United States Digital Corps

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United States Digital Corps
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Agency overview
FormedAugust 2021;4 years ago (2021-08)
Parent department Technology Transformation Services, General Services Administration
Website digitalcorps.gsa.gov

The United States Digital Corps (USDC) is a federal fellowship program, housed within the General Services Administration's Technology Transformation Services department, that places early-career technologists into positions across various government agencies. The program seeks to engage young tech talent in government work, as well as to modernize government software and digital design. [1] [2] USDC has been operating two-year fellowships since 2022, and offers fellows an opportunity for permanent civil service roles upon completion of the program. [3]

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History

The USDC was launched on August 30, 2021, as a collaboration between multiple federal agencies including the General Services Administration, the White House Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Personnel Management, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. [3] The origin of the idea for a federal 'digital corps' came from the Federation of American Scientists' Day One Project. [4]

USDC was one of the programs named in the National AI Talent Surge, initiated by President Biden's 2023 Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. [5]

USDC activities

Over the program's lifetime, USDC has hired over 100 Fellows as part of three cohorts: 40 fellows in 2022 [6] , 48 fellows in 2023 [7] , and 70 fellows in 2024 [8] . These fellows have been placed in 20 federal agencies including the General Services Administration, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. [9] [10] There was no 2025 cohort due to the federal hiring freeze. The program is competitive; the 70 fellows in the 2024 cohort were selected from over 2,000 applications [8] .

USDC projects include:

Awards and recognitions

The program and its leadership have received various awards and recognitions for innovative government work, including the 2022 FedScoop "Innovation of the Year" award [19] , the 2023 Nextgov Rising Star award [20] , the 2024 Nextgov Federal 100 [21] , and the 2024 and 2025 FedScoop "Most Inspiring Up & Comer" award [22] [23] .

See also

References

  1. ↑ Giles, Martin (31 August 2021). "The U.S. Just Launched A 'Digital Corps' To Attract More Young People Into Government Tech". Forbes. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  2. ↑ Hodge, Rae (31 August 2021). "Biden administration to launch US Digital Corps". CNET. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  3. 1 2 "Biden Administration Launches U.S. Digital Corps to Recruit the Next Generation of Technology Talent to Federal Service". U.S. General Services Administration. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Sinai, Nick; Kuang, Chris (December 2020). "The Digital Corps" (PDF). Day One Project. Federation of American Scientists. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Kelley, Alexandra (31 October 2023). "Biden administration plans a multi-agency effort to surge AI recruitment". Nextgov.com. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "GSA Announces First Cohort of 40 U.S. Digital Corps Fellows". U.S. General Services Administration. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  7. ↑ Dille, Grace (19 July 2023). "GSA Welcomes Second Cohort of U.S. Digital Corps". MeriTalk. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  8. 1 2 "GSA announces new cohort of U.S. Digital Corps fellows". U.S. General Services Administration. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  9. ↑ Hirdaramani, Yogesh (12 December 2024). "Caitlin Gandhi, Director, Digital Corps, United States". GovInsider. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  10. ↑ Nyczepir, Dave (2022-07-11). "GSA's Zvenyach: US Digital Corps technologists are already transforming government services". FedScoop. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  11. ↑ "Improving the delivery of multilingual voting information with a content management system". U.S. Digital Corps. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  12. ↑ "Leveraging data to support the emergency release of 222 Nicaraguan political prisoners". U.S. Digital Corps. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  13. ↑ "Evaluating Emerging Technologies and Global Cyber Posture at the Department of State". U.S. Digital Corps. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  14. ↑ Davidson, Nikki (2024-02-07). "Boosting .Gov Adoption: Can a New, Quicker Process Help?". GovTech. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  15. ↑ "Projects". U.S. Digital Corps. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  16. ↑ "Get to know the 2024 Rising Stars". Nextgov.com. 2024-12-11. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  17. ↑ "Enhancing health equity by bringing the experiences of people with Long COVID to the forefront of defining solutions". U.S. Digital Corps. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  18. ↑ "Designing a how-to guide for improving access to behavioral health care and support through FindSupport.gov". U.S. Digital Corps. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  19. ↑ "Announcing the winners of the 2022 FedScoop 50". FedScoop. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  20. ↑ "2023 Rising Star: Malaika Carpenter". Nextgov.com. 2023-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  21. ↑ "The 2024 Federal 100". Nextgov.com. 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  22. ↑ "Announcing the 2024 FedScoop 50". FedScoop. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  23. ↑ "Announcing the 2025 FedScoop 50 award winners". FedScoop. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
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