A new wave of White House artificial intelligence policy is expected to have immediate operational implications for federal information technology and cyber contractors, AI developers, critical-infrastructure operators, and their service providers.
On June 2, President Trump signed the Executive Order, “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security,” directing federal agencies to harden federal information systems with AI-enabled defenses. The order establishes a voluntary framework for pre-release federal access to “covered frontier models,” and prioritizes criminal enforcement against malicious AI-enabled cyber activity.
Republished by the American Bar Association after originally appearing on the McCarter & English Government Contracts Law Blog, this article by Franklin Turner and Philip Lee examines the Executive Order’s key provisions and their practical implications for federal contractors, AI developers, critical infrastructure operators, and other companies that do business with the federal government as agencies implement the Order’s July 2 and August 1 deadlines.