The agency’s “expedited” deployment of a platform to track costs as part of the Trump admin’s “defend the spend” initiative bypassed the market research phase, TIGTA found.

Ahead of formal rulemaking, the General Services Administration issued an artificial intelligence acquisition regulation deviation that can be used immediately, incorporating some public comments.

The $1 per user deal will now be available until Oct. 31, according to a website update.

It was one of three artificial intelligence deals set to expire at the end of the month, and will now be based on consumption.

Across the aisle, lawmakers expressed outrage over the recent contract ceiling hike after Oracle’s CEO told Congress four years ago that the company would not raise costs.

The General Services Administration has a new pricing model for the government’s AI platform.

Corcos will now lead GSA’s Technology Transformation Services, and help oversee the Federal Acquisition Service and Login-dot-gov, in addition to serving as Treasury’s top IT official.

Palantir, Microsoft, Nvidia and other tech giants have major issues with the potential exclusion of open-source AI, “unbiased AI principles” and more.

Due to “unanticipated complexities,” the department proposed a modification to the $10 billion contract to complete deployment of the electronic health record modernization.

In an audit, the GSA’s Office of the Inspector General said the Federal Acquisition Service’s product catalog and data reporting system had varying names and part numbers…