White House Is Working to Enhance AI Use Case Reporting — Federal CIO

The U.S. government is working to enhance the reporting of artificial intelligence use case inventories by focusing on improving their searchability, according to Clare Martorana, U.S. Federal Chief Information Officer.

“We’re working really hard to make sure that we’re enhancing those use cases… with metadata so that we can search them and really interrogate them, rather than just collect them and broadcast them — really to get key learnings from those,” Martorana reportedly said while speaking at a Federal CIO Council symposium.

So far, the U.S. government has reported over 700 AI use cases for federal agencies.

The Biden administration has previously indicated that the inventories will be more central to understanding how different federal agencies are leveraging the technology. Martorana also emphasized the importance of public comment in the guidance development process, highlighting equity and transparency as recurring themes in the feedback received from stakeholders.

Earlier this month, it was also reported that the Biden administration is seeking US$ 3 billion for federal agencies’ use of artificial intelligence, with plans to use US$70 million for hiring Chief AI Officers (CAIO).

As stipulated in the broad Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence, numerous federal agencies are mandated to appoint Chief AI Officers (CAIOs). Out of the proposed US$3 billion for AI, around $30 million will be directed towards the National AI Research Resource pilot (NAIRR), and US$32 million to support the AI Talent Surge, among other things.