OMB M-25-21: Accelerating Federal Use of AI through Innovation, Governance, and Public Trust
Is this legally binding?
Binding, sectoral. Binding, but only for a defined population: one regulated sector, or the federal government and the vendors it buys from.
Issued 3 April 2025 under EO 14179. Directed to the heads of all executive branch departments and agencies, including independent regulatory agencies. If you sell AI to the federal government, this is the policy your buyer is complying with.
From the source
“This memorandum is directed to the heads of all Executive Branch departments and agencies, including independent regulatory agencies.”
M-25-21, Scope
Instrument record
- Short name
- M-25-21
- Date
- 2025-04-03
- Version
- Not versioned
- Cluster
- core
On the timeline
- 2025-04-03OMB issues M-25-21 and M-25-22, replacing the earlier federal AI use and acquisition memoranda
What this connects to
8 relations. Official relations are the ones the source documents state; anything marked GAGE analysis is our reading, not an agency's.
Part of2
Contains5
- ObligationEvery agency identifies a Chief AI OfficerBinding, sectoral
- ObligationEach CFO Act agency publishes an AI strategyBinding, sectoral
- ObligationAnnual public AI use case inventoryBinding, sectoral
- ObligationMinimum risk management practices for high impact AIBinding, sectoral
- ObligationNational Security Systems are out of scopeBinding, sectoral
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