful AI infrastructure technology comes to life at the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory where we are providing the exploration and analysis platform for a 500-petabyte dataset–the largest astronomical dataset in history, to help Rubin Observatory chart the cosmos and democratize science for 30,000 researchers worldwide. Added to that, we are partnering with Starfish Space to accelerate satellite servicing in orbit leveraging the scalability of Google Compute Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).

Scaling impact with our agentic data cloud

The agentic era requires a fundamental shift in data architecture. Today we are moving to a “system of action” built for proactive, trusted agents that run at scale, powered by our agentic data cloud. At Google Cloud Next, we introduced a new, AI-native architecture that allows data to be utilized at the speed and scale required by agentic AI. Key innovations include Knowledge Catalog (formerly Dataplex Universal Catalog) - now FedRAMP High and DoD IL4 & IL5 authorized - grounds agents in trusted organizational context. We also announced our cross-cloud, AI-native Lakehouse that provides seamless access to your data - regardless of where it’s located.

Our powerful data cloud technology comes to life at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) where our technology is enabling fast, scalable mobility data analysis to help researchers better predict human behavior to aid in disaster response. Meanwhile, The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), which serves as the U.S. Government’s central recordkeeper, is digitizing and cataloging billions of federal documents and other historical records–starting with the original Constitution and Declaration of Independence–at the National Archives.

Securing the organization with our agentic defense

Public sector organizations face compounding security challenges as they expand into complex hybrid and multicloud environments. Meanwhile, adversaries are using AI to launch faster, more sophisticated attacks directly targeting new models and the critical data powering them. The agentic era demands a new security era, and to that end, we announced several advancements at Google Cloud Next that will help public sector organizations accelerate their security transformation. Our cybersecurity platform combines Google’s Threat Intelligence and Security Operations with Wiz’s Cloud and AI Security Platform to detect, prevent, and respond to threats. We introduced a number of new agents for threat detection, detection engineering, remediation, and shared more about Wiz’s AI Application Protection Platform to provide autonomous protection from code, to cloud, to runtime, across multicloud, hybrid, and AI environments.

We continue to invest in providing the highest level of assurance that sensitive agency data is protected. Google Cloud Armor, which helps protect your applications and websites against denial of service and web attacks, is now DoD IL4 & IL5 authorized. Additionally, Model Armor, which provides comprehensive protections against prompt injection, sensitive data leaks, and harmful content, is now FedRAMP High authorized. These services are foundational components of broader solutions to secure organizations in the agentic era.

Our powerful security technology comes to life At UC Riverside where we are powering more secure computing environments for researchers so they can focus on the breakthroughs that will define the next generation of scientific discovery. Added to that, the State of Connecticut is revolutionizing its cyber defense and moving away from a fragmented operating model to a unified, proactive security posture using Google Security Operations (SecOps) in order to create a secure-by-design digital infrastructure for the future of public service.

Tune into the Best of Next for Public Sector

We invite you to to attend our Best of Next for the Public Sector Webinar for a deep dive into the latest advancements from Google Cloud Next, as well as a recap of our Spotlight Session on agentic transformation in the public sector and customer stories from the City of Angeles, City of Dearborn, the state of Maryland and the state of Connecticut. Don’t miss this webinar to learn how organizations are partnering with Google Public Sector to build a resilient, scalable and secure foundation for the agentic era.

Public sector momentum and mission impact at Google Cloud Next ‘26

Tue, 05 May 2026 21:00:00 +0000

The agentic era is here, and the public sector is at the forefront of leading this transformation.

At Google Cloud Next ’26, it was clear that academia and public sector organizations are no longer just exploring the possibilities of AI; they are actively scaling it across their organizations to drive tangible mission impact. From the main stage to the show floor, we featured over 40+ inspiring public sector customers and partner speakers who shared how AI and agents are empowering their workforces, unlocking new levels of productivity, and transforming how services are delivered.

Let’s take a closer look at the public sector sessions and activations that brought the agentic era to life at Google Cloud Next '26.

The blueprint for agentic transformation

We were honored to bring together some of the brightest minds in government, technology, and public service to share how they are shaping the future of public service. During a spotlight session on “Agentic transformation in the public sector”, we heard from Karen Dahut, CEO of Google Public Sector alongside Ted Ross, CIO, City of Los Angeles, Jeremy Walsh, Chief AI Officer, The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Pavan Pidugu, Chief Digital and Information Officer, The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). These leaders shared their blueprints for scaling AI and agents across their organizations to boost productivity, drive impact and advance their missions. As these leaders demonstrated, successfully scaling AI and agents means being willing to disrupt the status quo, treating agents as force multipliers, and driving human-centered adoption that transforms everyday workflows. You can catch the full spotlight session here and a brief recap of the session here.

Transforming public service with AI and agents

Beyond the main stage, we heard from over 25 Google Public Sector customer and partner speakers during breakout sessions who showcased how AI and agents are transforming every facet of the public sector. From architecting resilient transportation networks and building the AI-ready campuses of tomorrow, to accelerating scientific breakthroughs and advancing healthcare outcomes, attendees gained actionable insights for the agentic era. You can watch the recordings for select public sector breakout sessions here:

Dedicated programming for the public sector

At Next ’26, we expanded our specialized programming and peer to peer engagement opportunities for public sector attendees. We hosted dedicated programming on the sidelines of Next for National Security and Accelerated Research to provide learning and engagement opportunities for our customers across a range of topics including our AI-optimized infrastructure and latest Gemini model and agentic innovations. Through our Partner Summit programming, we shared how we are building the foundation for AI across the public sector through our partner ecosystem.

Hands-on innovation at the Google Public Sector hub

The best way to learn about agentic AI is to experience it firsthand. To that end, we introduced a first of its kind Mission Talks activation at our Main Street Beacon Theater where we hosted 28 sessions with live demonstrations showcasing how agents can be deployed to solve mission-critical challenges. Added to that, at the Google Public Sector Hub on the expo show floor, attendees rolled up their sleeves and created hundreds of agents across a wide range of use cases, underscoring the immense interest and readiness to build with this powerful technology.

Let’s build what’s next

The momentum we saw at Google Cloud Next ’26 is just the beginning. Whether you are looking to scale your use case across the organization, empower your internal champions, or are just getting started, Google Public Sector can help provide a clear path to drive impact and advance your mission. We invite you to keep the momentum going and register for our Best of Next webinar for the public sector where you can catch key public sector highlights from the event. The agentic era is yours to lead - and we can’t wait to build what’s next, together.

Welcome to the agentic era: Public sector highlights and reflections from Next ‘26

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the agentic era! Last week, leaders from our public sector customer and partner ecosystem took the stage at Google Cloud Next to share how they are leveraging AI and agents to scale their impact and advance their missions, right now.

I was honored to lead a spotlight session on “Agentic transformation in the public sector” featuring Ted Ross, Chief Information Officer at the City of Los Angeles, Jeremy Walsh, Chief AI Officer at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and Pavan Pidugu, Chief Digital and Information Officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation. These leaders shared how they are leveraging AI and agents to empower their workforce, unlock new levels of productivity, and transform how services are delivered.

The kind of innovation and transformation we talked about at Google Cloud Next is only possible with a fully integrated AI stack. Google uniquely offers a secure and AI optimized stack spanning our AI infrastructure, leading models including Gemini, data management capabilities, agents and agentic platforms. This stack is the foundation for transformation and lasting mission impact.

Delivering on the mission: Key announcements and innovations across our integrated stack

Let’s take a closer look at the latest announcements and innovations across our integrated stack, and what they mean for the public sector.

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: We are empowering individuals and teams to achieve peak productivity with Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, our platform to help you build, scale, govern, and optimize agents built on our commercial cloud infrastructure, and integrated with our data,security and compliance capabilities. This offering is the evolution of Vertex AI, and brings together model selection, model building, and agent building capabilities with new features like Agent Identity, which improves the security posture by ensuring every agent receives a unique cryptographic ID and well defined authorization policies that are traceable and auditable.

Innovation in action: NASA used Gemini Enterprise agents to power flight readiness and help ensure astronaut safety for Artemis II, which set the human spaceflight record for farthest distance from Earth.

