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CNBC
06-08-2025
- Business
- CNBC
OpenAI is giving ChatGPT to the government for $1
OpenAI on Wednesday announced it will offer its ChatGPT Enterprise product to U.S. federal agencies for $1 through the next year, making its technology available to the federal executive branch workforce at "essentially no cost." The company has been working to deepen its ties to lawmakers and regulators in recent months, and it will open its first office in Washington, D.C. early next year. OpenAI said participating agencies will get access to its frontier models through ChatGPT Enterprise, and it will also offer access to features like Advanced Voice Mode for an additional 60-day period. The company has partnered with the U.S. General Services Administration to launch the initiative. "Helping government work better – making services faster, easier, and more reliable—is a key way to bring the benefits of AI to everyone," OpenAI said in a blog post. In June, OpenAI launched a new offering called OpenAI for Government and said it was awarded a contract of up to $200 million by the U.S. Department of Defense. The company is currently engaging in talks with investors about a potential stock sale at a valuation of roughly $500 billion, as CNBC previously reported. OpenAI announced a $40 billion funding round in March at a $300 billion valuation, by far the largest amount ever raised by a private tech company.
Business Insider
05-08-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
Google Gemini (GOOGL), ChatGPT, and Anthropic Receive Approval for Government Use
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has added several major AI tools, including Anthropic's Claude, Google's Gemini (GOOGL), and OpenAI's ChatGPT, to its Multiple Award Schedule (MAS). This is significant because MAS contracts allow federal, state, and local government agencies to purchase commercial products and services at discounted prices. As a result, it is now easier for government offices to access advanced AI solutions through established procurement channels. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. Unsurprisingly, GSA leaders say that the move will help federal agencies adopt AI in order to improve how the government works. More specifically, Acting Administrator Michael Rigas explained that AI could streamline back-office tasks, improve services for citizens and employees, and change how mission-critical services are delivered. In addition, the GSA emphasized that AI providers who follow federal standards and promote responsible AI use are welcome to join the program. It is also worth noting that this announcement supports the U.S. AI Action Plan, introduced by President Donald Trump's administration last month, which focuses on innovation, infrastructure, and international security. Indeed, Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum said that agencies will now have easier access to a wide variety of AI tools, from basic research assistants powered by large language models to more specialized ones designed for specific missions. Is Google Stock a Good Buy? Turning to Wall Street, analysts have a Moderate Buy consensus rating on GOOGL stock based on 26 Buys and nine Holds assigned in the past three months. Furthermore, the average GOOGL price target of $214.41 per share implies 10% upside potential.
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
FBI announces move to new D.C. headquarters
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has selected a new headquarters building in Washington, D.C., after nearly two decades of failed attempts to find a permanent new space, the Bureau announced on Tuesday. The FBI has been headquartered in downtown D.C. at the J. Edgar Hoover building since 1975 but structural problems have plagued the building for the last 20 years, leading to redevelopment and relocation projects that until Thursday had not successfully been resolved. "This is a historic moment for the FBI," FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement, adding he is "ushering FBI Headquarters into a new era and providing our agents of justice a safer place to work." The Bureau and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) selected the Ronald Reagan Building, blocks away from the Hoover building, as the new location. It was home to the U.S. Agency for International Development until this year, when the Trump administration consolidated USAID into the State Department and allowed Customs and Border Protection to take over the building's lease. "Moving to the Ronald Reagan Building is the most cost effective and resource efficient way to carry out our mission to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution," Patel continued. It is unclear when the FBI will begin its transition out of the Hoover building. In a March speech at the Justice Department, President Trump said his administration is "going to build another big FBI building right where it is, which would have been the right place, because the FBI and the DOJ have to be near each other." "They were going to build an FBI headquarters three hours away in Maryland, a liberal state," Mr. Trump said, adding that the state's political leadership had "no bearing" on his decision to cancel a previous Biden administration plan to move