How the Trump administration has been building toward the America.gov launch

The General Services Administration will continue to manage the newest effort to create a single web portal for citizens to interact with the government.

The White House’s 18-month effort to improve federal services started with a focus on reducing the number of websites agencies managed.

It made a stop in this journey at Login.gov, and the effort culminated yesterday with the launch of America.gov .

In signing the executive order yesterday, President Donald Trump established the latest iteration of a one-stop shop for all federal services that will be managed by the General Services Administration.

“We actually started this project on day one. This is actually a very complex project. We actually started this almost on day one, and it took us that time to get the very complex subject matter made simple, and it is made simple, and also made beautiful. We’re making it dramatically easier and faster, and more convenient to get what you need exactly when you need it,” Trump said during the roll out of the platform. “For our entire lives, we’ve become used to a government so big it makes the citizen feel very, very small. But with America.gov, the entire U.S. government will fit … in the palm of your hand. A very simple plan that sits in the palm of your hand. Instead of forcing citizens to through the endless maze of tens of thousands of terrible government websites and rules, and more than 10,000 forms. You have over 10,000 forms to do basic acts. You’ll now have one front door for every single question. Everything will be answered easily and quickly. A digital built around your time and your life. You’ll save hours and hours, many hours, hundreds of hours, perhaps a year, depending on how much of that type of information you need. Simply ask for what you need, and America.gov will provide answers, and it will be provided immediately.”

The president’s EO, at a high level, directs every federal agency to make all of their public-facing services integrate directly with America.gov as soon as possible.

More details coming from OMB

More specifically, the Office of Management and Budget will issue an implementation memo within 90 days to give agencies more details what that integration looks like.

The executive order calls on agencies to use and make public application programming interfaces, dashboards, and digital forms that already support services accessible through the America.gov platform and ensure integration with Login.gov.

GSA says in a release that it has engineered America.gov into a public-facing platform in record time, demonstrating the speed, technical excellence and mission focus of its engineering teams. The site will be housed in its Technology Transformation Services (TTS).

Joe Gebbia, the director of the National Design Studio at the White House, said agencies have been a part of the development of the site for many months.

“Under the hood, America.gov is extraordinary use of artificial intelligence designed to improve your life. It’s trained specifically on one official source of truth: the United States government. So thank you to all the agencies governmentwide, those 29,000 websites, 800 million pages, billions of pieces of information that are now available in one easy-to-use website for every American,” Gebbia said. “Let’s hear it for all the federal agencies that work hard every day on behalf of citizens. Thank you.”

Gebbia added that the moment the government publishes something new, the site is updated within minutes, ensuring citizens and others have the most up-to-date information.

This initial version of America.gov is a big engine of sorts, but Gebbia said the administration has plans to expand it into something that’s a lot more.

Moving from answers to actions

Gebbia said the platform today includes all public government information.

“For the first time, there’s one place to get everything done across the entire government: 29,000 websites in one, enrollments, benefits, renewals, finish your lists without ever leaving the site. Need to enroll in Medicare? Check eligibility, compare plans, and apply directly on America.gov. Check in on a student loan? You can do it right on the site. Address change with the Postal Service, no stress. Serve the country and need to find care? Done in a few clicks. Go back to being a patriot,” he said. “For the first time, and this is incredibly cutting edge, your on America.gov spans across multiple agencies and guides you on exactly what you need to do. Ask any question and get official answers only from government sources. This alone is a game changer, and it’s available to you starting today. But our vision for America.gov shouldn’t stop at just getting you the right information quickly. It should do it for you. So here’s a glimpse of what’s coming in 2027. The future of chat conversation will include an action. You’ll be able to change your name right on the platform. Let’s click start and see what happens. And just like that, America.gov goes to work. This would have taken weeks of your time, multiple filings, cutting across different agencies’ websites. That’s if you even knew where to start. So all you have to do is focus on what matters. Enter your new name, drop in your marriage certificate, and there you have it. In a few keystrokes, your name change is submitted. Enjoy the honeymoon.”

Gebbia emphasized that America.gov is private by design. He said it doesn’t keep users’ personal information or their conversations. Users are not required to log in to use it, and the platform doesn’t track its users, Gebbia added.

The White house said it has big plans for the platform for 2027 and beyond, moving America.gov from answers to actions.

“The site is like a good hotel concierge, guiding you to the best answers for your questions and to the steps, such as a checklist with links to finish your name change at the state level. But let’s not stop there. You ever notice how you submit something on a government website, and you have no idea what happens ? You’re totally in the dark. So what if we did something really unexpected, and took it one step further? Since you logged in, when you go back to the page, what if we just show you transparently where you are and what comes ? Our vision is that one day, this type of convenience and simplicity will be across every government service,” he said.

The journey to launching America.gov started in 2025 when OMB announced it would consolidate and/or eliminate federal websites. Former Federal Chief Information Officer Greg Barbaccia outlined his “one government” blueprint to website design in January 2026, adding that “it’s jarring to the public when one agency’s digital experience is completely different than another agency.”

In July 2025, GSA’s analysis of the 24 largest agencies found more than 7,200 total websites and it had a goal of eliminating 5%, or 332, of them.

Building on the legacy of FirstGov, USA.gov

The White House says the number of websites now stands at more than 29,000 across the entire government.

Under the umbrella of better services, the White House launched the National Design Studio in August 2025, which led the creation of several high-profile sites like trumpaccounts.gov and techforce.gov.

The other big piece to this is the OMB memo mandating the use of Login.gov for most federal websites.

administrations tried to create this type of one-stop shop. The Clinton administration launched the FirstGov website in September 2000 as “the first-ever U.S. Government web site that will provide the public with easy, one-stop access to all federal government on-line information and services.”

The George W. Bush administration transitioned FirstGov to USA.gov in January 2007 , with a goal of enabling “anyone, anytime, anywhere to find and understand the government services and information they seek.”

GSA says more than 5 million people visited USA.gov in the last 30 days.

“America.gov is a declaration to the world that every citizen of our nation will be treated with respect and dignity,” Trump said. “They’re not going to be shut out by work that maybe doesn’t exist or paperwork that’s so complex that nobody can figure it out. For decades, Washington has paid enormous sums of taxpayer money to federal contractors to build terrible websites that pale in comparison to the experience that you’re used to in the private sector, and seriously compared to what we’ve built, we’ve built the finest anywhere in the world. There’s nothing like it.”

Jason Miller is executive editor of Federal News Network and directs news coverage on the people, policy and programs of the federal government.