Stephen Ehikian, previously a vice president for AI products at the software company, was sworn in to temporarily lead GSA on Monday.

The agency received 569 proposals for the contract. Awards for other vendor pools are on the way later this fiscal year.

Investments totaling $50.2 million will allow both agencies to pursue digital initiatives aimed at enhancing customer experience and employee workflow.

The current U.S. Army Corps of Engineers CIO and CDO will start his new position on Oct. 6.

The nuclear agency will bring on a GSA-provided contractor to help solidify its move toward alignment with White House guidance on AI use.

The framework will initially prioritize chat interfaces, code-generation and debugging tools, and prompt-based image generators, as well as APIs that integrate those capabilities.

OMB has yet to release guidance on how agencies should implement an open government data law.

This week marks the beginning of the agency’s collection of self-attestation forms from software providers and offerers.

The contract vehicle for IT services and supplies is the largest such agreement the FBI has ever established, the bureau said.

Skip Jentsch, the GSA’s cloud products manager, said the agency is leaning in on special ordering procedures to procure cloud products.