the headquarters to Maryland. During his first term, Mr. Trump abandoned a plan to move the FBI to one of three locations in Maryland or Virginia, instead proposing a smaller headquarters in Washington to replace the Hoover building. Under the Biden administration in 2023, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) chose a site in Greenbelt, Maryland, to serve as the new location for the FBI headquarters. The decision came after a 15-year debate on whether the headquarters should be relocated to Maryland or Virginia. In May, Patel told Congress his goal is to move about 10% of the Bureau's Washington workforce — about 1,500 people — away from the D.C. area and redeploy them across the country, including a sizable number of personnel at the FBI's facility in Huntsville, Alabama. In an interview with Fox News the same month, Patel called the Hoover building "unsafe for our workforce." Breaking down New York City's ranked choice votes as Mamdani officially wins Democratic primary "Alligator Alcatraz" facility "looks like one of America's worst ideas," environmental leader says Details on Bryan Kohberger plea deal in Idaho murders case
Business Wire
24-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
ATCC Secures OASIS+ Multi-Agency Contract Vehicle from GSA
MANASSAS, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ATCC, the world's premier biological materials management and standards organization, today announced that it has secured the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS+) Multi-Agency Contract (MAC) through the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). OASIS+ is the largest government-wide multiple-award program that provides a suite of professional services via six distinct Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts for various sizes and types of small businesses. Under this program (number 47QRCA23R0006), ATCC will have a five-year, unrestricted contract, with the option of a five-year extension. 'The OASIS+ contract reaffirms ATCC's commitment to supplying the Federal government's scientific community with essential biomaterials, services and data to support the global research enterprise,' said ATCC president and CEO Ruth Cheng, PhD. 'With this contracting vehicle, we will have greater visibility to special opportunities, ensuring that we have the chance to compete for and potentially work on more mission-critical projects with various Federal agencies.' At any time during the upcoming 10 years, new services may be added to this contract to support procurement requirements for all Federal agencies. Contract scope is organized by domains or functional groupings of related services, which currently include management and advisory, technical and engineering, research and development, intelligence services, environmental facilities, logistics, and enterprise solutions. Contractors are thoroughly vetted to participate in OASIS+, which has been designated as a best-in-class contract by the Office of Management and Budget making it a preferred government-wide solution. OASIS+ is flexible, easy to use and allows ordering activities to solicit and/or award orders in a streamlined, high-quality manner. 'For ATCC, OASIS+ is an amazing business development tool that allows us to facilitate the contracting process directly with the government in a more efficient and timely manner,' said Rebecca Bradford, MBA, MS, PMP, senior vice president of Government Programs for ATCC Federal Solutions. 'It is a win-win for both us and the Federal agencies that can now work through OASIS+ to issue a request for proposal to a pool of highly skilled and vetted contractors.' About ATCC ATCC is a premier global biological materials and information resource and standards organization and the leading developer and supplier of authenticated cell lines, microorganisms, and associated data for academia, industry, and government. With a history of scientific contributions spanning more than a century, ATCC offers an unmatched combination of being the world's largest and most diverse collection of biological reference materials and data, and is a mission-driven, trusted partner that supports and encourages scientific collaboration. ATCC products, services, partnerships, and people provide the global scientific community with credible, advanced model systems to support complex research and innovations in basic science, drug discovery, translational medicine, and public health. ATCC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization headquartered in Manassas, Virginia, with research and technology centers of excellence in Gaithersburg and Germantown, Maryland.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Seizing Harvard's Federal Funds
