An agency spokesperson said Forst’s background in finance and real estate will help “execute GSA’s mission.”

While the tool has roots in GSA, Zach Whitman says the agency is now learning from users across the government.

The GSA agreement builds on nearly three decades of government collaboration with the software company.

The company’s AI services will be available through GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule in OneGov deal.

Public Citizen and other groups are calling for a suspension of the federal deployment of Grok under the GSA deal until compliance testing is conducted.

Democracy Forward is calling on four agencies to release documents on how they use AI for deregulatory efforts.

The incomplete data quality reports covered $2 billion in federal contracts in fiscal 2023.

Models are open source, giving agencies more control, the GSA said.

David Shive, the GSA’s CIO, says agencies have an “obligation” to “vet” models before implementing them.

The Office of Centralized Acquisition Services will leverage “one federal wallet,” GSA says.