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OMB issues M-25-21 and M-25-22 on federal AI use and acquisition

Concerns OMB M-25-21

Verified against the official source 26 Sep 2026 · reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review or legal advice)
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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

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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