OpenAI and GSA launch a follow-on government deal, OneGov 2.0

OpenAI and the General Services Administration announced a new 27-month OneGov agreement, running through the end of 2028, that replaces the original $1-a-year federal pilot due to expire on 1 October 2026. Where that first deal gave the entire federal executive branch a year of ChatGPT Enterprise for a nominal $1, the new terms drop OpenAI’s standard $15-per-user-per-month platform licence fee to $0 with no minimum order or spend commitment, and cut the price of token-based usage by half.

The successor deal also broadens who can buy in. GSA said eligibility now covers the federal executive, legislative and judicial branches as well as state, local and tribal governments — the first time OpenAI’s government terms have extended beyond the federal executive branch — accessible directly, through resellers, or via supported cloud marketplaces.

The shift from a flat nominal fee to usage-based pricing at a discount is a change in structure as much as headline cost: agencies now pay per token rather than a fixed annual sum, which ties their bill to how much they actually use the product rather than giving them unlimited access at a fixed price as the original pilot briefly did. OpenAI framed the announcement together with an expansion of cyber-defence support for government customers, continuing a pattern of pairing commercial government offers with security commitments through 2026.