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

- **Record type**: Change log entry
- **Occurred on**: 2025-04-03
- **Jurisdiction**: United States
- **Instrument**: OMB Memorandum M-25-21: Accelerating Federal Use of AI through Innovation, Governance, and Public Trust
- **Impact level**: High
- **Status after the change**: 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 it means in practice

Vendors to US federal agencies need documentation and testing support aligned with the high-impact AI practices.

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-04-03-us-omb-ai-memoranda
- **Official source**: https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-for-agencies/memoranda/
- **Source document**: OMB Memoranda M-25-21 and M-25-22
- **Published by**: Office of Management and Budget
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: AI Policy Tracker (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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