OMB issues M-25-21 and M-25-22 on federal AI use and acquisition
Concerns OMB M-25-21
What changed?
OMB replaced the 2024 memoranda with new requirements for agency AI governance, use-case inventories, high-impact AI practices and AI procurement.
What does it mean in practice?
Vendors to US federal agencies need documentation and testing support aligned with the high-impact AI practices.
Official source
OMB Memoranda M-25-21 and M-25-22Office of Management and Budget · 3 Apr 2025
Cite this record
AIPolicyTracker (2026). “OMB issues M-25-21 and M-25-22 on federal AI use and acquisition”. https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-04-03-us-omb-ai-memoranda (accessed 27 September 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
Cite the official text alongside it: OMB Memoranda M-25-21 and M-25-22, Office of Management and Budget, https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-for-agencies/memoranda/.
Related changes
Senator Sanders introduces the American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act (S. 4825)
White House releases America's AI Action Plan
Action Plan published (PDF)
US Executive Order 14179 sets a new federal AI policy after EO 14110 was revoked
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