The award would continue “vital” services for six months after expiration of Anthropic’s OneGov deal, per the agency. But contracting experts question the justification.

The health department initially rolled out Claude to all of its workers in December 2025. Anthropic’s discounted deal with the government ends Oct. 31.

The Google Public Sector Summit featured the Gemini announcement and GSA Administrator Ed Forst’s take on America-dot-gov.

The 988 Lifeline has made progress on cybersecurity but still needs to implement improvements to contingency plans, as well as identity and access controls.

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.

Chief Information Officer Patrick Newbold said that while he was excited that roughly 80% of staff uses AI, he questioned whether that metric mattered.

And, the U.S. military enters a bilateral AI task force with the UAE

HHS removed Minor as the agency’s CIO online before adding his name back following publication of this story. The ex-Palantir executive began at the agency in February…

There are now 20 federal agencies on board with the Genesis Mission as a whole-of-government approach takes shape.

Honey will help collaborate with the agency’s Health IT office as part of the new role.