OMB M-25-22
The Office of Management and Budget memorandum "Driving Efficient Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government" (April 3, 2025), replacing M-24-18, governing how covered federal agencies acquire AI from vendors, including provisions against vendor lock-in and for cross-agency reuse.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 3 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist.
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.
The Office of Management and Budget memorandum "Driving Efficient Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government" (April 3, 2025), replacing M-24-18, governing how covered federal agencies acquire AI from vendors, including provisions against vendor lock-in and for cross-agency reuse.
The companion procurement memorandum issued the same day as M-25-21, governing how federal agencies purchase AI. Applies to qualifying solicitations issued on or after 30 September 2025. Reaches private companies directly only when they sell AI products or services to federal agencies.
"Driving Efficient Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government," issued April 7, 2025 pursuant to EO 14179, rescinding and replacing M-24-18, setting the current federal AI procurement requirements.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- The U.S. Federal Baseline: From EO 14110 to EO 14179, and Why the Whiplash Is the Lesson · Foundations of AI for Lobbyists, The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist
- U.S. Federal AI Requirements: M-25-21, M-25-22, Inventories, and Implementation · AI Law in Practice: The Compliance-to-Persuasion Toolkit, The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist
- The US Federal and State Landscape · China, EU, US: The Comparative Playbook, Certified China AI Regulatory Professional (CCARP)
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where OMB M-25-22 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.
Knows how a rule becomes a rule, drafts comments for the record that get read, and prepares testimony and briefings for hearings.
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.
- AI Policy Analystneeds it at depth · 7 open postings this week
- AI Regulatory Counselneeds it at depth · 14 open postings this week
- Chief Compliance Officer, AI compliance editionneeds working knowledge
- VP of AI Governance and Ethicsneeds working knowledge
- Senior AI Compliance Analystneeds working knowledge
- AI Compliance Managerneeds working knowledge · 2 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; Administrative Procedure 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.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.