Agentic AI just proved it can fix federal procurement — now let’s scale it
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ByKJ Lian and Anil Chaudhry
May 11, 2026 09:00 AM ET
COMMENTARY | In today’s budget-constrained environment, where every dollar must stretch further and mission delivery is harder than ever, agentic AI offers a genuine path to doing more with less.
Every year, federal agencies evaluate thousands of vendor proposals worth billions of taxpayer dollars, and they do it with a process that is slow, inconsistent and an inefficient use of personnel time.
Contracting officers manually cross-reference dense submissions against hundreds of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement requirements and a growing web of executive orders. Critical gaps remain despite the diligent efforts of procurement teams. Timelines stretch from weeks into months. The cost is mission delay, wasted funding and eroded public trust.
This is not a theoretical problem; it is a daily operational reality. Even as the FAR overhaul aims...
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