Gemini Enterprise App: As a critical feature of our Gemini for Government offering, we’re excited to announce new features and capabilities in the Gemini Enterprise App. At Next, we shared that Gemini 3.1 Pro–our most advanced reasoning model yet—is now available for the public sector through Gemini for Government. Additionally, we introduced Agent Designer, which enables employees to build sophisticated schedule- or trigger-based agents. Agent Designer allows you to inspect, test, and approve workflows, ensuring total transparency for executing critical processes.

Innovation in action: Now with Agent Designer, DoW civilian and military personnel can build their own agents to support unclassified work tasks within Gemini for Government on GenAI.mil.

AI Infrastructure: We shared new developments including our eighth-generation TPUs, with TPU 8t for accelerated training and TPU 8i for cost-effective, near-zero latency inference, along with networking advancements like Virgo Networking for high-performance at massive scale. We believe these advancements will serve as the engine for scientific discovery, helping to accelerate research and lead to new discoveries and scientific breakthroughs across the public sector.

Innovation in action: In support of the Genesis Mission, all seventeen U.S. Department of Energy National Labs are using an “AI co-scientist” built on TPUs as a research partner to generate and validate new hypotheses and accelerate scientific discovery.

Agentic Data Cloud: We introduced a new, AI-native architecture that allows data to be utilized at the speed and scale required by agentic AI. Key innovations include Knowledge Catalog to ground agents in trusted organizational context, as well as a cross-cloud, AI-native Lakehouse that provides seamless access to your data - regardless of where it’s located.

Innovation in action: The City of Austin is protecting residents from extreme heat and bridging the gap between high-level climate goals and neighborhood-level results using data sources like Google's Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE).

Agentic Defense: The agentic era demands a new security era and we announced several advancements that will help public sector organizations accelerate their security transformation. Our cybersecurity platform combines Google’s Threat Intelligence and Security Operations with Wiz’s Cloud and AI Security Platform to detect, prevent, and respond to threats. We introduced a number of new agents for threat detection, detection engineering, remediation, and shared more about Wiz’s AI Application Protection Platform (AI-APP) to provide autonomous protection from code, to cloud, to runtime, across multicloud, hybrid, and AI environments.

Innovation in action: The University of California Riverside is leveraging Google SecOps to cut incident response times by 90% and shorten the time from detection to resolution from 20 minutes to under two minutes.

Agentic Taskforce: We shared new innovations across our Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience solution which revolutionizes how we will engage with our stakeholders and communities, as well as new capabilities in Google Workspace like Workspace Intelligence, which streamlines productivity by providing a unified context layer across Workspace apps.

Innovation in action: The U.S. Department of Transportation became the first cabinet-level agency to fully transition its workforce to Google Workspace, helping ensure the United States has the safest, most efficient, and modern transportation system in the world.

Scaling mission impact through partners and AI skilling programs

All of this incredible innovation is amplified through our ecosystem of partners. At Google Cloud Next, we announced several new initiatives to bridge the gap between commercial AI innovation and public sector mission requirements, including a new federal AI startup accelerator with NVIDIA and an expanded ISV ATO Accelerator program.

We showcased the real-world impact of this ecosystem with Covered California through the announcement of an expanded partnership with Google Public Sector and Deloitte to transform CalHEERS, the integrated health insurance eligibility and enrollment platform serving millions of Californians, ushering in a new era of AI-driven efficiency.

We are focused and invested in upskilling talent as the ultimate driver of mission impact in this agentic era. At Google Cloud Next, we launched the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready program – or GEAR. GEAR is the premier destination to learn, build, deploy, and scale AI agents, powered by our new Google Skills platform.

Build the future with us

Hundreds of agents across a wide range of use cases were built at our Google Public Sector Hub on the event showfloor, underscoring the interest and excitement about this powerful technology. We invite you to register for our Best of Next webinar curated for the public sector, and tune into the Google Cloud Next keynote and select sessions and on-demand recordings here. Subscribe to our Google Public Sector Newsletter to stay informed and stay ahead with the latest updates, announcements, events and more.

Google Cloud und das BSI C3A-Framework: Wie wir Digitale Souveränität in Deutschland konkret machen

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:30:00 +0000

In unseren Gesprächen mit Führungskräften aus Wirtschaft und öffentlichem Sektor in Deutschland und Europa taucht immer wieder dieselbe Frage auf: Wie lassen sich modernste Innovationen mit zuverlässiger Kontrolle über Daten und Systeme vereinbaren und welche Kriterien für digitale Souveränität sollten dabei gelten? Das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) hat nun mit dem C3A-Framework einen wichtigen neuen Leitfaden zur Bewertung von Cloud-Angeboten in Deutschland veröffentlicht.

Den C3A-Kriterienkatalog hat das BSI im Rahmen seiner Zusammenarbeit mit nationalen und internationalen Cloud-Providern, mit denen es Kooperationsvereinbarungen unterhält, entwickelt: Dabei sind Erkenntnisse aus der Praxis in einen richtungsweisenden Handlungsrahmen für die souveräne Cloud-Nutzung in Deutschland eingeflossen. Wir haben in den vergangenen Jahren eng mit dem BSI zusammengearbeitet, um sicherzustellen, dass unsere Produkte die höchsten Sicherheitsanforderungen erfüllen.

Für uns ist C3A eine Bestätigung unserer bisherigen Strategie. Seit 2020 bieten wir „Cloud zu europäischen Bedingungen" an, ausgerichtet auf die Souveränitätsanforderungen des europäischen Marktes und Deutschlands im Besonderen. Seitdem haben wir unser Portfolio kontinuierlich weiterentwickelt: von externer Verschlüsselung über dedizierte lokale Cloud-Regionen bis hin zu stärker isolierten Bereitstellungsoptionen.

Ein Portfolio für unterschiedliche Souveränitätsanforderungen

Unser Ziel ist es, digitale Souveränität, Wahlfreiheit und Sicherheit in der Cloud für unsere Kunden bereitzustellen. Diese Position haben wir in unserem Beitrag „Eine sichere, offene und souveräne digitale Welt schaffen" ausführlicher dargelegt. Wir glauben nicht an einen “One-size-fits-all”-Ansatz. Digitale Souveränität bedeutet für uns nicht Abschottung, sondern Wahlfreiheit. Dafür kombinieren wir moderne KI-Fähigkeiten mit einer flexiblen Infrastruktur und arbeiten eng mit lokalen Partnern zusammen. Unser Sovereign-Cloud-Portfolio bietet je nach Daten und Kundenpräferenz unterschiedliche Kontroll- und Sicherheitsniveaus:

Data Boundary stellt sicher, dass Kundendaten innerhalb klar definierter geografischer Grenzen in Deutschland verbleiben. Die Lösung wird durch EU-Personal betrieben und erfüllt die geltenden europäischen Vorschriften. Google Cloud Dedicated bietet ein höheres Maß an Trennung für stark regulierte Branchen und den öffentlichen Sektor und wird vollständig von einem lokalen Partner betrieben. Google Distributed Cloud geht noch einen Schritt weiter und ist für Umgebungen mit den strengsten Isolierungsanforderungen konzipiert. Sovereign Workspace by StackIT ist eine SaaS-Lösung für Produktivität und Zusammenarbeit, betrieben von StackIT, mit lokalen Datensicherungen und clientseitiger Verschlüsselung als Grundlage für Interoperabilität und Geschäftskontinuität. Die Souveränitätskontrollen von StackIT stellen dabei sicher, dass der Vertrauensanker in deutschem Besitz und unter deutscher Kontrolle bleibt.

Alle Lösungen entstehen in Zusammenarbeit mit deutschen Partnern wie der Schwarz-Gruppe und T-Systems. Unser Portfolio orientiert sich an den C3A-Kriterien des BSI und integriert sie direkt in unsere Produkte. Eine souveräne digitale Zukunft braucht Wahlfreiheit – die Freiheit, die besten Werkzeuge zu nutzen, ohne an einen einzigen Anbieter gebunden zu sein. Viele Google-Lösungen wie Android, Chrome, Kubernetes und Gemma basieren auf offenen Technologien und bieten Entwicklerinnen und Entwicklern, Unternehmen sowie Behörden gemeinsame Tools, die überall funktionieren. Wir freuen uns darauf, mit Kunden in Deutschland souveräne Cloud-Lösungen zu erarbeiten – auf ihrer Basis und im Rahmen des BSI C3A-Frameworks.

