OMB Memorandum M-24-10: Advancing Governance, Innovation and Risk Management for Agency Use of AI
Requires federal agencies to appoint Chief AI Officers, inventory AI use cases, and apply minimum risk practices to rights- and safety-impacting AI or stop using it. Reaches vendors through procurement.
Key dates
- Mar 28, 2024Issued to federal agencies
- Dec 1, 2024Deadline for minimum practices on rights- and safety-impacting AI
Risk areas addressed
Who it applies to
US federal agencies and, through procurement, their AI vendors.
Penalties & enforcement
Agencies must cease non-compliant use of rights- or safety-impacting AI.
Enforced by: Office of Management and Budget; agency Chief AI Officers
OMB M-24-10 is enforced by Office of Management and Budget; agency Chief AI Officers. Its obligations are already live, so a gap is a present exposure rather than a future one. In practice that means knowing which of your AI systems fall in scope in public sector, holding assessments that speak to governance & accountability, bias & discrimination and human oversight, and being able to produce that evidence on request.