Artificial Intelligence In Government Procurement

Artificial intelligence is transforming how governments deliver services, make decisions, and respond to the needs of citizens. This course explores how AI can improve public sector performance while helping government organizations move beyond experimentation to create lasting, scalable impact. You'll learn how different types of AI are suited to different tasks, how AI can automate routine work, augment human decision-making, and enable entirely new ways of delivering public services. Through real-world government examples, you'll examine how technologies such as natural language processing and machine learning are being used to improve efficiency, transparency, and innovation. What makes this course unique is its focus on the strategic implementation of AI in government. Rather than exploring AI technology alone, you'll gain practical insights into measuring value, overcoming organizational barriers, and scaling successful AI initiatives across public sector organizations. Designed for public sector professionals, policymakers, project managers, technology leaders, students, and anyone interested in digital government, this course will help you understand how to responsibly apply AI to create more effective, citizen-centered government services.

Lead government innovation with skills to detect change early, overcome constraints, and harness AI's power—turn disruption into mission-driven success. Government organizations don’t have the luxury of standing still. Missions change. Budgets shrink. New technologies emerge. In this course, you’ll explore how successful agencies overcome constraints—legal, structural, cultural, and technological—to drive meaningful innovation. Michael Raynor, co-author of The Innovator’s Solution and author of The Three Rules, partners with John Johnson, UMD’s Lead Faculty in Agile and Product Management, to reveal how public sector leaders can sense change early, organize for innovation, and deliver results that matter. Through real-world case studies—from software factories and health exchanges to drone warfare and cloud disruption—you’ll examine how government organizations adapt and thrive in the face of disruption, and how AI is amplifying both the challenges and the opportunities. This course is designed for anyone working in or with government who wants to lead change, not just react to it.