Executive Order 14179
"Removing Barriers to American Leadership in AI," issued 23 January 2025, the current federal AI executive order in force. It rescinded Executive Order 14110 and directs a deregulatory, competitiveness-focused federal AI policy, operationalized through America's AI Action Plan.
Defined in 3 GAGE programs, which carry 4 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified China AI Regulatory Professional (CCARP).
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
"Removing Barriers to American Leadership in AI," issued 23 January 2025, the current federal AI executive order in force. It rescinded Executive Order 14110 and directs a deregulatory, competitiveness-focused federal AI policy, operationalized through America's AI Action Plan.
The January 2025 order ("Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence") that rescinded the prior Executive Order 14110 and directed a deregulatory AI action plan. Its existence illustrates that executive orders are volatile policy signals, not statutes.
The US executive order of January 23, 2025, "Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence," which rescinded EO 14110 and reoriented federal AI policy toward acceleration and deregulation.
"Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence," signed 23 January 2025, revoking Executive Order 14110 and redirecting US federal agencies toward a pro-innovation, competition-oriented AI posture. The real anchor event for this topic.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Regulatory Landscapes: AI Laws and Governance Frameworks · Ethical and Responsible AI and Operational Governance, Certified AI Practitioner: Workplace Foundations
- The US mosaic: federal signals, state laws, and the agencies that already reach workplace AI · The World's Rulebooks, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- The US Federal and State Landscape · China, EU, US: The Comparative Playbook, Certified China AI Regulatory Professional (CCARP)
- Three Regulatory Paradigms · China, EU, US: The Comparative Playbook, Certified China AI Regulatory Professional (CCARP)
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where Executive Order 14179 starts. The lessons above teach it inside the competencies below, which are what job descriptions ask for and what the GAGE credential records. Every link here is drawn from the same careers map that builds a role's readiness check.
Tracks executive orders, OMB guidance, agency rules and the state patchwork, and knows which state laws reach hiring, insurance and consumer decisions.
3 lessons on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Compares the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001 and sector rules by intent and control objective, and says where they do not overlap.
2 lessons on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Classifies a system by role and risk tier, knows which obligations bind on which date after the Digital Omnibus, and what evidence conformity needs.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Roles that hire for it
Each role page shows the full competency set, what the seat decides, and a readiness check against your own evidence.
- Senior AI Compliance Analystneeds it at depth
- AI Compliance Managerneeds it at depth · 2 open postings this week
- AI Compliance Specialistneeds working knowledge · 1 open posting this week
- AI Regulatory Counselneeds it at depth · 14 open postings this week
- Compliance Analystneeds working knowledge · 2 open postings this week
- AI Policy Analystneeds it at depth · 7 open postings this week
How job descriptions say it
Postings rarely use the textbook word. These are the phrases the careers map reads as asking for the competencies above.
Where the frameworks place it: OMB M-25-21 and M-25-22; Colorado SB 24-205; NYC Local Law 144; EU AI Act.
One interview question about it
A US company operates in several states. How do you track which state AI laws apply to which systems, and what changes when a new one passes?
Asked of candidates for us federal and state ai regulation. Answering it in your own words is exactly how a GAGE topic is passed, and the credential records the pass where an employer can check it.
If you come from another field
Some backgrounds already carry this competency, and the readiness check gives credit for it.
- Policy, legislative and government affairs staff carries it as a claim to back up: You follow federal and state developments already.
- A public policy, political science or international relations degree carries it as a claim to back up: US federal and state process is familiar; the AI statutes are new.
- A law degree (JD, LLB or LLM), no AI work yet carries it as a claim to back up: The EU AI Act reads like the statutes you were trained on; the content is new, the method is not.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.