Building the foundation for AI across the public sector through our partner ecosystem

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000

The demand for AI within the public sector has never been higher. Practitioners and CXO’s are looking for ways to harness AI to improve mission outcomes, enhance security, and streamline operations. However, the path to bring this technology to the public sector is often met with hurdles, from complex compliance requirements, procurement barriers, and the limitations of legacy environments.

At Google Public Sector, we are closing the gap between commercial-grade innovation and public sector mission requirements by empowering an ecosystem where partners can build, certify, and sell solutions faster than ever before. Today, we are excited to share new initiatives that bridge the gap between innovation and implementation. We are focused on what matters most: empowering the growth of every partner, aligning our teams, and making it easier to bring solutions to public sector customers.

Empowering the next generation: A new federal AI startup accelerator in collaboration with NVIDIA

The first step in this journey is ensuring the next generation of startups can navigate the federal landscape. At the heart of this momentum is the Google Public Sector federal startup accelerator program, the inaugural cohort launched in collaboration with NVIDIA. Specifically designed for AI-focused ISVs in the federal market, this initiative provides startups with engineering support and direct access to Google Cloud and NVIDIA’s compute power to solve the government’s toughest challenge.

We are proud to kick off this program with our initial cohort of pioneering companies including USAI.IO, Rhombus Power, Aalyria, and Trase. These organizations represent the cutting edge of AI innovation and we are thrilled to support their journey. To learn more about the program, please complete the interest form.

Google Public Sector ISV ATO Accelerator program

Access to technology is only half the battle; the other half is the rigorous security standards required to deploy it. One of the obstacles for any ISV entering the federal space is achieving Authority to Operate (ATO). To address this, Google Public Sector has expanded its ATO Accelerator program to offer up to $1M in funding for eligible ISVs. This financial backing, combined with dedicated engineering, ensures that mission-critical AI tools aren’t sidelined by FedRAMP and Impact Level (IL) paperwork, but are instead moved quickly into the hands of practitioners who need them the most. To fast track deployment, eligible ISV’s can learn more and apply for the Google Public Sector ISV ATO Accelerator program.

Modernizing procurement in partnership with Carahsoft

Scaling innovation also requires a modern approach to procurement. In partnership with Carahsoft, we are launching the Distributor Channel Private Offer (DCPO) on our Google Cloud ISV Marketplace. This is a 2-tier model that allows partners to resell a vast catalog of solutions from providers such as Palo Alto Networks and Red Hat, while helping customers maximize their enterprise agreements.

Real world impact: improving the consumer healthcare journey in California with Deloitte

The true value and impact of our partner ecosystem can be seen on the people it serves. Covered California recently expanded its partnership with Google Public Sector and Deloitte to transform CalHEERS, the integrated health insurance eligibility and enrollment platform serving millions of Californians, ushering in a new era of AI-driven efficiency. By scaling Google Cloud’s Document AI (DocAI) solution across its healthcare insurance eligibility workflows, Covered California has set a national standard for public health innovation, automating complex document verification for millions of residents at an unprecedented scale. The system ensures that all Californians—including those with limited or no credit history—receive faster, more equitable access to high-quality healthcare.

Leveraging advanced AI technologies from Google Cloud and human expertise, Covered California’s CalHEERS program has achieved:

40% reduction in manual tasks: By automating high-volume document processing, staff can now prioritize guiding consumers through complex healthcare choices.
Rapid innovation at scale: Automated verification now covers 25 new and different document types, accelerating eligibility determinations and reducing the system’s exposure to identity and document fraud.

Building the future together

These are not just software deployments; they are monumental shifts in how government agencies protect, serve, and deliver on their most vital missions. Together with our partners, we are helping public sector organizations successfully adopt AI, enhance security, and modernize operations, all on an integrated and AI-optimized stack.

Get involved

We are excited to continue building the future together. Join our partner ecosystem today

Securing the AI era across the public sector

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000

The agentic era demands a new security era. Our mission is to be the world’s most trusted security partner in this new era, helping every organization accelerate their security transformation with the same AI-powered cloud technology that runs Google.

Frontline insights: The 2026 threat landscape

It’s clear - the cybersecurity landscape has reached a critical turning point. As the 2026 M-Trends Report reveals, we are no longer defending a traditional perimeter — we are defending against increasingly sophisticated adversaries with novel techniques, and long-term objectives. Our latest M-Trends report serves as a definitive look at the threats and tactics used in breaches, grounded in over 500k hours of frontline incident investigations conducted by Mandiant in 2025 - giving us an extensive view of the 'unknown unknowns.'

According to the findings, attack cycles are compressed not in minutes but in as few as 22 seconds; nation-state actors are prioritizing long-term access which can last for years, which challenge the convention of telemetry logs that are maintained for a standard of 90 days; voice phishing is increasing, becoming the second-most commonly observed vector; and the risk of unauthorized shadow agents is emerging. New sophisticated tactics allow attackers to move faster and stay hidden longer, requiring a fundamental change in how we defend and secure the mission.

The shift toward the agentic SOC

To keep pace, security operations must move beyond merely reviewing alerts. This transition to proactive defense is the goal of the agentic security operations center (SOC) — a system that uses dynamic AI agents to adapt to changing security environments in real time. By deploying Gemini-enabled agents, Google Security Operations allows agencies to autonomously triage alerts, gather deep context, and render factual verdicts. This automation allows human analysts to move away from tedious data gathering and focus on strategic, mission-critical decisions. Our mission-centric approach to automated defense is already in action today. For example, Connecticut is reducing cyber investigations from months to hours with Google Security Operations.

Securing the full application lifecycle

Effective defense requires an understanding of how applications are built and operated. By integrating Security Command Center (SCC) capabilities with Google Threat Intelligence, agencies can now connect code, cloud, and runtime into a single shared context. This visibility allows security teams to identify advanced, multi-stage attack paths and apply consistent guardrails across the entire application lifecycle, protecting AI workloads at runtime before they ever reach production.

Underscoring our commitment to security, we are pleased that Google was recently named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: U.S. State and Local Government Professional Security Services 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US53891025, December 2025). We believe this recognition validates our commitment to AI-powered, always-on security for government agencies.

Redefining security in the AI era

Google is uniquely positioned to redefine defense for an AI-first world. We bring AI innovation to security at scale with a full AI stack built on a secure cloud; Gemini-native agentic defense and Mandiant frontline expertise. We’ve been delivering on our security commitment for more than 20 years, having built some of the largest and most secure computing systems in the world. With the addition of Wiz, we will be able to provide customers with a comprehensive platform to help secure their cloud and hybrid environments, as well as accelerate threat prevention, detection, and response.

Secure the future with us at Google Cloud Next

We are excited about our robust presence at Google Cloud Next where we will share how public sector organizations can adopt an intelligence-driven, AI-powered approach to stay ahead of increasing threats. I’m hosting a breakout session, Google AI and security: Wherever the mission takes you, featuring leaders who are architecting a new era of security and resilience, and applying Google technology to gain actionable insights, guarantee service continuity, and advance their missions across highly dynamic environments.

Stop by the Google Public Sector hub on the expo showfloor (booth# 7809) to see Google’s powerful security technology in action — watch the Google Security Operations triage agent automatically investigate alerts, and see Gemini analyze sophisticated malware. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, engage, and secure the future with us at Google Cloud Next.

A new standard for research: How UC Riverside is securing the path to federal grants with Google Public Sector

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000

At the University of California, Riverside (UCR), scientific breakthroughs depend on quickly moving from a hypothesis to a finished study. Yet for many researchers, the path to federal grants is often blocked by what UCR refers to as a “compliance tax” – technical red tape and rigorous security and technical oversight that occasionally forced the university to decline critical funding, stalling innovation before it even began.

To help reclaim these lost opportunities, UCR partnered with Google Public Sector to leverage Stellar Engine, a specialized automation framework designed to power more secure computing environments for researchers. By using this technology to build their Secure Enclave, UCR is shifting the routine burden of compliance from the researcher directly to the infrastructure itself.

