# 2025-14217: White House Bans 'Woke AI' from Twisting Facts in Government Tools

2025-14217, Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-07-28, effective 2025-07-23 (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-14217
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-14217
- Title: Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 35389
- Published: 2025-07-28
- Effective: 2025-07-23
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

White House Bans 'Woke AI' from Twisting Facts in Government Tools

## Summary

The government is making sure AI used by federal agencies stays truthful and free from political or social bias, especially ideas tied to diversity and inclusion. Agencies must avoid buying AI that changes facts or pushes agendas, starting right away. This move affects all federal departments and aims to keep AI honest without extra costs or delays.

## Effects PRIA read

- Federal LLMs Must Meet ‘Unbiased’ Rules: cost, medium. If you supply large language models (LLMs) to the federal government, agencies are required to procure only LLMs that follow two Unbiased AI Principles: Truth-seeking and Ideological Neutrality. This policy applies to executive departments, military departments, independent establishments, and whol…
- Contracts Can Require Vendors to Pay Decommissioning: cost, medium. Federal contracts for LLMs entered into after the OMB guidance must include terms requiring the LLM to comply with the Unbiased AI Principles and may charge decommissioning costs to the vendor if the agency terminates the contract for the vendor's noncompliance after a reasonable cure period. Agenc…
- Transparency Expectations for Vendor Disclosures: mixed, low. OMB guidance will permit vendors to comply with the Ideological Neutrality principle by disclosing an LLM's system prompt, specifications, evaluations, or other documentation to show ideological judgments, while avoiding requiring disclosure of specific model weights or other sensitive technical da…
- Timetable: OMB Guidance and Agency Procedures: cost, low. The Director of OMB must issue implementation guidance within 120 days of the July 23, 2025 order, and each agency must adopt procedures to ensure LLMs they procure comply with the Unbiased AI Principles within 90 days after that OMB guidance is issued. Contracts entered after the OMB guidance must…
- National Security Systems Can Be Excepted: mixed, low. The OMB guidance must make exceptions as appropriate for the use of LLMs in national security systems, allowing those systems to be treated differently from other federal procurements. Agencies may apply the Unbiased AI Principles differently for national security uses.

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## Sources
- [2025-14217 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/28/2025-14217/preventing-woke-ai-in-the-federal-government)
- [2025-14217 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-28/pdf/2025-14217.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-14217 (as of 2026-11-04).