Inside AI Policy

December 7, 2024

Policy leaders see AI continuity in Vought’s return as OMB director

By Charlie Mitchell / November 26, 2024

President-elect Trump’s decision to once again tap Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget is seen by private-sector policy leaders as a sign of continuity on artificial intelligence that began in Trump’s first term and marched in a similar direction through the Biden years.

Vought helped write two executive orders and an OMB guidance memo to agencies on the government’s uses of AI and its approach to overseeing private sector deployment of the technology. The approach...


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