Scaling secure innovation

Before partnering with Google Public Sector, UCR’s infrastructure for sensitive research was often ad hoc and difficult to scale. While third-party providers offered alternatives, the costs were often prohibitively high for long-term projects. The true catalyst for change was the strategic need to support un-supportable research – projects with stringent security requirements that were previously too complex for faculty to navigate alone. These requirements extend far beyond standard federal mandates; today, a host of organizations and granting agencies are requiring increasingly rigorous security controls to protect the integrity of sensitive research data.

The solution: A secure enclave for data

To bridge this gap, UCR collaborated with Google Public Sector to develop a specialized, turnkey cloud container designed to meet rigorous boundary and internal controls. At the heart of this environment is Stellar Engine, which automates and enforces the complex security postures required for sensitive data, shifting the technical burden away from the researcher and into the infrastructure.

Google Cloud provides the foundation for Stellar Engine and its secure enclave with accredited cloud services and a Zero Trust architecture. This creates a hardened environment – a digital safe harbor where security settings are pre-configured to the highest standards and unnecessary access points are closed off. For researchers, this means:

Built-in security: Foundational cloud infrastructure controls required for compliance are mapped and verifiable, allowing the university to focus its resources on its internal organizational and administrative policies.
Data sovereignty: A secure network boundary ensures that sensitive information, such as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), remains protected.
Research agility: By providing a pre-validated space, the university removed the technical barriers that previously hindered high-impact funding opportunities.

Accelerating UCR’s research capacity

The most significant result of this partnership is a fundamental shift in UCR’s research capacity. The university can now confidently bid on and host projects by deploying workloads on infrastructure designed to support NIST 800-171 and CMMC Level 2 control frameworks – contracts that were previously out of reach due to risk or cost.

Beyond the technical specs, it has made a profound human-centered impact:

Empowered faculty: Researchers can now focus on making discoveries that support their communities, not being bogged down by IT hurdles.
Societal impact: As a “safe harbor” for sensitive work, UCR facilitates progress in fields that directly impact public health, community safety, and national security.
Institutional excellence: By offering seamless compliance, UCR has become a top destination for global talent ready to compete for prestigious national grants.
Scalable collaboration: UCR plans to share these lessons with the University of California Office of the President and the broader higher education community at conferences like EDUCAUSE.

Advancing the future of innovation

With the first research teams set to onboard in 2026, the university plans to transition from its initial secure builds to even more robust, high-security environments over the next 18 months.

UCR is doing more than just securing data – it is reclaiming vital time for its researchers to focus on the breakthroughs that will define the next generation of scientific discovery.

We are excited about our presence at Google Cloud Next '26 where we will showcase our technology in action. Stop by the Google Public Sector hub on the expo showfloor (booth# 7809) and don’t miss UCR’s CIO, Matt Gunkel, and other leaders during their breakout session: “Building the AI-ready and intelligent campus of tomorrow, today”.

Accelerating innovation and impact across the public sector

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Leaders across industries around the world are asking: How do we harness all of this powerful technology effectively and at scale, to solve real problems, and drive value and impact, right now?

Google has been building for this moment from the beginning; 25 years ago, Google created the front door to the internet, and today, we provide the front door to enterprise AI with Gemini Enterprise. Gemini Enterprise is our advanced agentic platform that brings the best of Google AI to every employee, for every workflow. It empowers teams to discover, create, share, and run AI agents — all in one secure environment.

For public sector organizations, Gemini for Government is how you can get started with this powerful technology, right now. With Gemini for Government, you are able to move beyond AI exploration and AI pilots, to real world applications and agents - at scale - to drive mission impact. At Google, we deliver differentiated AI experiences and drive mission impact with an integrated stack designed for velocity, precision, and cost efficiency at scale, all on a foundation of choice and uncompromising security. This integrated stack is precisely what makes Gemini for Government so powerful.

Gartner® recently identified Google as "the Company to Beat in the Enterprise Agentic AI Platforms Race," in the press release, Gartner Identifies the Companies to Beat in the AI Vendor Race, published on 17 December 2025. We believe this recognition is a testament to our advanced, integrated tech stack, our commitment to scalable enterprise-wide adoption, and our leadership in AI. Added to that, underscoring our commitment to innovation, Google was just named #1 on Fast Company's 2026 World’s Most Innovative Companies list and also ranked #1 in their Artificial Intelligence category.

Leveraging AI and agents for mission impact

Across the public sector, agencies are applying Google’s powerful technology to move from AI and agent pilots, to full-scale agency-wide deployments that drive impact. The CDAO selected Gemini for Government to serve as the first enterprise AI deployed on GenAI.mil, providing 3 million civilian and military personnel with tools to streamline unclassified business processes and administrative tasks, such as summarizing policy handbooks and drafting email correspondence. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) became the first cabinet-level agency to fully transition its workforce away from legacy providers to Google Workspace with Gemini. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deployed agentic AI to enable FDA staff to further advance the use of AI to assist with more complex tasks, such as meeting management, pre-market reviews, review validation, post-market surveillance, inspections and compliance and administrative functions. Furthermore, through our Genesis Mission partnership with the Department of Energy (DOE), Google is committed to powering this new era of federally-funded scientific discovery with the necessary tools and platforms.

This momentum is just as powerful at the state and local levels, where the State of Iowa is modernizing how Comprehensive Child Welfare Information Systems (CCWIS) are planned, launched, and implemented. Added to that, the City of Los Angeles is equipping its 27,500-employee workforce with Workspace with Gemini to support its "SmartLA 2028" vision. City employees are using NotebookLM to rapidly analyze lengthy grant documents to identify new funding opportunities for the city and using Workspace to re-write various city websites to be more accessible.

Five trends redefining innovation and impact

Looking ahead, we believe five key shifts will redefine how public sector organizations innovate and advance their mission. Customer and partner speakers from across the public sector will convene at Google Cloud Next to explore these individual trends and share how they are already driving impact. Taken together, we believe these trends will totally transform how public sector organizations deliver on their mission.

Agents for every employee: Empowering individuals across your teams and departments to achieve peak productivity.
Agents for every workflow: Running your organization with grounded agentic systems.
Agents for constituents: Serving constituents with more personalized support and services.
Agents for security: Advancing security from reviewing alerts to building a more proactive defense that can help keep pace with a dynamic security environment.
Agents for scale and impact: Upskilling talent as the ultimate driver of mission impact.

Build the future with us at Google Cloud Next

We are excited about our robust presence at Google Cloud Next including a Spotlight Session, "Agentic transformation in the public sector” led by Karen Dahut, CEO of Google Public Sector featuring leaders from across the public sector who will share how they are deploying agentic AI across their organization to empower their workforce, unlock new levels of productivity, and transform how services are delivered.

Stop by the Google Public Sector hub on the Next showfloor (booth# 7809) to build an agent and get inspired by hundreds of agents already built by your peers. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, engage, and build the future in this most exciting agentic era.

Ready to learn more about Gemini for Government? Reach out to a Google Public Sector expert at geminiforgov@google.com.

Gartner® Press Release, “Gartner Identifies the Companies to Beat in the AI Vendor Race,” December 17, 2025.

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Google Cloud named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Sovereign Cloud Platforms, Q2 2026

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

In today’s global economy, data is a strategic asset. For many organizations — particularly those in highly regulated industries and the public sector — the ability to innovate with AI is often balanced against the rigorous requirements of data sovereignty, residency, and operational autonomy.

We are proud to announce that Google Cloud has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Sovereign Cloud Platforms, Q2 2026.

The Forrester Wave™: Sovereign Cloud Platforms, Q2 2026

As organizations move beyond simple data residency toward full digital sovereignty, this report validates our commitment to providing a sovereignty-by-design approach. "Google is an ideal choice for organizations that need a full range of sovereign cloud options for their deployments," Forrester said in their report.

Meeting customers where they are: A platform of choice

There's no one-size-fits-all approach for achieving digital sovereignty. Our strategy is built on providing a consistent experience, including AI solutions, across three distinct sovereign cloud platforms, so that enterprise and government organizations can innovate and meet their compliance obligations.

