At requirements identification the cross-functional team informs the procurement in proportion to its complexity and risk, lists the potential risks for the type of AI (including risks to the nine Executive Order 13960 principles), and the agency identifies reasonably foreseeable use cases and makes an initial call on whether high-impact AI under M-25-21 is likely to run on the system. In market research and planning the agency conducts broad research including new entrants and interagency platforms, seeks demonstrations and tests in conditions resembling the real operating environment to probe capabilities and lock-in, and is strongly urged to use performance-based techniques (statements of objectives and performance work statements, quality assurance surveillance plans, and incentives tied to metrics that measure baseline performance and mission outcomes).
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