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An executive order directs the General Services Administration to make America.gov the single online entry point for covered federal services, with Login.gov handling sign-in

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Executive Order 14432, signed September 29 and published October 2, directs the General Services Administration to run America.gov as the single online entry point for covered federal services: those with more than 100,000 users in 12 months, minus IRS tax filing, Department of War services and elements of the Intelligence Community. Login.gov is to be its sign-in service. The order's one deadline: the Office of Management and Budget owes agencies an implementation memo within 90 days, December 28 by this desk's count.

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Executive Order 14432, signed September 29 and published October 2, directs the General Services Administration (GSA), in coordination with the National Design Studio and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to "establish and operate America.gov as the single point of entry for Americans to access covered services online."

What America.gov is meant to become

The order calls it "the unified digital front door to the Federal Government." A person "may sign in, communicate in plain language, receive accurate answers, and, where authorized and technically available, complete Government transactions" without visiting several agencies' sites. It says "super intelligence" used with the site must be "accurate, reliable, and transparent," and does not define the term.

Which services and agencies

The order names no service. It defines "covered services" as public-facing federal services that "serve more than 100,000 users in a 12-month period and can be accessed or applied for online." Excluded: IRS tax filing, and services provided by the Department of War and by Intelligence Community elements. The OMB director may add or exclude services by memorandum. Agency heads must identify covered services, integrate them with America.gov and send GSA and OMB usage and performance data.

Sign-in, identity and personal data

The order says Americans today "repeatedly prove their identities" to the government. GSA must use "Login.gov as the authentication service for America.gov." Agencies must finish Login.gov integration consistent with 6 U.S.C. 1523(b)(1)(D), which calls for "a single sign-on trusted identity platform," and OMB Memorandum M-26-18, which says agencies must offer Login.gov as a sign-on option.

The policy section aims to ensure unifying access does not "create a centralized Federal system of records concerning the American people," to preserve each agency's "custody and control of its records," and to protect personal information "through data minimization, secure authentication, auditable authorization, and disclosure practices consistent with applicable law." In-person, telephone and mail routes are to stay: the site "provides a better option but does not become the only option." Nothing in the order authorizes anyone but the originating agency to access its records about an individual, except as the Privacy Act of 1974 or other law provides.

The dates

"Within 90 days of the date of this order," the OMB director must issue agencies an implementation memorandum. By this desk's count that is December 28, 2026; the order does not say how days are counted. It sets no date for America.gov to open or for agencies to integrate, and gives no cost estimate.

What America.gov shows today

On October 2, the site offered a "Describe what you need" box. Its About page says "Phase 1 launched on September 29, 2026" and "Phase 2 begins in 2027, bringing the ability to apply, enroll, and track progress directly in chat." The privacy page says to "Use America.gov without creating an account or signing in." The FAQ says the site "uses SI," a term the pages do not spell out, and "cannot access agency records or see applications you have submitted."

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