Founded in response to a Trump executive order for more “cost-effective” solutions in federal contracts, the GSA has said OneGov deals accelerate AI adoption across agencies. An OpenAI spokesperson said the company has over 1 million users across federal, state and local governments. Instead, one of the real hidden costs behind the deals may be behavioral dependence in an increasingly AI-reliant world. “The leverage agencies have today will not survive renewal,” Tillipman said in the paper. Regardless, it’s still pedal down on OneGov, with “more to come on AI,” Stanton said.