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EPIC Signs Coalition Letter Calling on OMB to Preserve Key Safeguards for AI in Federal Government

March 6, 2025

EPIC joined a coalition of over a dozen civil society organizations in a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to call for the preservation of crucial transparency and safety protections for AI use cases in the federal government as the OMB implements President Trump’s Executive Order 14179, “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence.”
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Government AI Use
- Updates
Seems a bit DOGE-y: Protecting Federal Worker Rights in an Era of AI-Driven Employment Decisions

March 6, 2025

In the last month and a half, the Trump Administration has systematically gutted the federal workforce. However, the Administration’s latest assault brings federal workers a new concern: that they will be fired by an algorithm. his blog post provides an overview of a federal worker’s rights when faced with termination, the problems with using automated decision-making tools to conduct terminations, and how those tools may violate worker’s rights.
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Data Protection
- Government AI Use
- Screening & Scoring
- Workplace Privacy
- Analysis
Scraping for Me, Not for Thee: Large Language Models, Web Data, and Privacy-Problematic Paradigms

February 27, 2025

More than just hypocrisy (though that as well), the supposed reaction to DeepSeek’s model speaks to a troubling AI company argument—one that positions mass web scraping and large-scale data ingestion, sans consent, as a necessity, and an act in which only the companies themselves are entitled to partake.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Minimization
- Data Security
- Government AI Use
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Social Media Privacy
- Web Scraping
- Analysis
Google Rolls Back Responsible AI Principles, Breaking Promise to Limit Military Use of Its Products

February 5, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Government AI Use
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC Condemns Removal of AI Executive Order Safeguards

January 31, 2025
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Government AI Use
- Updates
Spectrum News 1: Western N.Y. sheriff’s office among first in country to use iris scanning tech

January 13, 2025
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Government AI Use
- Surveillance Oversight
- News
EPIC, Coalition Urge the White House Office of Management and Budget to Halt DHS’s Harmful AI Systems

November 27, 2024

EPIC joined a coalition of over 140 organizations led by Just Futures Law to push The Office of Management and Budget to use its authority to stop the Department of Homeland Security’s use of non-conforming artificial intelligence systems to inform or make decisions regarding surveillance, deportation, and detention.
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Government AI Use
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Federal Agencies Largely Miss the Mark on Documenting AI Compliance Plans as Required by AI Executive Order

November 21, 2024

On September 23, 2024, only about half of the U.S. federal agencies complied with the March 2024 OMB Memo (“M-24-10”)'s requirement for agencies to publish compliance plans consistent with the memo, which implements requirements under the 2023 Executive Order (“EO 14110”) on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.[1] Beyond the failure of about half of the agencies to respond, review of the published compliance plans reveal that they leave much to be desired in transparency on the AI systems the agencies use and their potential to impact the rights and safety of people in the U.S.
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Government AI Use
- Analysis
White House Publishes Memorandum and Framework for Governing the Use of AI in National Security

October 25, 2024

The Biden-Harris Administration issued a “Memorandum on Advancing the United States’ Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Fulfill National Security Objectives; and Fostering the Safety, Security, and Trustworthiness of Artificial Intelligence.”
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Government AI Use
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
NACA v. RentGrow

October 4, 2024

Challenging the unfair and deceptive practices of tenant screening company RentGrow's automated tenant screening reports
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Consumer Privacy
- Government AI Use
- Screening & Scoring
- Privacy Cases

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