Google Cloud Data Boundary, delivered with Assured Workloads, provides a sovereign data and access boundary in the public cloud, including controls over data residency, access, and personnel. It’s designed to give you the agility and scale of global infrastructure while enforcing strict rules about where your data lives and who can access it. By using customer-managed encryption keys, external key manager, and localized access policies, administrative actions remain transparent and restricted. This option is a strong fit for commercial enterprises, regulated industries, and public sector organizations that need to meet regional compliance obligations without the complexity of isolated infrastructure and operational sovereignty.

Google Cloud Dedicated, designed for organizations seeking a higher level of control, provides complete regional data and operational sovereignty delivered by a regional independent operator — and is designed to be survivable up to a year even without Google. This environment is managed by a trusted local partner who oversees operations. This creates a functional buffer between your organization and Google, helping ensure that your cloud remains compliant with specific local governance. It is specifically targeted at organizations that require a cloud with operational sovereignty, offering the peace of mind that critical infrastructure can continue to function even if the connection with Google is interrupted. For example, in France, S3NS, a standalone entity, offers PREMI3NS built on Google Cloud Dedicated. PREMI3NS has achieved the SecNumCloud 3.2 qualification from the French National Agency for the Security of Information Systems (ANSSI), one of the most demanding sovereignty standards in the world.

Google Distributed Cloud, an on-premises solution offered to organizations with strict compliance, latency, and data sovereignty requirements that prevent public cloud adoption. Designed for maximum flexibility, Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) offers both connected and air-gapped configurations to meet your sovereignty requirements. The fully air-gapped deployment option operates without any external connection to the public internet or the Google network. Because it is physically self-contained in your own facility, it is designed to prevent remote access, updates, and shut downs by Google. This solution is the preferred choice for defense, intelligence, and the most security-conscious customers in highly regulated sectors who cannot risk any external exposure.

Sovereign by design

One of the key differentiators that Forrester noted is Google Cloud's roadmap, which calls for delivering sovereignty as a standard feature. Forrester said that Google Cloud's roadmap involves delivering sovereignty as a standard feature, ensuring consistency across all three sovereign cloud offerings.

This consistency is especially prominent in our AI capabilities. Forrester highlighted that our AI offering is a "true differentiator" and that Google Cloud excels "at AI sovereign development services and applications services across all three sovereign environments.”

Looking ahead

Being named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Sovereign Cloud Platforms, 2026 is a milestone in our journey to help every organization achieve digital autonomy. We remain committed to our partnerships with local players and our "sovereignty-by-design" philosophy.

Want to dive deeper into the report? Download the full Forrester Wave™: Sovereign Cloud Platforms, Q2 2026 report here.

Gemini for Government: Build custom AI agents for unclassified work on GenAI.mil

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000

In December 2025, Google Public Sector was proud to be the first technology provider to offer an enterprise AI tool, Gemini for Government, through GenAI.mil to more than three million civilian and military personnel for unclassified work. Today we are introducing a new feature within Gemini for Government on GenAI.mil, Agent Designer. Now with Agent Designer, DoW civilian and military personnel can build their own agents to support unclassified work tasks.

Introducing Agent Designer

Agent Designer is a no-/low-code platform that allows GenAI.mil users to easily build AI agents using natural language. Users can design digital assistants to automate repetitive, multi-step administrative tasks—no programming skills required. This allows users to train and build agents to increase efficiency and reduce repetitive tasks, based on their unique needs.

Examples of how these agents can transform workflows include:

Draft creation: Agents can help draft meeting read-aheads, action items from team calls, or employee award submissions.
Project planning: Agents can break down large, complex goals into a step-by-step checklist of tasks and timelines to help teams stay organized and achieve deadlines.

A milestone for personnel productivity

In just over one month, GenAI.mil surpassed one million unique users—a signal that personnel are eager to embrace more efficient ways of working. To support this growth, Google Public Sector hosts regular training sessions and office hours in collaboration with the U.S. Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), helping users adopt this technology with confidence.

With five out of six military branches designating GenAI.mil as their go-to enterprise AI platform for productivity, personnel are now able to collaborate securely and tackle administrative tasks, freeing up time.

Efficiency in action

The real story isn't just the technology—it’s how users are reclaiming their time. Here are just a few ways DoW personnel are currently leveraging Gemini for Government:

Accelerating document creation: Teams are using AI to complete first drafts of acquisition frameworks and white papers.
Streamlining document reviews: Personnel are processing data-heavy documentation to quickly summarize key findings.
Improving daily workflows: From preparing leadership briefing materials to generating research, Gemini for Government is helping staff work more effectively across the Department.

Watch this on-demand webinar to learn how federal agencies are adopting Gemini for Government to improve productivity and help their employees.

Google named a Leader in IDC MarketScape: U.S. State and Local Government Professional Security Services 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

In today’s cyber threat landscape, U.S. state and local governments find themselves under continuous attack, with bad actors leveraging AI to act with greater speed and sophistication. The need to secure mission-critical workloads has never been greater. In light of these challenges, we are proud that Google has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: U.S. State and Local Government Professional Security Services 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment.

This IDC MarketScape report highlights the specific needs of the sector, stating: "State and local governments desperately need partners with experience in both developing solutions that utilize cutting-edge technology and addressing the unique challenges inherent to operating within the confines of government. In addition, organizations need assistance from providers with deep partner ecosystems across security and cloud infrastructure offerings to achieve holistic security transformation in line with the required efforts outlined in federal, state, and local government mandates.”

SOURCE: “IDC MarketScape: U.S. State and Local Government Professional Security Services 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment” by Ruthbea Yesner, Alison Brooks, Ph.D., Massimiliano Claps, Matthew Leger, Alan Webber, December 2025, IDC #US53891025.

IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market. The Capabilities score measures supplier product, go-to-market and business execution in the short-term. The Strategy score measures alignment of supplier strategies with customer requirements in a 3-5-year timeframe. Supplier market share is represented by the size of the icons.

Always-on security, powered by AI

We believe the recognition of Google as a Leader in professional security services for U.S. state and local government underscores our unwavering commitment to always-on security.

Google accelerates state and local governments' resilience and transformation with our secure, AI-optimized infrastructure and Mandiant frontline expertise. The IDC MarketScape states: "Mandiant increasingly integrates Google's Gemini Al to enhance consultant productivity, enabling faster analysis of attacker scripts, automated generation of detection rules, and accelerated incident investigation workflows." This allows us to bring current adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) directly into security assessments and readiness planning for state and local governments.

Whether an agency requires rapid response during an active breach or comprehensive support including crisis communications and board-level engagement, we are dedicated to providing the expertise necessary to ensure resilience for the communities you serve. The IDC MarketScape notes: "Mandiant’s consulting approach addresses the complete incident life cycle, including crisis communications, legal counsel coordination, cyberinsurance interactions, and board-level reporting, as standard components of government engagements."

Ensuring resilience for state and local missions

State and local governments are strengthening their security posture by utilizing Mandiant services:

Fairfax County, Virginia: Fairfax County utilizes Mandiant as a strategic partner to enhance its organizational maturity, leveraging services such as Threat Hunt, Incident Response Professional Services, Managed Defense, and a substantial investment in Expertise On Demand (EOD). This partnership is especially critical for the local government, as Mandiant's invaluable local expertise supplements the county's limited staff and provides professional, responsive guidance for incident preparation and response activities.
State of Nevada: Beyond the immediate incident response, Mandiant provided a tailored containment and eradication plan that left the State of Nevada with a hardened, more defensible environment. Mandiant’s ability to seamlessly integrate with the state’s internal teams while delivering elite threat intelligence was instrumental in achieving a full-service recovery for Nevadans.
University of Hawaii: Mandiant has been a vital partner to the University of Hawaii, responding to mission-critical events with deep technical expertise to defend the university’s operations. Additionally, Google Threat Intelligence has become an essential tool for rapidly contextualizing and identifying malicious content, giving the University of Hawaii immediate clarity on threats in their environment.

We are honored to be a trusted partner for agencies on this journey as we build a more secure future together.

