The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued new guidance for federal agencies on reporting their artificial intelligence (AI) use cases, FedScoop reported. 

The guidance, yet to be publicly released, maintains a similar structure to the previous administration’s process but with a leaner approach.

It includes a detailed breakdown of reporting fields and questions, covering areas such as the development stage of the AI system, whether it was developed internally or procured, and whether it handles personally identifiable information.

Despite political differences on AI policy, the updated guidance echoes many requirements from the Trump-era mandate, which first introduced annual public inventories of AI systems in federal use. Agencies must submit reports by November 4, with publication set for December 2.

The effort aims to improve transparency and consistency, continuing the Biden administration’s push to refine federal AI oversight.

Earlier this year, OMB also issued guidance to Federal agencies on implementing the Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act, to help drive innovation in artificial intelligence and other fields, among other things. 

In a memo, OMB also introduced new requirements for data governance, such as the establishment of Chief Data Officers and a CDO Council, as well as data management, including metadata and open formats for all data assets, and transparent processes like open data plans.