Policies & procedures
OMB M-25-21: Federal agency AI use
AI-use reference. Current listed memorandum; rescinds/replaces M-24-10. Applies to: Covered federal executive agencies, including independent regulatory agencies, and AI used on their behalf; not city government merely because it uses AI. Requirements or…
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AI-use reference. Current listed memorandum; rescinds/replaces M-24-10. Applies to: Covered federal executive agencies, including independent regulatory agencies, and AI used on their behalf; not city government merely because it uses AI. Requirements or purpose: Designate AI leadership; AI strategies/inventories; proportionate risk controls; assessment, testing, monitoring, human oversight and remedies for high-impact AI; stop noncompliant high-impact uses when mitigation is inadequate. Limits: Federal-only scope. Does not create rights or obligations for the public; exclusions include national-security systems and specified research/regulatory uses. A federal contract/program could impose separate flow-down terms requiring examination.
- Public body
- Federal agencies
- Document date
- April 3, 2025
- Record type
- Source link
Record details
Document details
- Department / subject
- AI governance and legal reference
- Public body
- Federal agencies
Source notes
Official source reviewed October 26, 2026. Federal executive-branch agency management policy. Dates/version: 2025-04-03. Locator: PDF p 1 scope/rescission; Appendix pp 4–5 scope; Section 4 high-impact risk practices. Federal-only scope. Does not create rights or obligations for the public; exclusions include national-security systems and specified research/regulatory uses. A federal contract/program could impose separate flow-down terms requiring examination.
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