President Donald Trump and billionaire business mogul Elon Musk are teaming up again.
The Trump administration is preparing to launch a new artificial-intelligence-powered government website designed to give Americans a simpler way to find federal services, information and benefits currently scattered across dozens of agencies.
Trump is expected to formally unveil America.gov on Tuesday during an all-day technology event in Washington featuring senior administration officials and some of the country’s most prominent technology executives.
The website is being developed as a centralized gateway to the federal government, with administration officials hoping Americans will eventually be able to use one portal rather than navigating numerous agency websites and complicated government systems.
Joe Gebbia, the Airbnb co-founder who now serves as the nation’s first chief design officer and leads the White House’s National Design Studio, is overseeing the effort.
“What we’re really excited about is that one of the things that we’ve been building is the golden age of the citizen experience,” Gebbia told Fox News Digital ahead of the launch.
Gebbia said the project is intended to answer a straightforward question: “How do you make it easy to just access government?”
Trump and Vice President JD Vance are expected to participate in Tuesday’s event, along with Musk, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and other administration officials.
Technology and business leaders are also expected to attend.
The event will include discussions covering artificial intelligence, energy, health care, space and agriculture as the administration highlights technology projects developed during Trump’s second term.
America.gov represents one of the National Design Studio’s most ambitious projects.
The White House established the office to modernize federal websites and improve how Americans interact with government services.
Gebbia has argued that many government websites remain unnecessarily difficult to navigate and lack the usability Americans routinely encounter when dealing with private-sector technology companies.
America.gov is intended to provide a single entry point.
Earlier reporting about the project indicated that officials were considering an AI chatbot as the primary interface through which users could locate government services and complete certain tasks.
Potential functions discussed during development have included applying for or renewing passports and helping Americans prepare and potentially file federal income taxes.
Not all of those features have been confirmed for Tuesday’s initial launch.
Administration officials have reportedly discussed allowing Americans with relatively uncomplicated tax returns, including taxpayers using the standard deduction, to file directly through the government portal without relying on commercial tax-preparation software.
Such a feature would represent an interesting reversal for the administration.
Trump officials previously ended the IRS Direct File program established during the Biden administration, which allowed eligible taxpayers in participating states to file federal returns directly with the government for free.
Whether America.gov will ultimately resurrect some form of direct federal tax filing remains under discussion.
Passport services appear to be another major target.
The State Department currently directs Americans through its own systems for passport applications and renewals, while numerous other benefits and services require separate federal websites.
America.gov could eventually serve as the front door connecting those systems.
Officials have also considered incorporating Login.gov, the government’s existing identity-verification service, into the new platform.
Login.gov allows Americans to use one account to access participating federal agencies and programs.
The General Services Administration is expected to play an important role in the project.
GSA already operates government-wide technology programs, including USA.gov, the existing official guide to federal information and services.
USA.gov currently helps Americans find information covering passports, Social Security, taxes, veterans benefits, housing, health care, immigration and numerous other government programs.
America.gov appears designed to go further by using artificial intelligence to help people interact directly with those services instead of primarily directing users to the appropriate government agency.
Several officials previously associated with the Department of Government Efficiency have been involved in the project.
Edward Coristine, a former DOGE staffer who now works with the National Design Studio, has reportedly participated in its development.
Sam Corcos, another former DOGE official who has served as Treasury’s chief technology officer, has taken roles involving technology programs at GSA.
Gebbia himself previously worked with DOGE before Trump appointed him to lead the National Design Studio.
The administration’s broader push to integrate artificial intelligence throughout government has accelerated this year.
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