Google launches Gemini for government services in preview

Google has launched Gemini for government services in preview, adapting its Gemini agent for public sector organisations.

Aimed at federal, state and local agencies, the offering is designed to work with existing government systems, rules and approval processes. Google said it developed the service with agency leaders as part of a broader set of industry-specific products.

Gemini for government services combines five main elements: task-specific skills for public sector work, connectors to agency systems, partner-built agents, a central governance layer and an open partner model. It is intended to help agencies automate tasks such as records discovery, document review and compliance checks without moving data from the systems where it already resides.

One focus is regulatory and policy research. Agencies can ask operational or eligibility questions and receive answers drawn from sources including the Code of Federal Regulations, the Federal Register, state administrative codes and internal manuals, with page and paragraph citations.

Another is public records processing. The system can search repositories including SharePoint, Google Drive and email archives for material relevant to Freedom of Information Act and state sunshine law requests, then organise it into a review set for records officers and legal teams.

The service can also support redaction work by identifying sensitive data in batches of documents and proposing redactions linked to statutory exemptions. After review and approval, it can produce exemption logs and versions prepared for release.

Other uses outlined by Google include assessing supplier bids against request for proposal requirements and procurement rules, checking grant invoices and receipts against award terms and federal guidance, validating documents submitted at intake, and turning policy material into public notices written to plain-language standards.

System links

The service connects to a range of government and workplace software already used by agencies. Google listed federal data sources such as the Federal Register, regulations.gov and the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, as well as operational systems including Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle PeopleSoft, Salesforce and ServiceNow.

It also links to productivity software including Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 and SharePoint. Access remains governed by existing role-based controls and record-level permissions, and agencies do not need to migrate data to use those connections.

A central control layer is designed to give security and compliance teams a single place to set and enforce policies across agents. Features available through this layer include VPC Service Controls, customer-managed encryption keys and Assured Workloads, while outputs are grounded in source documents with citations for reviewers.

Partner network

The launch also includes partner-built agents and implementation support from consulting and software firms. Google named Accenture Federal Services, Clutch, Dark Wolf, Daston, Deloitte, Egen, Game Plan Tech, Knexus, Onix, Resultant, SAIC, Slalom and SZNS Solutions among the organisations involved.

SZNS Solutions is providing two pre-built agents focused on public records work. One covers FOIA and public records discovery, while the other handles document redaction inside connected repositories including SharePoint and Drive.

Google said the product can be deployed using its Assured Workloads FedRAMP High Data Boundary, which enforces US data residency and personnel controls. It also said agency records, constituent data, institutional documents, custom agents and model outputs remain private to the organisation and are not used to train or fine-tune Google foundation models without permission.

Google has been working with select federal and state agencies, including the State of Missouri and the US Department of Health and Human Services, to test whether the product fits day-to-day government operations.

Tim Marczewski, Director of AI and Innovation, State of Missouri Office of Administration, described the expected benefit for service delivery. "Our citizens expect the government to move at the speed of modern life, not the speed of paperwork. By automating routine work in our workflows, we're delivering faster, better services to Missourians," Marczewski said.