Where FAR clause 52.204-30 is in a federal contract, the prime contractor must review SAM.gov at least once every three months during the contract for orders under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act that bar a product or a source.
3 months
at most between a prime contractor's checks of SAM.gov for orders that bar a product or source
Where FAR clause 52.204-30 is in a federal contract, the prime contractor must review SAM.gov at least once every three months during the contract for orders under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act that bar a product or a source.
Under the basic clause, for contracts outside the Department of Defense, the orders from the Department of Homeland Security apply. A contractor that finds a barred product was provided or used in performing the contract reports it to the contracting officer, with the first details due within 3 business days. Subcontracts get the clause without the three-month check.
Source: FAR 52.204-30, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders, Prohibition (Dec 2023) (opens in a new tab), Paragraph (c)(1); which orders apply, (b)(1)(ii); reporting, (c)(3) and (c)(4)(i); subcontracts, (e)(1). Verified October 2026.
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Privacy and security led Kent Applied's Q3 2026 AI news: 19 of 52 stories
Kent Applied, Healthcare AI news, September 2026 - From the blog
On emergency cases, GPT-5 alone scored 76.6%; inside Microsoft's system, 80.3%
Microsoft AI, Building Medical Superintelligence, October 22, 2026; Microsoft, MIMIC-IV-Ext-SDBench (PhysioNet, version 1.0.0); Nori and others, Sequential diagnosis with language models, Science, October 22, 2026 - From the blog
88% of health systems use AI, and 18% have mature AI governance and strategy
HFMA, Health system adoption of AI outpaces internal governance and strategy (press release, August 14, 2025) - From the blog
OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Luna's output price by 80% in July 2026
OpenAI, API changelog (July 30, August 21 and September 29, 2026); OpenAI, GPT-5.6 Luna model page; Max Woolf, OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months (October 25, 2026); Anthropic, Claude Opus 5.5 (September 22, 2026)
Sources for the figures above: Microsoft, MIMIC-IV-Ext-SDBench (PhysioNet, version 1.0.0) (opens in a new tab); HFMA, Health system adoption of AI outpaces internal governance and strategy (press release, August 14, 2025) (opens in a new tab); OpenAI, API changelog (July 30, August 21 and September 29, 2026) (opens in a new tab); OpenAI, GPT-5.6 Luna model page (opens in a new tab); Max Woolf, OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months (October 25, 2026) (opens in a new tab).
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~80%
of 233 health systems said existing vendors and their partners would have a significant advantage over new vendors in AI pilots
In an HFMA survey of 233 health systems in 2025, nearly 80% said an existing vendor, or a firm partnered with one, would have a significant advantage over a new vendor looking to pilot AI.
Source: Health system adoption of AI outpaces internal governance and strategy.
KentApplied~13x
Vercel AI Gateway spending in September 2026 against December 2025, while the average price per token fell 47%
Vercel reported that estimated spending through its AI Gateway, at list prices, was about 13 times higher in September 2026 than in December 2025, while the average price per token fell 47%.
Source: AI Gateway Production Index, October 2026.
KentApplied90%
of American working hours spent on tasks with little or no coverage from existing AI benchmarks, Mercor estimates
Mercor estimates that 90% of American working hours are spent on tasks with little or no coverage from existing AI benchmarks, based on 29 benchmarks mapped to O*NET's 18,797 tasks.
Source: A benchmark map of the US economy.
KentApplied
Sources for the figures above: HFMA, Health system adoption of AI outpaces internal governance and strategy (press release, August 14, 2025) (opens in a new tab); AI Gateway Production Index, October 2026 (opens in a new tab); Mercor, A benchmark map of the US economy (opens in a new tab).
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