Legal requirement Public-sector use and procurement United States In force

Federal agencies must review and revise actions inconsistent with the new AI policy

Download: JSON · MarkdownUnder EO 14179, Section 5

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In brief

Federal agencies must review and revise actions inconsistent with the new AI policy is a legal requirement under EO 14179 in the United States (Section 5). In practice: Vendors should check which prior agency AI requirements remain in force before bidding.

Instrument: EO 14179
Jurisdiction: United States
Nature: Legal requirement
Source reference: Section 5
Who it binds: Public authority / government body
Controls that meet it: 2
Official source: Open official text
Verification: Source-linked

What does it require?

Agency heads were directed to identify actions taken under Executive Order 14110 that are inconsistent with the policy of EO 14179 and to suspend, revise or rescind them, and OMB was directed to revise its federal AI use and procurement memoranda.

Practical action

Vendors should check which prior agency AI requirements remain in force before bidding.

Who does it apply to?

Federal executive agencies.

Actors: Public authority / government body
Sectors: Public services and government
Use cases: Government procurement of AI

Which controls meet this duty?

Satisfies: the control, operated properly, does the work the duty asks for. Supports: it contributes but the duty needs more. Each control page lists every other duty it serves, so work done once can be counted once.

supportsPolicyExecutive sponsor for AI · annual
AI governance policy and accountability structure
Serves 16 recorded duties · evidence: AI policy, Board or executive approval of the AI policy, AI governance forum minutes

Vendors track which agency requirements still apply through their policy review.
supportsProcessAgency AI officer · annual
Public-sector AI use-case register and algorithmic transparency
Serves 6 recorded duties · evidence: Public AI use-case inventory, Algorithmic transparency statement for one use case, Inventory review and publication sign-off

Agency inventories are where superseded requirements are identified.

Templates that cover this duty

Generated from the records. Free · no account · links emailed to your work address. This duty is cited in each file with its source reference and a link back here.

AI Workforce Impact Assessment
Assessment · DOCX and XLSX · v1
Public-Sector AI Use-Case Inventory
Register · XLSX and DOCX · v4

Frequently asked questions

Is this a legal requirement?

Yes. It is a legal requirement under EO 14179 (Section 5).

Who must comply with this obligation?

Federal executive agencies.

Which controls satisfy this obligation?

AI governance policy and accountability structure; Public-sector AI use-case register and algorithmic transparency.

What should an organisation do in practice?

Vendors should check which prior agency AI requirements remain in force before bidding.

Cite this record

AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Federal agencies must review and revise actions inconsistent with the new AI policy (EO 14179)” [AIPT-OBL-0111, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0111 (accessed 27 October 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

Permanent id AIPT-OBL-0111: it never changes or gets reused, and its address keeps working if this page moves.

Cite the official text alongside it: Executive Order 14179 — Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence, The White House, https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/removing-barriers-to-american-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence/.

BibTeX

@misc{aipolicytracker2026_federalagenciesmustrevie,
  author       = {{AIPolicyTracker}},
  title        = {{Federal agencies must review and revise actions inconsistent with the new AI policy (EO 14179)}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/us-eo-14179-agency-review-of-prior-actions}},
  url          = {https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/us-eo-14179-agency-review-of-prior-actions},
  urldate      = {2026-10-27},
  note         = {Data licensed CC BY 4.0. Accessed 27 October 2026}
}

Change history

No change to this record's tracked fields has been recorded since 15 October 2026, when field-level history began.

Similar obligations in other instruments

Public authorities must register their use of high-risk AI and must not use unregistered systems — EU AI Act, European Union

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