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Christian Robles
Technology Reporter, Nextgov/FCW
Christian Robles is a technology reporter at Nextgov/FCW covering federal technology policy, service delivery, customer experience and the government's tech workforce. He is a graduate of Yale University and has written for Inside Health Policy, E&E News, the Wall Street Journal and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Connect with Christian on Twitter at @crobles808. If you have a tip you'd like to share, Christian can be securely contacted at crobles808.12 on Signal.
Companies
Contractor may have used AI to falsify payment dispute financial documents, appeals board finds
A legal expert told Nextgov/FCW the possibility underscores how the federal government is “fully unprepared for how bad” AI-driven procurement fraud is going to get.
- By Christian Robles
Contracts
OneGov savings balloon to over $1.6B as agencies weigh future of AI in contracting
The General Services Administration has already agreed to extend some OneGov deals and is working on brokering new ones, according to an official.
- By Christian Robles
Companies
Cloudflare to seek DOD IL4 authorization after new FedRAMP, GovRAMP designations
The connectivity cloud giant recently achieved FedRAMP High certification and GovRAMP Moderate authorization.
- By Christian Robles
Companies
Palantir calls on GSA to withdraw draft AI acquisition rule
The stance is more aggressive than that of many groups representing contractors, who told GSA to revise, rather than withdraw, the proposed large language model acquisition rule.
- By Christian Robles
Contracts
Contractor alleges Army inappropriately used AI to make $450M contract award
An industry lawyer anticipates more bid protests will likely allege that agencies misused AI in the procurement process but that could be hard to prove if agencies don’t report their use of AI as “high-impact.”
- By Christian Robles
Contracts
GSA strikes new OneGov deal with CORAS
“This partnership with CORAS expands the range of AI-enabled capabilities available to agencies as they evaluate solutions that support mission and operational requirements,” according to Federal Acquisition Service acting Commissioner Laura Stanton.
- By Christian Robles
Contracts
VA awards Salesforce $1.6B contract for veteran care and services
The contract adds to existing Salesforce deployments for suicide prevention, health care communications and more.
- By Christian Robles
Contracts
GSA’s draft AI procurement rule has improved but needs further reforms, contractors say
Contractors have until Aug. 3 to give GSA feedback on a proposed overhaul to large language model procurements.
- By Christian Robles