Balancing Innovation with Governance: A Roadmap for AI-Powered Government
September 2, 2025

This whitepaper provides a clear roadmap for navigating this new landscape, showing how GitHub’s AI-powered platform can empower your teams and strengthen governance.
The rise of AI is transforming how software is built, presenting a critical challenge for government agencies: how can you modernise development practices while maintaining the security, consistency, and compliance that public sector operations demand.
Read this whitepaper to discover how to:
Strengthen Security: Use fine-grained access controls, secret scanning, and automated policy enforcement to protect your entire workflow.
Ensure Consistency: Drive quality across all projects with AI-assisted governance and automation.
Accelerate Collaboration: Streamline developer workflows and onboarding with GitHub Copilot and cloud-ready Codespaces environments.
Overcome Challenges: Get a clear roadmap for modernising legacy systems and a breakdown of common challenges in government IT.
