Artificial Intelligence Policy Tracker

AI compliance obligations

Practical requirements extracted from policy instruments, with the source article, the actors they bind, evidence examples and original framework mappings. Legal requirements are marked; everything else is voluntary guidance.

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Legal requirement Public-sector use and procurement United States

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

EO 14179 · Section 5

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.

Source-linked (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
Legal requirement AI risk management United States

Apply minimum risk-management practices to high-impact AI

OMB M-25-21 · Section 4

For AI whose output serves as a principal basis for decisions with significant effects on rights, safety or access to services, agencies must complete pre-deployment testing, an AI impact assessment, ongoing monitoring, operator training, human oversight and a mechanism for affected people to seek remedy, or stop using the AI.

Source-linked (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
Legal requirement Transparency and disclosure United States

Publish an annual AI use-case inventory

OMB M-25-21 · Section 3

Agencies must inventory their AI use cases annually and publish the inventory, identifying high-impact uses, with limited exclusions.

Source-linked (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
Voluntary guidance Governance and accountability United States

Establish AI governance policies, roles and accountability (Govern)

NIST AI RMF · GOVERN function

Govern covers policies and procedures for AI risk, roles and responsibilities, workforce diversity and training, organisational culture, stakeholder engagement, and third-party risk management. It is the cross-cutting function that supports the other three.

Source-linked (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
Voluntary guidance Impact assessment United States

Map context, intended use and potential impacts (Map)

NIST AI RMF · MAP function

Map establishes the context: intended purposes, users, deployment settings, legal requirements, risk categorisation, benefits and costs, and impacts on individuals, groups, communities and society.

Source-linked (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
Voluntary guidance AI risk management United States

Prioritise, respond to and monitor AI risks (Manage)

NIST AI RMF · MANAGE function

Manage allocates resources to mapped and measured risks, plans responses including decommissioning, manages third-party risks, and documents post-deployment monitoring, incident response and communication.

Source-linked (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
Voluntary guidance Safety testing and evaluation United States

Measure and test trustworthiness characteristics (Measure)

NIST AI RMF · MEASURE function

Measure covers selecting metrics and test methods, evaluating validity, safety, security, resilience, explainability, privacy, fairness and bias, and monitoring these over time, including through independent review and red-teaming for generative AI.

Source-linked (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)

Frequently asked questions

What is an obligation on this site?

A single practical requirement pulled out of an instrument and stated on its own: keep a risk management system, log incidents, document training data, provide human oversight, and so on. Each one cites the article or section it comes from so you can check it against the source.

Does a voluntary obligation have legal force?

No, and every obligation is labelled either a legal requirement or voluntary guidance. Voluntary items still matter in practice, because procurement questionnaires and auditors ask about them, but only the binding ones carry legal consequence.

How do I find the obligations that apply to my organisation?

Filter by jurisdiction, category, actor, sector or use case. The applicability check asks a short set of questions and returns the duties that may reach you. It is an educational screen, not a legal determination, and it says so.

Why do some instruments have no obligations listed?

Because nobody has broken them out yet. Most instruments are recorded at summary level first; obligations are added jurisdiction by jurisdiction. The coverage and open-gaps pages publish exactly what is missing rather than hiding it.