OMB issues M-25-21 and M-25-22 on federal AI use and acquisition
Concerns OMB M-25-21
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In brief
OMB issues M-25-21 and M-25-22 on federal AI use and acquisition. Recorded for the United States on 3 April 2025. It concerns the OMB M-25-21. OMB replaced the 2024 memoranda with new requirements for agency AI governance, use-case inventories, high-impact AI practices and AI procurement. Afterwards the instrument is recorded as in force.
- Date
- 3 April 2025
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Instrument
- OMB M-25-21
- Impact
- High
- Status afterwards
- In force
- Official source
- Office of Management and Budget
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” [AIPT-CHG-0069, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-CHG-0069 (accessed 12 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
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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/.
BibTeX
@misc{aipolicytracker2026_ombissuesm2521andm2522on,
author = {{AIPolicyTracker}},
title = {{OMB issues M-25-21 and M-25-22 on federal AI use and acquisition}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-04-03-us-omb-ai-memoranda}},
url = {https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-04-03-us-omb-ai-memoranda},
urldate = {2026-11-12},
note = {Data licensed CC BY 4.0. Accessed 12 November 2026}
}
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