Summary
Set government-wide AI governance requirements, including designating Chief AI Officers, maintaining AI-use inventories, implementing risk-management practices for rights- and safety-impacting AI, and establishing testing and governance standards. This Biden-era memorandum was subsequently rescinded and replaced by OMB Memorandum M-25-21.
Healthcare Implications
Applied to HHS, VA, DoD health programs, and contractors integrating AI into public-facing or rights-impacting services. It drove inventories, impact assessments, and assurance processes affecting clinical decision support, benefits-eligibility automation, and health IT procurement, but is no longer operative.