United States Digital Corps
United States government fellowship program
The United States Digital Corps (USDC) is a federal fellowship program, housed within the General Services Administration's Technology Transformation Services department, that places early-career technologists into positions across various government agencies. The program seeks to engage young tech talent in government work, as well as to modernize government software and digital design. USDC has been operating two-year fellowships since 2022, and offers fellows an opportunity for permanent civil service roles upon completion of the program.
History
The USDC was launched on August 30, 2021, as a collaboration between multiple federal agencies including the General Services Administration, the White House Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Personnel Management, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The origin of the idea for a federal 'digital corps' came from the Federation of American Scientists' Day One Project.
USDC was one of the programs named in the National AI Talent Surge, initiated by President Biden's 2023 Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.
USDC activities
Over the program's lifetime, USDC has hired over 100 Fellows as part of three cohorts: 40 fellows in 2022, 48 fellows in 2023, and 70 fellows in 2024. These fellows have been placed in 20 federal agencies including the General Services Administration, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. There was no 2025 cohort due to the federal hiring freeze. The program is competitive; the 70 fellows in the 2024 cohort were selected from over 2,000 applications.
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