Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should ensure that the agency issues guidance to federal agencies in accordance with federal law, that is to (a) inform the agencies' policy development related to the acquisition and use of technologies enabled by AI, (b) include identifying responsible AI officials (RAIO), (c) recommend approaches to remove barriers for AI use, (d) identify best practices for addressing discriminatory impact on the basis of any classification protected under federal nondiscrimination laws, and (e) provide a template for agency plans that includes the required contents. (Recommendation 1) Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should ensure that the agency develops and posts a public roadmap for the agency's policy guidance to better support AI use, and, where appropriate, include a schedule for engaging with the public and timelines for finalizing relevant policy guidance, consistent with EO 13960. (Recommendation 2) Office of Science and Technology Policy The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy should communicate a list of federal agencies that are required to implement the Regulation of AI Applications memorandum requirements (M-21-06) to inform agencies of their status as implementing agencies with regulatory authorities over AI. (Recommendation 3) Office of Personnel Management The Director of OPM should ensure that the agency (a) establishes or updates and improves an existing occupational series with AI-related positions; (b) establishes an estimated number of AI-related positions, by federal agency; and, based on the estimate, (c) prepares a 2-year and 5-year forecast of the number of federal employees in these positions, in accordance with federal law. (Recommendation 4) Office of Personnel Management The Director of OPM should ensure that the agency creates an inventory of federal rotational programs and determines how these programs can be used to expand the number of federal employees with AI expertise, consistent with EO 13960. (Recommendation 5) Office of Personnel Management The Director of OPM should ensure that the agency issues a report with recommendations for how the programs in the inventory can be used to expand the number of federal employees with AI expertise and shares it with the interagency coordination bodies identified by the Chief Information Officers Council, consistent with EO 13960. (Recommendation 6) Office of Personnel Management The Director of OPM should ensure that the agency develops a plan to either achieve consistency with EO 13960 section 5 for each AI application or retires AI applications found to be developed or used in a manner that is not consistent with the order. (Recommendation 7) Department of Agriculture The Secretary of Agriculture should ensure that the department (a) reviews the department's authorities related to applications of AI, and (b) develops and submits to OMB plans to achieve consistency with the Regulation of AI Applications memorandum (M-21-06). (Recommendation 8) Department of Agriculture The Secretary of Agriculture should ensure that the department updates its AI use case inventory to include all the required information, at minimum, and takes steps to ensure that the data in the inventory aligns with provided instructions. (Recommendation 9) Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should ensure that the department develops a plan to either achieve consistency with EO 13960 section 5 for each AI application or retires AI applications found to be developed or used in a manner that is not consistent with the order. (Recommendation 10) Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should ensure that the department updates its AI use case inventory to include all the required information, at minimum, and takes steps to ensure that the data in the inventory aligns with provided instructions. (Recommendation 11) Department of Education The Secretary of Education should ensure that the department develops a plan to either achieve consistency with EO 13960 section 5 for each AI application or retires AI applications found to be developed or used in a manner that is not consistent with the order. (Recommendation 12) Department of Energy The Secretary of Energy should ensure that the department updates its AI use case inventory to include all the required information, at minimum, and takes steps to ensure that the data in the inventory aligns with provided instructions. (Recommendation 13) Department of Health and Human Services The Secretary of Health and Human Services should ensure that the department develops a plan to either achieve consistency with EO 13960 section 5 for each AI application or retires AI applications found to be developed or used in a manner that is not consistent with the order. (Recommendation 14) Department of Health and Human Services The Secretary of Health and Human Services should ensure that the department updates its AI use case inventory to include all the required information, at minimum, and takes steps to ensure that the data in the inventory aligns with provided instructions. (Recommendation 15) Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure that the department develops a plan to either achieve consistency with EO 13960 section 5 for each AI application or retires AI applications found to be developed or used in a manner that is not consistent with the order. (Recommendation 16) Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure that the department (a) reviews the department's authorities related to applications of AI and (b) develops and submits to OMB plans to achieve consistency with the Regulation