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Clara Langevin @cclangevin.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Help us build a Trust and Fairness Agenda! I’m excited to hear everyone’s idea!

Clara Langevin @cclangevin.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Got great energy x AI policy ideas! Submit a proposal, and we will help you cultivate it from a seedling idea to a full-fledged memo with an advocacy plan!

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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

🚨POLICY WRITING OPPORTUNITY🚨 We’re looking for forward-thinking policy ideas on: 🔋 AI applications for grid management and modernization ⚡ AI and energy related R&D 🌍 Measuring and managing the resource consumption of AI and data centers 📢 APPLY BY FEB 28 fas.org/accelerator/...

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POLICY SPRINT: AI & Energy

Help lawmakers harness AI to drive innovation, revolutionize energy solutions, and integrate transformative tech into our infrastructure.

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Clara Langevin @cclangevin.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

If anyone’s parent watches youtube shorts, here is me, pretending to be on date and talking about PETs. youtube.com/shorts/JtQfF...

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POV: you are on a Hinge date with our AI Policy Specialist Clara

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Clara Langevin @cclangevin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

12/ Transparency isn’t just good policy—it’s essential for AI use in government.

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Clara Langevin @cclangevin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

11/ Bottom line: 📉 If the AI Use Case Inventory disappears, we lose a critical tool for public trust. 📉 More AI in government + less transparency = a perfect storm for harm and erosion of trust in emerging tech.

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Clara Langevin @cclangevin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

10/ Case in point: The Netherlands ‘ AI-driven fraud detection system wrongly cut off benefits to vulnerable families. Without transparency, there’s little oversight to prevent similar failures in the U.S. www.politico.eu/article/dutc...

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Dutch scandal serves as a warning for Europe over risks of using algorithms

The Dutch tax authority ruined thousands of lives after using an algorithm to spot suspected benefits fraud — and critics say there is little stopping it from happening again.

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Clara Langevin @cclangevin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

9/ But what happens if Trump II abolishes or weakens the inventory? It’s already clear the administration plans to increase AI use for fraud detection—one of the riskiest AI applications. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/t...

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Musk Allies Discuss Deploying A.I. to Find Budget Savings

A top official at the General Services Administration said artificial intelligence could be used to identify waste and redundancies in federal contracts.

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Clara Langevin @cclangevin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Why does this matter? The AI Use Case Inventory is one of the most important transparency tools for AI in government. It allows civil society to track federal AI deployments, identify risks, and hold agencies accountable. Without it, the public is left in the dark

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Clara Langevin @cclangevin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

7/ If an AI system impacts rights or safety, agencies must also disclose:  ⚠️ Risk management & independent evaluations  ⚠️ Potential harm & mitigation efforts  ⚠️ Whether people can opt-out in favor of a human decision-maker

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Clara Langevin @cclangevin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

6/ This new guidance required agencies to report much more information, including: 📊 Intended purpose & expected benefits  📊 AI system outputs & development details  📊 Privacy, bias, & safety risks  📊 Transparency measures & public impact

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Clara Langevin @cclangevin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

5/ Originally, agencies reported basic details on their AI use cases. But the Biden administration greatly expanded this. Under OMB Guidance M-24-10, Biden broadened the definition of AI (aligning with the John S. McCain NDAA of 2019).

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Clara Langevin @cclangevin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

4/ Most importantly, EO 13960 created the AI Use Case Inventory, a transparency tool requiring agencies to disclose AI systems they use or plan to use.

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Clara Langevin @cclangevin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

3/ To implement this, EO 13960 directed:  📌 OMB to create a policy roadmap for AI adoption  📌 Agencies to inventory their AI use cases  📌 GSA to recruit AI experts via the Presidential Innovation Fellows program  📌 OPM to explore rotational programs for AI expertise

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Clara Langevin @cclangevin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

2/ In 2020, Trump issued EO 13960, setting 9 guiding principles for AI in federal agencies—prioritizing lawful, effective, secure, transparent, and accountable AI use.

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Clara Langevin @cclangevin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

1/ We don’t know exactly what Trump II will do, but it’s shaping up to be very different from Trump I. So let’s look at how the first Trump administration approached AI in government—and what that could mean for the AI Use Case Inventory.

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Clara Langevin @cclangevin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

A key part of these memos? The AI Use Case Inventory, which in the final days of the Biden Admin documented 1,700 federal AI use cases. 🧵

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Clara Langevin @cclangevin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

🚨 Within the next 60 days (now much less), the Trump Administration will review OMB Guidance M-24-10 & M-24-18, which lay out how the federal government should use, acquire, and manage AI.

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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

As long as nuclear weapons exist, nuclear war remains possible. And all nuclear weapons states are undergoing nuclear weapons modernization programs.

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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

🚨 SCIPOL FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY🚨 Team FAS is looking for senior fellows to advance innovative policy and drive positive change. If you’re a leading light in your field and are ready to shape policy discourse and implementation, we want you for Team FAS. 📅 Apply by Jan 31 fas.org/career/senio...

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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The federal govt’s increasing reliance on CAI/PII is outpacing its ability to regulate it – putting your data in the wrong hands. As AI systems become increasingly integrated into government processes, protecting fundamental constitutional rights cannot be an afterthought. fas.org/publication/...

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Public Comment on Executive Branch Agency Handling of CAI

The federal government is responsible for ensuring the safety and privacy of the processing of personally identifiable information within commercially available information used for the development an...

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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Recommendation 3. Build Government Capacity for the Use of Privacy Enhancing Technologies to Bolster Anonymization Techniques

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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Recommendation 2. Expand Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) to Incorporate Additional Requirements and Periodic Evaluations

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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

FedRAMP should add CAI/PII to the mix, requiring datasets be assessed on the following information (see screenshot) Bonus: FedRAMP authorizations are strictly enforced, offering a level of rigor that voluntary assessments just can’t match

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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, lovingly known as FedRAMP, already has a mandate to ensure the security of cloud service providers for the federal government uses, and that mandate has recently been expanded to AI technologies.

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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

When a federal agency wants new software, say, for example, cloud management software, it has to make a series of assessments and justifications to procure and implement it. Why not do this for datasets too?

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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

(this one is wonky, stay with us here) Recommendation 1. Enable FedRAMP to Create Authorization System for Third-Party Data Sources

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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

But without statutory protections, it is incumbent on the executive branch to craft clear guidance. The Office of Management and Budget asked for help on creating such guidance. We happily olbiged.

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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

On the legislative side, the Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act (H.R.4639) would bar technology providers from sharing customer records with anyone, including federal agencies, but the bill has stalled in the Senate.

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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The Privacy Act of 1974 covers the use of federally-collected personal information, but there is no specific guidance covering the federal use of third-party data, leaving one huge gaping loophole that it is critical to fix.

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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

ICE and CBP have used broker-purchased location data to track individuals without warrants, raising constitutional concerns; and DHS loves cell phone data. Mass surveillance is made much easier by all this data.

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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The federal government is one of the largest buyers of Commercially Available Data (CAI), much of it containing Personally Identifiable Information. Some of this data is used for good (think public health research projects); some of it… Not so much.

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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

This is you. Really. This is all it takes for you to be identified in a dataset. And the federal government is buying a loooot of dataset these days. (🧵how the executive branch can protect your personal information in three easy steps🧵)

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