CSIS: U.S. federal AI contracts reach $4.1B, over half lack governance clauses
A CSIS review of SAM.gov solicitations and USAspending contract records found that U.S. federal agencies signed 2,255 identifiable AI-related contracts in fiscal years 2019–2025, with cumulative obligated amounts of $4.1 billion; the Department of Defense accounted for about 82.8% of obligations and 63.8% of contracts, and annual obligations reached $1.162 billion in FY2025. Among the 75 AI-related solicitations sampled, 41 (54.7%) contained no confirmed governance clause; where clauses existed they centred on performance measurement — benchmarking appeared in 37% and data rights in 35% — while audit access, red-teaming and incident reporting appeared in just 9%, 5% and 4%, and monitoring and human-oversight clauses each appeared in 5%. On the supply side, 1,250 vendors held contracts, 66.2% of them only one, the top three took 30.4% of net obligations, and Palantir and Scale AI together held under 1% of contracts but about $597 million, roughly 15% of obligations.
Procurement is the most direct lever for turning AI governance expectations into binding contract terms, and the data suggest money is being committed while accountability language is largely absent.
导语近日，美国智库CSIS根据公开数据库，盘点了7年下来，美国联邦机构为AI签下的合同——承诺金额累计41亿美元，八成来自国防部。然而，超过一半招标文件找不到治理条款，能真正追责的条款不到一成。眼下，钱签出去了，规矩还无从说起。作者提出，在采购环节中，政府的身份是“买家”，这时更应该将规矩写进招标文件。采购应......
本文来自微信公众号： 数字经济发展评论 ，作者：数字经济发展评论，原文标题：《7年41亿美金！美国政府AI账单“被扒”》
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近日，美国智库CSIS根据公开数据库，盘点了7年下来，美国联邦机构为AI签下的合同——承诺金额累计41亿美元，八成来自国防部。然而，超过一半招标文件找不到治理条款，能真正追责的条款不到一成。眼下，钱签出去了，规矩还无从说起。作者提出，在采购环节中，政府的身份是“买家”，这时更应该将规矩写进招标文件。采购应该把政府投入转化为可量化的公共价值，并附带明确的预期和问责机制。
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