Center for Technological Responsibility, Reimagination and Redesign

On Thursday, March 28, 2024, the White House Office of Management and Budget released a memo for heads of federal agencies outlining additional guidance for the use of artificial intelligence (AI), supplementing Executive Order 14110 on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence from October of last year. The guidance is noteworthy as it signifies the first binding rules for the federal government’s use of AI, reinforcing a commitment to AI governance that protects the rights and safety of the public, including further details on AI risk management, safeguards in AI procurement, and public inventories of AI code and data. While details still remain to be ironed out regarding how agencies will implement the guidance, Vice-President Kamala Harris applauded the memo in her remarks, stating that the Biden administration hopes to leverage these domestic policies internationally to serve as a model for global action.