Jennifer Hill is the new commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service, the agency’s contracting operation recently involved in artificial intelligence procurements.

Perplexity is the first company to be certified under the full sped-up 20x process within the class most akin to the old “moderate” level. More are coming,…

And, GSA left sensitive information on a Google Drive visible to all federal users

And, Senate Dems question IRS’s continued use of ID.me.

Ranking members from two House committees requested a closed-door briefing regarding AI-related document retention policies, vendor contracts, cybersecurity safeguards and more.

The new benchmark, DualChem, is aimed at helping government agencies determine AI model risk in chemistry applications.

Federal agencies will have access to a 40% discount on token-based usage across Claude models with no minimum purchase required.

And, CISA unveils its strategy for the next four years.

The GSA aims to pass on OneGov savings to agencies and deal with all acquisition and testing issues as USAi is converted to a paid model, according…

The award would continue “vital” services for six months after expiration of Anthropic’s OneGov deal, per the agency. But contracting experts question the justification.