Governance · Federal and defense

What OMB and DoD require of AI vendors.

M-25-21 and M-25-22 are the federal instruments. DoD names Responsible, Equitable, Traceable, Reliable, Governable. The controller produces the Traceable, Governable record.

Answer

What does OMB / DoD require of AI vendors

OMB M-25-21, Accelerating Federal Use of AI through Innovation, Governance, and Public Trust, with companion M-25-22 on procurement, supersede M-24-10. DoD Responsible AI principles are Responsible, Equitable, Traceable, Reliable, and Governable. DoDD 3000.09 governs autonomy in weapon systems. GW Slate™ holds identity, policy, runtime, and receipts so a vendor run can produce the Traceable and Governable record those instruments name.
Crosswalk

Requirement, controller, artifact.

Requirement names the instrument. What GW Slate™ does is the existing controller capability. The artifact is what an auditor samples. Counsel decides what an obligation requires of a given deployment.

Requirement · what GW Slate™ does · the artifact an auditor samples.
RequirementWhat GW Slate™ doesThe artifact an auditor samples
OMB M-25-21 — Accelerating Federal Use of AI through Innovation, Governance, and Public Trust.GW Slate™ is the Sovereign Orchestrator: brand-aligned intelligence rails that hold identity, policy, runtime, and receipts over the stack you already run. Hybrid is the default posture. Quiet governance, visible proof — every material action is accountable before it becomes business truth.The four rails on the run: identity, policy, runtime, and the Actuality Receipt.
OMB M-25-22 — companion memorandum on procurement. M-25-21 and M-25-22 supersede M-24-10.Four rails — identity says who, policy says may, runtime says enforced, receipts say happened.The versioned policy pack a contracting officer can sample against the receipt.
DoD Responsible AI — Responsible, Equitable, Traceable, Reliable, Governable.GW Slate™ is the modular controller and human command surface. It routes each task to the model that fits, holds authority and policy on the controller, and runs multi-agent workflows to completion.Traceable: the Actuality Receipt. Governable: the per-action verdict, fail-closed on denial.
DoDD 3000.09 — governs autonomy in weapon systems.Coral Reef Nodes™ are the execution mesh: deterministic placements across sovereign, hybrid, and cloud tiers that enforce regulatory and brand compliance rails and fail closed, so one market's issue stays contained.WS-5 is GlobalizeWe's regulated-tier receipt signing. It is a tamper-evident, signed record of who acted, on what data, under what policy, and what resulted — with an additional assurance envelope for security-cleared and regulated deployments.

Last reviewed: 2026-09-08

Questions

01What does OMB / DoD require of AI vendors?

OMB M-25-21, with companion M-25-22 on procurement, supersede M-24-10. DoD Responsible AI principles are Responsible, Equitable, Traceable, Reliable, and Governable. GW Slate™ holds identity, policy, runtime, and receipts so a vendor run produces the Traceable and Governable record.

02What did M-25-21 and M-25-22 replace?

OMB M-25-21 and companion M-25-22 supersede M-24-10. The operating record stays the same four rails: identity, policy, runtime, and receipts.

03What are the DoD Responsible AI principles?

Responsible, Equitable, Traceable, Reliable, and Governable. Receipt Rail™ emits the Traceable record. Coral Reef Nodes™ place and enforce policy fail-closed, which is the Governable posture.

04What is DoDD 3000.09?

DoDD 3000.09 governs autonomy in weapon systems. For AI vendors, the sampleable record is the same regulated-tier receipt: who acted, on what data, under what policy, and what resulted.

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