OpenAI and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced a new multi-year agreement expanding the federal government offer announced last year. The agreement gives eligible federal, state, local, and tribal government organizations access to OpenAI for Government with a $0 license fee—normally $15 per user per month—and 50% off usage costs. It also expands support for public-sector cyber defenders. The agreement runs for 27 months, from October 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028, and extends eligibility across the U.S. public-sector workforce of approximately 23 million people. More than one million government employees already have access to ChatGPT through existing agreements.

The announcement includes several reported results from the past year. Daybreak Access is improving the speed and quality of vulnerability research, malware analysis, and security-tool development for government cyber defenders. The CDC accelerated public-health literature reviews that previously took days or months, producing most initial reports in under 30 minutes, with productivity gains reported by 92% of participating experts. Georgia’s Department of Revenue reduced the time needed to digitize a tax form from as much as two weeks to 15 minutes. North Carolina’s Department of State Treasurer used ChatGPT to identify millions of dollars in potential unclaimed property that could be returned to residents. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory used ChatGPT to accelerate development of a preliminary fusion-research model, compressing work that could have taken months into a matter of hours.

OpenAI is also expanding cyber-defense support. Every verified government entity will be approved for Daybreak Blue access at 50% off standard commercial pricing, with scaled training and enablement. Government defenders can also request Daybreak Red for advanced vulnerability research, exploit validation, and red teaming at standard commercial pricing. The announcement builds on Daybreak for Frontline Defenders, announced last week with a $1 billion global commitment to subsidized access, training, technical support, and partnerships for frontline cyber defenders. OpenAI President Greg Brockman’s essay The Defender’s Window and an industry-wide open letter are cited as calls for urgent, collective action across industry and government.

Additional details: the offer has no minimum commitment; OpenAI will provide buyer guidance, usage estimates, spend controls, onboarding, FinOps guidance, webinars, and an expanded Government Academy. ChatGPT Enterprise does not use business data, including inputs or outputs, to train or improve OpenAI models, and participating organizations retain the protections associated with the eligible services they choose. The post also mentions OneGov as the product name and a webinar, OpenAI OneGov 2.0: What Government Leaders Need to Know, scheduled for Monday, September 14, 2026, at 11:15 a.m. ET.