Issued2025-01-23

Executive Order 14179 – Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

Executive OrderFederal

Summary

Executive order that declares it U.S. policy to sustain and enhance American leadership in artificial intelligence, revokes prior AI directives viewed as barriers to innovation (including the Biden Administration’s EO 14110), and directs agencies and OMB to review, suspend, or revise AI-related regulations, guidance, and procurement rules that are considered unnecessarily restrictive.

Healthcare Implications

Resets the federal AI governance baseline for HHS, CMS, FDA, VA, and other health-related agencies by shifting emphasis from precautionary safety obligations toward innovation, which may lead to revision or rollback of earlier AI risk management requirements that health programs and contractors had begun to implement, including how “rights-impacting” and “safety-impacting” AI in healthcare are classified and overseen.

Impact Level

Medium

Keywords

Safety & Risk; Transparency & Governance

Stakeholders

Regulators & Government; Developers & Vendors; Providers & Health Systems; Patients & Public