Huge cuts: According to a letter that will officially be released later today, from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to federal agencies, Harvard University's remaining federal grants and contracts (worth roughly $100 million) will be cut. This is in addition to the $3.2 billion worth of frozen grants and contracts. "Examples of contracts that would be affected, according to a federal database, include a $49,858 National Institutes of Health contract to investigate the effects of coffee drinking and a $25,800 Homeland Security Department contract for senior executive training," reports The New York Times. "Being a counterparty with the federal government comes with the deep responsibility and commitment to abide by all federal laws and ensure the safeguarding of taxpayer money," reads the letter. "As fiduciaries to the taxpayer, the government has a duty to ensure that procurement dollars are directed to vendors and contractors who promote and champion principles of nondiscrimination and the national interest." "GSA understands that Harvard continues to engage in race discrimination, including in its admissions process and in other areas of student life.…Harvard is suspected of engaging in a pattern or practice of disparate treatment in hiring, promotion, compensation, and other personnel related actions." Harvard will, of course, push back in court; it's already filed suit in an attempt to restore $3 billion in federal funds. But the Trump administration keeps antagonizing it, also pushing forward a plan to begin to tax its endowment. Pulling federal funds from universities will undoubtedly save the taxpayer money, and with endowments like these, was it really important for taxpayers to subsidize these schools in the first place? Still, the Trump administration hasn't exactly gone about this in a detached, principled way: It has, at times, decided to fight an ideological battle, such as with investigations into the school's handling of pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel protests on campus. Foreign students also a target: The president has also, of late, decided he has a real issue with international students, which comprise nearly 30 percent of Harvard's student body: "Why isn't Harvard saying that almost 31% of their students are from FOREIGN LANDS, and yet those countries, some not at all friendly to the United States, pay NOTHING toward their student's education, nor do they ever intend to," he wrote on Truth Social. "Nobody told us that! We want to know who those foreign students are, a reasonable request since we give Harvard BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, but Harvard isn't exactly forthcoming. We want those names and countries. Harvard has $52,000,000, use it, and stop asking for the Federal Government to continue GRANTING money to you!" This broadside comes "comes two days after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the administration from being able to revoke the university's ability to enroll international students," per NPR. ("This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus," said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem when announcing on May 22 that DHS would be revoking its ability to enroll foreign students—an aggressive overreach of state power.) Contra the president's Truth Social post, foreign governments aren't obligated to pay for their citizens' educations abroad, and these students who come to the U.S. are, in fact, paying tuition to the institutions that are educating them. American universities have historically been a means of spreading soft power abroad and inculcating our values. American companies hiring foreigners post-graduation creates brain drain, which helps us maintain a competitive advantage. (Of course, there's an espionage risk when students and workers are poorly vetted—an issue that has cropped up, oddly, time and time again in New York City politics. But that risk can and should be mitigated.) It's classic Trump administration: It's all a mixed bag, where the taxpayer might be saved some money, and a longstanding government function might be no longer, but there's a hefty side of xenophobia and government overreach that renders it all a lot less palatable. A more neutral approach based on restoring federal funds to their proper role, not punishing disfavored institutions, would be better (and possibly more likely to hold up in court). A parenting universe that has lost any sense of perspective: "Spying, snitching, AirTagging toddlers … A Nanny Diaries–style Facebook group is a breeding ground for paranoid Upper East Side moms." More from Air Mail. Beautiful tribute: "The Justice Department has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the airplane giant to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people, according to court papers filed Friday," reports the Associated Press. Under the agreement, which is not final yet, "Boeing would pay or invest more than $1.1 billion, including an additional $445 million for the crash victims' families, the Justice Department said. In return, the department has agreed to dismiss the fraud charge against Boeing, allowing the manufacturer to avoid a possible criminal conviction that could have jeopardized the company's status as a federal contractor, according to experts." "Apple Inc. shares are coming off their longest selloff in more than three years, as escalating attacks from the White House threaten to further erode the company's profit outlook, suggesting the stock's struggles this year are far from over," reports Bloomberg. "President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to levy a 25% tariff on the company's products if it doesn't shift iPhone production to the US. Shares fell 3% to end the week, their eighth straight negative session, the longest such selloff since January 2022." Yes: The post Seizing Harvard's Federal Funds appeared first on