Take the next step in securing your mission

To learn more about our security capabilities for U.S. state and local government, read a complimentary excerpt from the IDC MarketScape: U.S. State and Local Government Professional Security Services 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment.

Visit us at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit, March 9-11 in Washington, DC, to hear directly from our experts on the latest in security for state and local governments.

Sovereignty and European competitiveness: A partnership-led approach to AI growth

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000

In our conversations with business and policy leaders across Europe, we have listened closely to their concerns about sovereignty and European competitiveness. It is clear that they often find themselves caught in a paradox that Europe must choose between autonomy and growth. At Google Cloud, we believe that this is a false choice, and a premise that we challenge. Our position is rooted in partnership, choice, and security.

We think that true sovereignty isn’t about isolation; it’s about having the power of choice. We combine cutting-edge AI capabilities with a flexible infrastructure built to align with Europe's digital sovereignty needs. This approach ensures our customers drive growth without sacrificing control, in accordance with European standards and providing robust safeguards against external interference.

The European Union is encouraging business and organizations to embrace AI, with a potential €1.2 trillion in AI-driven GDP growth over the next decade. However, this hinges on access to best in class AI and modern cloud solutions. Recent research showed that if European industry is constrained by a lack of access to the most advanced AI capabilities, that trillion-euro opportunity collapses by two-thirds to only €400 billion.

Three critical requirements for Europe’s AI future stand out:

Choice as a catalyst for economic growth: European organizations deserve the best solutions without the risk of being locked into proprietary systems. We’ve championed a multicloud approach from the start, ensuring businesses have the freedom to select and combine providers to meet their unique needs.

Interoperability: A healthy ecosystem depends on developers that can build freely based on open platforms, and 75% of Europe’s AI value creation potential will be at the application and services layer. We support European technology leaders like ASML and Mistral, who bring their own technologies to our stack. We give European developers flexibility in how they build their solutions by offering a wide range of third-party models along with Gemma, our open model built with the same technology that powers our Gemini models. This variety ensures that interoperability is the ultimate guarantee of sovereign choice.

Security and resilience: With the unprecedented speed of AI adoption, cybersecurity and resilience play an increasingly critical role. To bolster our collective digital resilience, we focus on speed, interoperability, and control. We provide different levels of control and assurance according to the specific data at stake in accordance with our customers' preferences, including our partnership with S3NS in France (achieving SecNumCloud 3.2, the highest security certification for cloud service providers in France), our Google Cloud Air-Gapped and Google Cloud Dedicated solutions for the defense sector, our recent infrastructure investments in Belgium, Germany, and through our 13 cloud regions in Europe.

At every level, our technology is secure by default and underpinned by commitments to our customers about the lengths we will go to in order to help enable continuity of service in extreme circumstances.

The bottom line: There should be no conflict between Europe’s digital sovereignty and its economic competitiveness. We consider this a false choice, championing the view that growth, security, and control can and should go hand in hand.

Our core mission is to provide the concrete tools necessary to transform this shared ambition into reality, delivering across these three critical requirements. To that end, Google Cloud is focused on delivering this vision by working alongside European partners like Thales, TIM, Schwarz, Proximus, and many local champions across the continent. Together, we are committed to supporting a digital future defined by potent collaboration, innovation, and shared European success.

To learn more about Google Cloud’s support for sovereignty and competitiveness, visit our website or reach out to our digital sovereignty experts.

Delivering a secure, open, and sovereign digital world

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000

The global conversation about our digital future goes beyond technology; it’s about architecting a prosperous, secure, and resilient economy where the digital services we rely on every day — from banking to healthcare to public administration — are built on a foundation of trust and operate according to local regulations.

At Google Cloud, we believe that achieving this vision shouldn't require compromises. That’s why we designed our Sovereign Cloud portfolio — consisting of Google Cloud Data Boundary, Google Cloud Dedicated, and Google Cloud Air-Gapped — to provide the industry's most comprehensive and flexible options to meet your unique needs. We believe that you can drive innovation without compromising functionality.

Today, we are expanding on that promise for governments, businesses, and citizens across the world. Our commitment is built on five key pillars: investing in local economies through infrastructure and workforce development; enabling digital resilience via rigorous technical and legal controls; empowering customers to control access to their unencrypted data; ensuring an open digital future by supporting open-source software and eliminating lock-in; and actively supporting global cybersecurity and regulatory frameworks.

Google Cloud's Sovereign Cloud commitments.

Foundation of economic growth

Digital sovereignty is fueled by cloud services, yet it is equally dependent on a foundational commitment to the nations we serve. We demonstrate this by fostering local innovation, creating jobs, and having local entities operating under local law across many parts of the world.

Over the past few months, we have accelerated this commitment worldwide:

Asia-Pacific: We support national agendas like India’s Viksit Bharat and Malaysia’s Ekonomi MADANI framework with multi-billion dollar investments, including new cloud regions in Thailand and Malaysia, and AI partnerships in Singapore. We also launched the TalayLink and Dhivaru subsea cables to significantly boost digital resilience and connectivity across the Indian Ocean and Asia-Pacific.
Europe: Today, we operate 13 Cloud regions spanning Europe, from Finland to Spain. This investment includes a new region in Sweden and our new Sovereign Cloud Hub in Germany, complementing our existing cybersecurity hubs in Dublin, Malaga, and Munich. We understand the importance of local oversight for local operations. That’s why our European datacenter operations and their boards are overseen by European boards operating under local law and comprising European nationals who are based in Europe. We have established dedicated public sector entities in Germany and the U.K. and have an established European Advisory Board that serves as an important feedback channel and critical voice, helping ensure our products and services meet European requirements.
Latin America: We’re strengthening regional AI innovation by deploying local Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) and bringing Gemini on-premises in Brazil. In Chile, we solidified the country's role as a digital gateway by commencing the Humboldt Cable — the first direct subsea link between South America and Asia-Pacific. These investments are backed by our Capacita+ program, committing to train 200,000 people in generative AI.
Middle East and Africa: In the Middle East, we are strengthening sovereign infrastructure with a partnership in Turkey, and recently launched phase two of the Kuwait National Skilling Initiative to train government employees in AI and cybersecurity. We announced a strategic initiative to support the United Arab Emirates as a leader in cybersecurity innovation and education by establishing a center of excellence in Abu Dhabi. In Africa, we established the continent's first direct fiber link to Australia with the Umoja cable, and announced a broader skilling initiative providing Gemini Advanced to students across African nations.
North America: In the U.S., we are making substantial long-term investments in infrastructure and workforce development, including the AI Works initiative to boost AI skills development and economic growth. In Canada, we are upskilling more than 2 million people in AI and expanding our Toronto engineering hub, a critical center for global AI talent.

Assurance of operational continuity

Society relies on the continuous operation of the services provided by Google Cloud’s customers. We prioritize security and digital sovereignty to keep these vital systems running and protected from external threats. Google Cloud complies with key EU cybersecurity regulations, such as NIS2 and DORA. We support customer compliance efforts with robust contractual commitments and additional security offerings, including Google Security Operations and Mandiant Consulting.

We back this technical resilience with clear legal protocols: Should Google receive an order from a national government to suspend or terminate the provision of Google Cloud’s operations provided from any country, we will seek to limit, modify, or object to any such order using all available legal avenues. As part of our commitment to partnering with local service providers to build local solutions, customers don’t have to contract with Google to take advantage of these offerings.

Additionally, in the event that Google becomes unable to operate Google Cloud, where Google Cloud could otherwise be operated by a third party, Google will make arrangements to allow a qualified third party to take on this operational role.

And finally, Google will allow qualified, locally-based entities that are subject to local law and whose board members are obligated to act in the best interest of those entities to utilize Google’s code to provision Google Cloud’s products, services, and solutions in their respective territories.

The offerings in our Sovereign Cloud portfolio also help you protect your cloud environments. Google Cloud offers a portfolio of survivable solutions that meet a broad range of requirements. These are available today with our Google Cloud Air-Gapped and Google Cloud Dedicated offerings.

Google Cloud Air-Gapped doesn’t require connectivity to Google Cloud or the public internet to manage infrastructure, services, APIs, and tooling. Customers may choose to have a third-party partner (instead of Google) serve as the infrastructure operator for Google Cloud Air-Gapped. It is built on industry-leading open-source components and designed to remain disconnected in perpetuity. Because there is no physical connection, Google cannot remotely access or shut down customer workloads running in Google Cloud Air-Gapped.

