What's the difference between OMB M-25-21 and M-25-22?

M-25-21 governs federal agencies' own use of AI — it defines high-impact AI and the minimum practices (impact assessment, pre-deployment testing, monitoring, human oversight). M-25-22 governs how agencies acquire AI — anti-lock-in, performance and…

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Answer.

Federal directive · OMB M-25-21/22.

M-25-21 governs federal agencies' own use of AI — it defines high-impact AI and the minimum practices (impact assessment, pre-deployment testing, monitoring, human oversight). M-25-22 governs how agencies acquire AI — anti-lock-in, performance and risk-monitoring contract clauses, and protection of government data. Both issued 2025-04-03 and replaced the prior M-24-10/M-24-18 pair. Planisphere produces measurement evidence relevant to the testing and monitoring obligations in both, without acting as a contracting or authorization authority.

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The mark behind the answer.

OMB M-25-21/22 is a binding federal directive — a thing an agency or contractor MUST do, on a clock. Planisphere produce…

federal AI risk-management + acquisition.

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First evidence record within 21 days of access · re-runs in a single business day. Planisphere measures model behaviour and emits a reproducible, sha-pinned record — it does not certify, file, or give legal advice.