The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

On Friday, March 1st, agencies funded under the Agriculture, Energy-Water, Military Construction-VA, and Transportation-HUD appropriations bills risked entering “shutdown mode,” as the previously negotiated extension was set to expire. Funding under the CR for the remaining six agencies has been extended through March 22.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday released the latest version of its artificial intelligence use case inventory, reporting 158 active applications for the technology a major jump from the 67 it made public last year. More details about these use cases are available on the inventory.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday released its draft guidance for federal agencies using artificial intelligence. Notably, challenges with AI inventories were the subject of a major Stanford report published in 2022. Those systems are now subject to new requirements. “In

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FedScoop

MARCH 28, 2024

The 34-page memo from Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda D. Additionally, the policy expands existing disclosures that agencies must share publicly and annually that inventory their AI uses. Those inventories must now identify whether a use is rights- or safety-impacting.

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FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

The Department of State recently removed several items from its public artificial intelligence use case inventory, including a behavioral analytics system and tools to collect and analyze media clips. OMB has previously stated that agencies “are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of their inventories.”

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The Department of Homeland Security recently updated its artificial intelligence use case inventory to reflect several uses of the technology that have already been made public elsewhere, including facial comparison and machine learning tools used within the department. AI use case inventories are only as valuable as compliance with them is.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Federal agencies’ artificial intelligence use case inventories are intended to become a more expansive resource for the government and public under new draft guidance from the Office of Management and Budget.

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A detailed government watchdog review of federal agencies’ artificial intelligence use case inventories found that most of the disclosures weren’t “fully comprehensive and accurate,” echoing similar findings in Stanford research and subsequent FedScoop reporting. That obligation stems from a Trump-era executive order (EO 13960) focused on AI.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 19, 2024

With nearly 35 years of government service, including 24 years at the Office of Management and Budget and over 16 years as the Deputy Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Ms. Only use cases that can be publicly disclosed are included in the inventory.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This consolidated database, which is a compilation of individual postings from agencies, comes as the Biden administration promises to beef up regulation of AI, including through an upcoming executive order and new Office of Management and Budget guidance for the federal government.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

He’s a potentially important voice as the current ranking member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and is in line to lead the panel with the power change in the Senate. Agencies, for example, just released plans for compliance with the memo and the deadline for the annual inventory is in December.

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