Tech sector leader backs AI vendor testing, commercial product solutions in comments to OMB

The Information Technology Industry Council says “commercial solutions” and vendor safety assessments can meet the federal government’s needs in purchasing artificial intelligence technologies, in response to the Office of Management and Budget’s request for information on possible changes to procurement policy under the Biden administration’s AI executive order.

Among OMB’s questions in a March 29 RFI, the White House agency asked, “Which elements of testing, evaluation, and impact assessments are best conducted by the vendor, and which responsibilities should...