Driving Efficient Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government (OMB Memorandum M-25-22)

Record US-13 · OMB Memorandum M-25-22

Issued by: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President
Jurisdiction: United States
Level · region: National · North America
Published / adopted: 2025-04-03
In force: 2025-09-30
Language: English
Official identifier: OMB Memorandum M-25-22

Summary

Replaces M-24-18 on federal AI procurement. Agencies must identify likely high-impact uses early, include contract terms for ongoing testing and monitoring, vendor performance and notice of new AI features, require compliance with M-25-21 minimum risk practices for high-impact uses, permanently bar vendors from training commercial models on non-public agency data without consent, and favour American-made AI.

Safety topics

public-sector useevaluation & testingaccountability & liability

Status notes

Issued 3 Apr 2025. It applies to contracts awarded under solicitations issued on or after 30 Sep 2025, 180 days after issuance, and to options to renew or extend the period of performance exercised on existing contracts after that date; date_in_force is that date. Agencies had 270 days to update their internal acquisition procedures. It does not apply to AI acquired as a component of a National Security System or to elements of the Intelligence Community. It rescinds and replaces OMB M-24-18, Advancing the Responsible Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government.

Sources

Open the official source https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/M-25-22-Driving-Efficient-Acquisition-of-Artificial-Intelligence-in-Government.pdf

Local copy

Archived. Last attempt 2026-10-17 22:12:04 UTC

Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/US-13/2026-10-11/official.pdf

Retrieved 2026-10-11 14:03:50 UTC

SHA-256 e157538371eb9665fabdacff748788fc6afc0575bb3661d15b146f3138084cd8

Verification

The instrument's own official text, or an official register, was stored and confirms the title, date and status. checked 2026-10-18 · official-url-fetched

Recheck of 17 Oct 2026: re-read the whitehouse.gov PDF of M-25-22 stored on 11 Oct 2026 (the archiver found it unchanged on 17 Oct 2026; Last-Modified 4 Apr 2025). It confirms the memo number, title, 3 Apr 2025 date, the Office of Management and Budget as issuer, the rescission and replacement of M-24-18, the contract requirements in the summary, the exclusions and the 180-day application rule. The application date of 30 Sep 2025 is calculated from that rule. The stored text shows no later amendment or replacement; OMB M-26-04 of Dec 2025 (US-19) describes itself as complementing M-25-22.

Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-18: 8 field(s) supported.

History

2026-10-18notes: Issued 3 Apr 2025. Applies to contracts awarded from solicitations issued on or → Issued 3 Apr 2025. It applies to contracts awarded under solicitations issued on — 'about 30 Sep 2025' made exact (3 Apr 2025 plus 180 days is 30 Sep 2025); the options-to-renew clause, the 270-day procedure update and M-24-18's full title added from the memo; the date 'Oct 2024' for M-24-18 removed because the stored text does not give it2026-10-17-recheck-north-america-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Related records

OMB M-25-21 United States · In force

EO 14179 United States · In force

OMB M-26-04 United States · In force

Citation

Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President. Driving Efficient Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government (OMB Memorandum M-25-22) [OMB Memorandum M-25-22]. 2025-04-03. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/M-25-22-Driving-Efficient-Acquisition-of-Artificial-Intelligence-in-Government.pdf. Status: In force; verified 2026-10-18 (level A). Local copy archive/US-13/2026-10-11/official.pdf retrieved 2026-10-11 14:03:50 UTC, SHA-256 e157538371eb9665fabdacff748788fc6afc0575bb3661d15b146f3138084cd8. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record US-13.

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