GSA's new Digital Acquisition Academy designates GovAcademy as its preferred training partner for cybersecurity, AI governance, and cloud compliance courses for federal acquisition professionals.
The General Services Administration officially launched its Digital Acquisition Academy on April 9, 2026, a government-wide initiative to modernize the acquisition workforce's technical competencies. GovAcademy has been designated as the preferred external training partner for cybersecurity, AI governance, and cloud compliance course delivery.
The partnership covers three core competency areas: Cybersecurity in Acquisition (drawing on GA-001, GA-005, and GA-015), AI Procurement and Governance (GA-002, GA-007, and GA-040), and Cloud and FedRAMP Compliance (GA-003, GA-011, and GA-032).
The Digital Acquisition Academy will initially serve approximately 8,500 contracting professionals through GSA's Acquisition Gateway platform, with plans to expand to the full 24,000-person acquisition workforce within 18 months.
GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan noted that the partnership reflects a recognition that modern federal acquisition requires technical fluency in cybersecurity and AI — competencies that traditional Contracting Officer training programs do not adequately address.
The agreement includes customized course versions tailored to acquisition contexts, with scenario-based assessments built around common procurement situations including FAR Part 39 IT acquisitions, AI system procurements, and cloud service provider evaluations.
GovAcademy will provide GSA with a dedicated analytics dashboard showing completion rates, assessment performance, and certification status by agency.
The partnership is GovAcademy's largest institutional agreement to date and is expected to drive enrollment of an additional 3,500 to 4,000 professionals through the GSA channel in the first year of operation.