OneGov savings balloon to over $1.6 B as agencies weigh future of AI in contracting
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ByChristian Robles,
Technology Reporter, Nextgov/FCW
August 13, 2026 04:25 PM ET
The General Services Administration has already agreed to extend some OneGov deals and is working on brokering new ones, according to an official.
The OneGov program has saved the federal government about $1.62 billion — including about $1.4 billion through limited-time discounts on artificial intelligence — since its inception, a General Services Administration official said Thursday.
“That number may not capture the full impact because some agencies might have used the OneGov pricing to negotiate pricing on their own contracts outside of GSA’s [involvement],” Birgit Smeltzer, director of the agency’s Office of IT Products, said at the GovCIO Federal AI Forum.
Indeed, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is one exampleof an agency that has negotiated technology discounts beyond OneGov. But federal agencies only have limited time...
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