Inside AI Policy

December 7, 2024

Trump nominee Vought helped write AI playbook during first tour as OMB chief

By Charlie Mitchell / November 25, 2024

Russell Vought, President-elect Trump’s pick to serve a second tour as OMB director, led the effort on providing landmark guidance to federal agencies on artificial intelligence when he previously held the job in Trump’s first administration, helping write directives on the government’s uses of AI and its approach to overseeing private sector deployment of the technology.

Trump on Nov. 22 announced Vought as his selection to serve again as White House Office of Management and Budget director. Vought wrote ...


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