Around the world, organizations including NATO Communication and Information Agency, the German Armed Forces, the U.K. Ministry of Defence, Singapore government agencies, and the U.S. Air Force have selected Google Cloud Air-Gapped for their most secure workloads.

Similarly, Google Cloud Dedicated is designed so that the partner fully controls the environment, including the ability to monitor, and, in exceptional circumstances, block software updates, and revert changes made by Google. Google Cloud Dedicated performs a key rotation after the disconnect and Google has no access to this dedicated instance. The solution is designed to prevent Google from any remote access or the ability to shut down customer workloads running in Dedicated instances, and so that the partner can continue to operate for up to 12 months in the unlikely scenario that their Dedicated instance connection to Google is severed.

For example, in France, S3NS offers Premi3NS built on Google Cloud Dedicated. S3NS is a standalone entity and PREMI3NS has achieved the SecNumCloud 3.2 qualification from the French National Agency for the Security of Information Systems (ANSSI). Recognized as the most demanding sovereignty, security, and resilience standard in Europe, and one of the most demanding in the world, this certification confirms that the platform meets the highest protection requirements and offers full, auditable control over access to customer data for our local partner. Highly-regulated customers such as Thales, EDF, MGEN, and Qonto are already building on Premi3NS to accelerate their digital transformation.

Your data, your control

At its core, digital sovereignty is about individuals and their data. Our commitment to you is that you control your information and data.

We were the first major cloud service provider to eliminate transfer fees and introduced tools to make such transfers easier. We continue to proactively advocate against restrictive cloud licensing policies that lock in cloud customers, harm economic growth, and stifle innovation.

We are the only major cloud provider that enables customers to deny access to their unencrypted data for any reason. We offer the ability to require approval before specific administrative activity occurs along with a mechanism for customers to ensure their approvals are legitimate.

Capabilities like these help ensure that customers are the ultimate arbiters of access to their data on Google Cloud.

Our External Key Management solution enables customers to encrypt their data at rest with keys stored outside our cloud. It requires detailed justifications each time access to their keys is requested. Google Cloud will challenge overbroad and unlawful data requests, and seek appropriate judicial remedies.

We are fully committed to ensuring that legal requests are subject to transparency, and report these out to the public through our Transparency Report.

Sovereign Cloud from Google provides customers with controls that are designed to facilitate the processing and storage of customer data in a given region, protected by local laws. This extends to Google Workspace, where client-side encryption ensures that your collaboration data is indecipherable to Google, keeping your emails, documents, and meetings strictly under your control.

We recognize that data residency alone often isn't enough — you need assurance that the actual machine-learning processing occurs in your required jurisdiction. We recently expanded our local ML processing commitments for select Gemini models to Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and the U.K. We are continuously expanding our data residency commitments across the globe.

Innovating without limits

A sovereign digital future should be grounded in choice, encouraging the freedom to use the best tools without being tied to a single vendor. Many Google solutions you have come to love, such as Android, Chrome, Kubernetes, and Gemma, are built on open technology, giving developers, businesses, and governments common tools that work everywhere. We are fundamentally committed to an open digital world, building on open-source technology.

We provide unmatched choice through Vertex AI, our AI development platform for building and using generative AI. Vertex AI enables you to develop, tune, and deploy your own models, or you can use and localize Google’s leading models, like Gemini and Gemma. We also provide tools so you can build custom agents, or you can use Google’s pre-built agents to accelerate your time to market.

Get started today

Our commitments to verifiable control, assured resilience, local investments, and open choice are our pledge to help build a digital future that is innovative, secure, and truly sovereign. To learn more about our digital sovereignty solutions, visit our website or reach out to our digital sovereignty experts.

Starfish Space uses Google Cloud to accelerate satellite servicing in orbit

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000

The Defense Industrial Base (DIB) and Federal System Integrator (FSI) communities operate under intense pressure. The mandate is clear: do more, faster, and with greater efficiency. As the engine of our national security and public sector services, these organizations must constantly innovate to maintain technological superiority. At Google Public Sector, we see firsthand how cloud technology accelerates this mission, providing the reliable, scalable infrastructure necessary to turn ambitious concepts into on-orbit realities.

A software-first approach to orbital complexities

A prime example of this innovation is Starfish Space, a startup pioneering a software-first approach to satellite servicing. Historically, satellite servicing—docking with and servicing satellites in orbit—has been the domain of massive government programs involving heavy, hardware-intensive vehicles. This approach made scaling difficult and expensive, limiting what humanity could accomplish in space.

Starfish Space is changing this paradigm with "Otter," a small, versatile satellite servicing vehicle designed to extend satellite lifetimes and provide end-of-life disposal. However, building an autonomous vehicle capable of docking with a satellite traveling faster than a speeding bullet requires a new approach to satellite software development. It requires rigorous testing not just in a physical lab, but in a digital one.

Scaling simulations with managed Kubernetes

To achieve this, Starfish Space selected Google Cloud as its strategic provider for cloud infrastructure. To support the development of autonomous software capable of satellite docking, Starfish Space needed to run massive-scale Monte Carlo simulations to train the software in a virtual orbital environment.

Leveraging the scalability of Google Compute Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Starfish Space executes millions of complex simulations with speed and confidence. This illustrates the power of managed Kubernetes: the ability to spin up massive compute resources for demanding workloads, and scale them back down just as quickly to control costs. This infrastructure allows Starfish Space engineers to iterate rapidly, testing their software against countless edge cases that could occur in orbit without the capital expenditure of on-premise hardware.

Our goal is to make satellite servicing affordable and available, and that requires a fundamentally different, software-first approach. Google Cloud provides the scalable, high-performance computing infrastructure we need to run millions of simulations with speed and confidence. Austin Link, Co-Founder, Starfish Space

Turning digital validation into orbital success

Starfish Space has secured Otter mission contracts with NASA, the U.S. Space Force, SES, and the Space Development Agency. Following the launch of their Otter Pup demonstration satellites, the company is preparing to launch the first full Otter satellites this year to begin providing commercial services.

Google Public Sector helps organizations accelerate their most critical missions. By leveraging commercial cloud infrastructure for high-performance computing and simulation, organizations like Starfish Space can reduce the cost of development, accelerate timelines, and deliver capabilities that support critical missions.

Ready to see how Google Cloud can accelerate your mission?

Join us at Google Cloud Next '26 to explore more real-world use cases, connect with industry peers, and discover how our infrastructure can support your toughest challenges.

Key insights from our inaugural survey on the ROI of AI in the public sector

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000

This is a new era of innovation, and the public sector is helping lead it. After proving the value of generative AI and agents in 2025, the public sector is poised to further scale the adoption of this transformative technology to accelerate mission impact in the year ahead.

Our inaugural ROI of AI in the public sector report, commissioned by Google Cloud and conducted by National Research Group, surveyed 251 senior leaders from public sector agencies and found that AI initiatives - including AI agents - are already delivering value. According to our findings, 55% of public sector leaders report their organizations are already leveraging AI agents and 42% report that their organization has deployed more than 10 AI agents.

Read on for a summary of key findings from our ROI of AI in the public sector report, and learn how you can get started with Gemini for Government today.

The agentic AI tipping point in the public sector is here

Agentic AI has arrived, fundamentally reshaping and transforming how public sector organizations operate, innovate and advance their missions. AI agents are already driving the next wave of AI innovation, and agency budgets are following suit. Findings show that over 61% of public sector leaders stated their organizations plan to allocate 50% or more of their future AI budget to AI agents, underscoring that agentic AI is now viewed as a mission-critical investment.

Gemini for Government is how you can get started, right now, with the best of Google’s AI-optimized, secure and accredited commercial cloud services, industry-leading Gemini models, and agentic solutions. Gemini for Government includes FedRAMP High-authorized security and compliance features, giving you the peace of mind to confidently deploy AI agents across your organization. Register to attend our upcoming Gemini for Government webinar on February 5 to dive deeper into this transformative technology.

