How the Government Publishing Office is using AI to enhance operations

GPO Chief Information Officer Sam Musa said the agency has been using Google NotebookLM to make AI-generated podcasts of internal documents for its workforce.

The Government Publishing Office has been piloting and deploying artificial intelligence capabilities to simplify agency tasks, including developing internal AI-generated podcasts to help its personnel digest information in a more engaging manner. GPO’s top IT official said the agency’s early adoption of AI has allowed it to cautiously expand uses of the technology across its operations. 

In an interview with Nextgov/FCW, GPO Chief Information Officer Sam Musa said the agency’s AI journey first began in earnest in 2019, after he attended a class on the emerging capabilities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Musa, who was named the agency’s CIO in 2018, said he was interested in learning more about the technology and how it could be used to support GPO ...