[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 1825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00261]
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Request for Comments on a Draft Memorandum to the Heads of
Executive Departments and Agencies, ``Guidance for Regulation of
Artificial Intelligence Applications''
AGENCY: Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and
Budget.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requests comments on
a draft Memorandum that provides guidance to all Federal agencies to
inform the development of regulatory and non-regulatory approaches
regarding technologies and industrial sectors that are empowered or
enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) and consider ways to reduce
barriers to the development and adoption of AI technologies. OMB
guidance on these matters seeks to support the U.S. approach to free-
market capitalism, federalism, and good regulatory practices (GRPs).
The draft Memorandum calls on agencies, when considering regulations or
policies related to AI applications, to promote advancements in
technology and innovation, while protecting American technology,
economic and national security, privacy, civil liberties, and other
American values, including the principles of freedom, human rights, the
rule of law, and respect for intellectual property. The draft
Memorandum is available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Draft-OMB-Memo-on-Regulation-of-AI-1-7-19.pdf.
DATES: Comments are requested on the draft Memorandum no later than
March 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES: All comments should be submitted via http://www.regulations.gov. Please submit comments only and include your name,
company name (if any), and cite ``Guidance for Regulation of Artificial
Intelligence Applications'' in all correspondence. All comments
received will be posted, without change or redaction, to
www.regulations.gov, so commenters should not include information they
do not wish to be posted (e.g., personal or confidential business
information).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Hunt, Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 13859, ``Maintaining
American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence,'' which was issued on
February 11, 2019, requires the Director of OMB, in coordination with
the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the
Director of the Domestic Policy Council, and the Director of the
National Economic Council, to issue a memorandum that provides guidance
to all Federal agencies to inform the development of regulatory and
non-regulatory approaches regarding technologies and industrial sectors
that are empowered or enabled by AI and consider ways to reduce
barriers to the development and adoption of AI technologies.
Dominic J. Mancini,
Acting Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-00261 Filed 1-10-20; 8:45 am]
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