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AI in Procurement

If Someone Requests Your AI Chat Logs, What Do They Get?

One AI-assisted drafting task played against a records request, and a prompt that checks your AI-use note before it goes in the file.

November 6, 20269 min readRead →
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AI in Procurement

Is Your AI Prompt Part of the Contract File?

NARA's August 2026 guidance says using an AI tool doesn't create a federal record by itself. What you do with the output can. Where that line falls in a contract file, with three copyable prompts.

October 20, 20266 min read
 AI in Procurement

Where Does Your Market Research Week Go?

Six stages of a market research task, which ones AI can help with, and a cite-or-flag prompt that won't invent vendors.

October 6, 20268 min read
 AI in Procurement

What Can You Safely Put Into ChatGPT at Year-End Close?

Sorting the year-end queue is the skill, not prompt writing. What belongs in a commercial AI tool during fiscal close, what to anonymize, and what never goes in.

September 15, 20267 min read
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Signal, not noise

A short note for contracting officers, program leads, and analysts: what's changing in acquisition, where AI is useful, and what we're seeing in the information environment.

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