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Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
2 days ago

Former top US government tech advisor says getting OpenAI's $1 deals to work could come at a high cost

AI deals priced at $1 can incur significant additional costs for training, compute, inference, and deployment that substantially raise total government expenditure.
fromTheregister
1 week ago

Fujitsu under fire for bidding on UK public sector deals

Paul Patterson, the director of Fujitsu Services Ltd, emailed the government on January 24 last year [PDF] to clarify that until an inquiry into the scandal was complete, there was "no limitation or caveat on our intention to pause bidding for work with new Government customers." He said it would "only" continue bidding for public sector work if a new customer asked it to do so, or with existing customers "for example a contract extension or for similar work already undertaken by Fujitsu for that customer," or "for new opportunities with existing customers, where we have assessed and understood there to be a need [for] Fujitsu skills and capability."
UK politics
fromComputerworld
2 weeks ago

AI bigwigs bow to US gov't demands on pricing, but could see long-term benefits

The deals were part of GSA's OneGov strategy, in which the government streamlines the acquisition of services by operating as one entity; that way individual federal agencies don't have to negotiate their own separate deals.
US politics
US politics
fromIntelligencer
3 weeks ago

Two Big Signs That ICE Has Way Too Much Money

Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans costly vehicle purchases and gold-detailed vehicle wraps using increased federal funding to boost visibility and recruitment.
US politics
fromNextgov.com
2 months ago

FAR overhaul targets risk-averse acquisition culture

The federal government's acquisition reform requires cultural changes in risk management, not just regulatory updates.
Artificial intelligence
fromNextgov.com
2 months ago

Anthropic's Claude for Enterprise expands deployment at Lawrence Livermore

Anthropic's large language model Claude will support scientific research at Livermore Lawrence National Laboratory across various disciplines.
DC food
fromNextgov.com
3 months ago

DHS scraps $2.4B cyber contract amid reorganization

DHS abruptly terminated the $2.4 billion cybersecurity contract with Leidos due to changing organizational needs.
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