Agentic AI is already delivering ROI in key areas like security and productivity

When it comes to productivity, generative AI is helping public sector teams get more done. According to our report, 70% of public sector leaders report improved productivity from gen AI and 46% say employee productivity has at least doubled (of those reporting improved productivity). A more productive workforce means faster response times, reduced service backlogs, and more personalized, efficient delivery of public services—which all adds up to better experiences and outcomes.

Generative AI is also helping the public sector significantly improve its cybersecurity posture in today’s complex threat environment—ensuring mission continuity and protecting public trust. According to the 16th edition of our Mandiant M-Trends report findings, we’re seeing an explosive growth of malicious exploits, threat groups, and ransomware—all fueled by AI. Attackers are finding novel ways to breach defenses and use AI to scale their attacks. Therefore, a fragmented, siloed security defense approach is no longer viable. According to our findings, as a result of gen AI, 79% of respondents report improved ability to identify threats, 70% report improved intelligence and response integration, and 58% report a reduction in resolution time. By leveraging the power of AI, public sector organizations can enhance threat detection, automate security operations, and secure AI development—ultimately staying one step ahead of evolving threats.

Going forward, executive sponsorship is critical

The fastest path to day one value with generative AI requires support from technical and mission teams, as well as senior leadership. However, the data reveals that only 32% of public sector leaders report comprehensive executive sponsorship and support when it comes to gen AI adoption. Going forward, executive sponsorship will be necessary in breaking down organizational silos, allocating the required resources, and championing the necessary change management to ensure the long-term impact and ROI of gen AI. We believe executive support and sponsorship is an imperative, as agencies increasingly demonstrate tangible ROI in vital areas like productivity and security.

Charting a new era of innovation together

We are proud to partner with the public sector as we chart this new era of innovation together. This survey offers a promising outlook for the future of the public sector, and the AI opportunity is both exciting and profound. We believe that harnessing the power of agents, identifying foundational use cases, and securing executive sponsorship will help pave the way for unprecedented innovation and transformation across the public sector.

Download the full report, “The ROI of AI in the public sector,” to explore key findings from our report.

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Gemini for Government: Unlocking the next wave of public sector innovation

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000

The public sector has entered a new era of innovation, driven by the rise of intelligent agents. In this transformative period, AI-powered agents are a force multiplier for every employee – amplifying human capacity and freeing up time previously spent on administrative tasks. This new era is all about empowering employees and teams to apply their invaluable experience and judgment, strategic decision-making, and creative problem-solving to the most critical aspects of their work. This will fundamentally reshape how government and public sector agencies, as well as academia and research organizations operate, innovate and advance their missions. Today, public sector leaders are asking: how do we harness this new technology effectively to solve real problems, drive value and advance our mission, right now?

Gemini for Government: Bringing the best of Google AI, now to every mission

Gemini for Government is the new front door for the best of Google’s AI-optimized, secure and accredited commercial cloud services, our industry-leading Gemini models, and agentic solutions. Gemini for Government includes FedRAMP High-authorized security and compliance features, enabling you to confidently deploy AI agents across your organization. Gemini for Government is our secure, scalable, and complete platform - everything you need to transform your mission. This is not about incremental steps, but leapfrogging to mission outcomes.

At our recent Google Public Sector Summit, public sector leaders shared how they are already applying the latest Google AI and security technologies to advance their missions. With over 300 AI agents built in one day to show how agencies could accelerate impact and advance missions, it is clear that the public sector is committed to innovating, transforming, and serving our nation in exciting new ways.

Real-world impact and momentum

We are honored to support agencies as they leverage the incredible power of AI to advance their missions. The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) selected Gemini for Government to serve as the first enterprise AI deployed on the U.S. Department of War (DoW)'s GenAI.mil to 3 million civilian and military personnel. The FDA is taking a pioneering step in public health innovation with the deployment of agentic AI capabilities across the agency. The U.S Department of Transportation (DOT) selected Google Workspace as their agency-wide collaboration suite to help employees securely connect, create, and collaborate.

In their recent report, Gartner® identified Google as a Company to Beat in the AI Vendor Race: Google Is the Company to Beat for Enterprise Agentic AI Platforms, published on 8 December 2025. We believe this recognition is a testament to our advanced, integrated tech stack, our commitment to scalable enterprise-wide adoption, and our leadership in AI.

Day 1 value: Get started today

Are you ready to drive unprecedented innovation and impact across your organization? Register to attend our upcoming Gemini for Government webinar on February 5 to dive deeper into this transformative technology and see how agencies are applying AI to accelerate mission impact. Download our public sector AI Agent toolkits to explore use cases and see what’s possible in this new era of innovation.

¹Gartner, AI Vendor Race: Google Is the Company to Beat for Enterprise Agentic AI Platforms, By Danielle Casey, Eric Goodness, Kiumarse Zamanian, Jason Wong, 8 December 2025. GARTNER is a trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

New Google Public Sector research shows that nearly 90% of federal agencies are already using AI

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Across the federal landscape, the scale and complexity of agency missions demand constant focus. As public servants continue to heed the mandate to do more with less—to deliver essential services more efficiently and securely—having access to the latest AI and security innovations becomes more urgent than ever.

To better understand the factors driving AI usage within the public sector—and the barriers toward AI adoption—Google Public Sector recently commissioned a survey conducted by Government Executive of 250 federal government IT leaders and influencers across civilian and defense agencies. The results showed that while many agencies are using AI today for important work, concerns remain, particularly in terms of security, employee training, and reliability.

A new mindset: Accelerating AI adoption in agencies

According to survey respondents, the question is no longer if the federal government will adopt AI, but how fast its new role as an AI accelerator will drive transformation across the entire public sector. In fact, nearly 90% of respondents working for agencies are planning to or are already using AI, challenging the notion that the public sector is slow to adoption or overly risk-averse.

However, barriers to AI adoption remain in the federal government. Survey respondents noted that security and adversarial risk are the single biggest blockers to AI adoption (impacting 48% of all agencies). Additional concerns, such as reliability (35%) and potential workforce disruption (4%) were also raised.

As for the use cases most commonly cited, government IT leaders and influencers are using AI in a variety of ways to demonstrate impact, including:

Document and data processing (54%): Automating the handling of the government's massive paper and digital trail.
Workflow and process automation (40%): Streamlining internal operations to free up employee capacity.
Decision support systems (34%): Providing intelligence that improves everything from fraud detection to resource allocation.

At Google Public Sector, we’ve helped with many of these AI implementations first-hand. For example, last month, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) selected Google Cloud's Gemini for Government to serve as the first enterprise AI deployed on the U.S. Department of War (DoW)'s GenAI.mil, helping more than 3 million civilian and military personnel streamline administrative tasks like drafting routine correspondence and summarizing policy handbooks.

The CDAO joins numerous other federal agencies leveraging AI to enhance their missions, such as NASA’s Crew Medical Officer Digital Assistant, which helps astronauts diagnose and treat symptoms; the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s deployment of agentic AI capabilities to all of its employees; and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s move to Google Workspace with Gemini as part of the General Services Administration’s OneGov Strategy.

The road ahead: Scaling innovation

Looking to the next 12-18 months, the research found that both federal civilian and defense agencies are looking to remove constraints to AI adoption across a variety of areas, including:

Budget constraints, cited by 75% of respondents;
Legacy systems, cited by 41% of respondents; and
Skills gaps, cited by 37% of respondents.

To directly address these barriers, Google delivered Gemini for Government through the General Services Administration (GSA) OneGov Strategy to offer discounted pricing on AI tools. This initiative directly tackles the number-one adoption barrier by ensuring federal agencies can access world-class AI capabilities at a competitive cost.

In addition, to assist with the AI skills gap, we recently launched Google Skills, offering nearly 3,000 courses, labs and credentials from Google Cloud, Google DeepMind, Grow with Google, and Google for Education to help our customers, including government agencies, build AI skills and advance their technical knowledge.

As the research proves, government agencies are embracing AI now to tackle their most important work. However, crucial barriers remain across security, skills training, and more. Register to attend our upcoming Gemini for Government webinar on Feb. 5, where we will dive deeper into the transformative AI technology powering the next wave of innovation across the public sector.