US government to enforce new AI procurement rules

A new federal acquisition clause, GSAR 552.239-7001 on basic safeguarding of data within large language model AI systems, took effect after GSA revised it through multiple rounds and industry feedback, narrowing an initially broad first draft.

• GSA Memo Sets Data Safeguarding Rules for Contractor LLMs2026-10-02
• GSA, OpenAI reach OneGov ChatGPT deal2026-09-11