United States: OMB Memorandum M-25-21: Accelerating Federal Use of AI Through Innovation, Governance, and Public Trust

1. Appendix, and to prioritize the use of AI that is safe, secure, and resilient. When the high-impact
2. Appendix: M-25-21 Implementation Guidance for Agencies
3. 1. SCOPE
4. 2. DRIVING AI INNOVATION
5. Section 3(a)(i), and Chief Data Officers (CDOs) are encouraged to coordinate internally and
6. 1. Encouraging Reuse of AI Code and Models. Agencies must proactively share across the
7. 11. Performance Improvement. Agencies, where practicable, are encouraged to better track
8. 111. Promoting Competition in Federal Procurement of AI. Agencies should adopt
9. 1. Leveraging AI Trainings and Resources to Upskill Existing Staff. Agencies should
10. 3. IMPROVING AI GOVERNANCE
11. 1. Chief AI Officers. Within 60 days of the issuance of this memorandum, the head of each
12. Section 4 of this memorandum, by:
13. 11. Agency AI Governance Board. Within 90 days of the issuance of this memorandum, each
14. 1. Empower Agency AI Leaders. Agencies must enable trained and accountable agency
15. 11. Develop Compliance Plans. Consistent with Section 104(c) and (d) of the AI in
16. 1. Chief AI Officer Council. Within 90 days of the issuance of this memorandum, the
17. 4. FOSTERING PUBLIC TRUST IN FEDERAL USE OF AI
18. Section 4(b) of this memorandum, to manage risks from high-impact AI use cases. However,
19. Section 6 provides agencies with categories of AI use cases that are automatically
20. 11. Authorizing Waivers from Minimum Practices for High-Impact AI. In coordination with
21. 111. Tracking Waivers from Minimum Practices for High-Impact AI. In addition to the
22. 1. Conduct Pre-Deployment Testing. Agencies must develop pre-deployment testing and
23. 11. Complete AI Impact Assessment. Agencies must complete an AI impact assessment
24. 111. Conduct Ongoing Monitoring for Performance and Potential Adverse Impacts. Agencies
25. 5. DEFINITIONS
26. Section 238(g) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
27. 1. This definition of AI encompasses, but is not limited to, the AI technical subfields of
28. 3. For this definition, no system should be considered too simple to qualify as covered AI
29. Appendix A of 0MB Memorandum M-16-21.
30. 6. PURPOSES FOR WHICH AI IS PRESUMED TO BE HIGH-IMPACT
31. Section 6.
32. 1. Use of biometric identification for one-to-many identification in publicly accessible
33. 7. METHODS OF UNDERSTANDING AI RISK MANAGEMENT
34. 8. Public Consultation and Feedback

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