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 agency’s Missing and Murdered Unit will use Clearview AI tools to “rapidly identify and locate missing persons, crime victims, and suspects nationwide,” contracting documents said.

The General Services Administration is conducting market research to boost its fraud protection and bot detection as fraud attempts grow in “sophistication and volume.”

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…

An “unanticipated complexity of the effort” delayed the contract and cost more to deploy than originally budgeted for, contracting documents said.

Zack Schwartz, a top VA IT official, framed the change as a way to avoid “unnecessary delays” in procurement while maintaining security standards.

A bipartisan group of senators is asking the Office of Federal Procurement Policy for a plan to implement a law now two years overdue.

The agency is challenging incumbent contractors to keep up with modernization and AI initiatives or risk losing contracts, Zack Schwartz said in an interview.