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EO 14179 vs ISO/IEC 42001: how they differ, side by side

How EO 14179 and ISO/IEC 42001 differ: what each is, who owes it, when it applies and who enforces it.

EO 14179Directs federal agencies; no direct private-sector duties

ISO/IEC 42001Voluntary standard; certifiable by accredited bodies

Checked21 Oct 2026

01 / Side by side

EO 14179 and ISO/IEC 42001, side by side

	EO 14179	ISO/IEC 42001
What it is	executive order	international standard
Jurisdiction	United States (federal)	International
Legal force	Directs federal agencies; no direct private-sector duties	Voluntary standard; certifiable by accredited bodies
Status	In force	Published standard
Applies from	23 Jan 2025	18 Dec 2023
Who owes it	White House advisers, OMB and federal agencies; it places no direct obligations on private companies.	Any organization that provides or uses products or services that use AI systems, regardless of size, type or nature, if it chooses to adopt or certify.
Enforcement	None directly; internal executive branch management. The order creates no enforceable rights.	None; voluntary. Accredited certification bodies audit and certify; customers may require certification by contract.

02 / EO 14179

What EO 14179 requires

It is the policy root of the current federal AI rules for agency use and purchase. Compliance duties for AI systems come from the OMB memos it triggered, not from the order itself.

01Develop and submit an AI Action Plan to the President within 180 days (named White House advisers).
02Review actions taken under revoked EO 14110 and suspend, revise or rescind those inconsistent with the order's policy.
03Revise OMB memoranda M-24-10 and M-24-18 within 60 days to match the policy (OMB Director).
04Provide available exemptions while revisions of conflicting EO 14110 actions are pending (agencies).

03 / ISO/IEC 42001

What ISO/IEC 42001 requires

AI-specific. It is a governance system for how an organization develops, provides or uses AI systems, not a technical test of any one model.

01Define the AIMS scope, the organization's role toward AI (e.g. provider, user) and relevant interested parties.
02Top management sets an AI policy, AI objectives and assigns roles and responsibilities.
03Run AI risk assessments, AI risk treatment and AI system impact assessments, and record a Statement of Applicability.
04Plan, operate and control AI processes, applying the Annex A controls selected in risk treatment.
05Monitor, measure and evaluate AIMS performance through internal audits and management reviews.
06Correct nonconformities and continually improve the AIMS.

Optional evidence · where Planisphere fits

Keep a record anyone can check

When your team meets a duty, Planisphere can seal the event it reports as a receipt.

01 · Your teamRecord the event

A disclosure shown, a review signed, a model change approved: the event your system reports.

02 · PlanisphereSeal it

The event becomes a sealed receipt, dated and attributed to whoever is signed in.

03 · AnyoneCheck it

Paste the receipt into Verify. No account or key.

A record supports your compliance evidence process. It is not a legal finding or a certification. Systems that call Planisphere's gate API can also hold or refuse an action before it runs.

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