of AI Applications memorandum (M-21-06). (Recommendation 17) Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure that the department updates its AI use case inventory to include all the required information, at minimum, and takes steps to ensure that the data in the inventory aligns with provided instructions. (Recommendation 18) Department of the Interior The Secretary of the Interior should ensure that the department develops a plan to either achieve consistency with EO 13960 section 5 for each AI application or retires AI applications found to be developed or used in a manner that is not consistent with the order. (Recommendation 19) Department of the Interior The Secretary of the Interior should ensure that the department (a) reviews the agency's authorities related to applications of AI and (b) develops and submits to OMB plans to achieve consistency with the Regulation of AI Applications memorandum (M-21-06). (Recommendation 20) Department of the Interior The Secretary of the Interior should ensure that the department updates its AI use case inventory to include all the required information, at minimum, and takes steps to ensure that the data in the inventory aligns with provided instructions. (Recommendation 21) Department of Labor The Secretary of Labor should ensure that the department updates its AI use case inventory to include all the required information, at minimum, and takes steps to ensure that the data in the inventory aligns with provided instructions. (Recommendation 22) Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the department updates its AI use case inventory to include all the required information, at minimum, and takes steps to ensure that the data in the inventory aligns with provided instructions. (Recommendation 23) Department of Transportation The Secretary of Transportation should ensure that the department (a) reviews the department's authorities related to applications of AI and (b) develops and submits to OMB plans to achieve consistency with the Regulation of AI Applications memorandum (M-21-06). (Recommendation 24) Department of Transportation The Secretary of Transportation should ensure that the department updates its AI use case inventory to include all the required information, at minimum, and takes steps to ensure that the data in the inventory aligns with provided instructions. (Recommendation 25) Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should ensure that the department develops a plan to either achieve consistency with EO 13960 section 5 for each AI application or retires AI applications found to be developed or used in a manner that is not consistent with the order. (Recommendation 26) Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should ensure that the department updates its AI use case inventory to include all the required information, at minimum, and takes steps to ensure that the data in the inventory aligns with provided instructions. (Recommendation 27) Department of Veterans Affairs The Secretary of Veterans Affairs should ensure that the department updates its AI use case inventory to include all the required information, at minimum, and takes steps to ensure that the data in the inventory aligns with provided instructions. (Recommendation 28) Environmental Protection Agency The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should ensure that the agency fully completes and approves its plan to either achieve consistency with EO 13960 section 5 for each AI application or retires AI applications found to be developed or used in a manner that is not consistent with the order. (Recommendation 29) Environmental Protection Agency The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should ensure that the agency updates its AI use case inventory to include all the required information, at minimum, and takes steps to ensure that the data in the inventory aligns with provided instructions. (Recommendation 30) General Services Administration The Administrator of General Services should ensure that the agency develops a plan to either achieve consistency with EO 13960 section 5 for each AI application or retires AI applications found to be developed or used in a manner that is not consistent with the order. (Recommendation 31) General Services Administration The Administrator of General Services should ensure that the agency updates its AI use case inventory to include all the required information, at minimum, and takes steps to ensure that the data in the inventory aligns with provided instructions. (Recommendation 32) National Aeronautics and Space Administration The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration should ensure that the agency updates and approves the agency's plan to achieve consistency with EO 13960 section 5 for each AI application, to include retiring AI applications found to be developed or used in a manner that is not consistent with the order. (Recommendation 33) National Aeronautics and Space Administration The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration should ensure that the agency updates its AI use case inventory to include all the required information, at minimum, and takes steps to ensure that the data in the inventory aligns with provided instructions. (Recommendation 34) U.S. Agency for International Development The Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development should ensure that the agency updates its AI use case inventory to include all the required information, at minimum, and takes steps to ensure that the data in the inventory aligns with provided instructions. (Recommendation 35)

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