OSTP - Delay in the Release of the AI Bill of Rights
Background
On June 20, 2022, CAIDP sent a Freedom of Information Act request to the Office of Science and Technology Policy seeking to obtain information about why the OSTP had delayed release of the AI Bill of Rights. The OSTP Director and Deputy Director had expressed strong support for an Bill of Rights in November 2021. CAIDP also backed the Bill of Rights and urged the OSTP to move the proposal forward as quickly as possible. But in the summer of 2022, the initiative appeared stalled. So, CAIDP sent an urgent FOIA request to the OSTP to determine the reason for the delay. And CAIDP vigorously pursued the record request in multiple communications with the agency in July, August and September, and also in communications with the Office of Government Information Services (the FOIA Ombudsman).
The Blueprint for the AI Bill of Rights was released at a White House press conference on October 4, 2022.
Records Requested
- All records, possessed by the agency, concerning the AI Bill of Rights
- All records, possessed by the agency, concerning Eric Schmidt’s involvement in the development of the AI Bill of Rights and related AI policy initiatives, including but not limited to, communications involving representatives of Schmidt Futures / Schmidt Ventures, which includes those on the OSTP staff who received funding from Schmidt Futures / Schmidt Ventures
- All records, possessed by the agency, concerning the agency’s use of AI to process FOIA requests
Key Documents
- Original CAIDP FOIA request to OSTP (June 20, 2022)
- CAIDP FOIA appeal to OSTP (June 30, 2022)
- CAIDP first letter to the FOIA Ombudsman (July 15, 2022)
- CAIDP statement to the United States Senate (July 18, 2022)
- CAIDP second letter to the FOIA Ombudsman (July 25, 2022)
- CAIDP third letter to the FOIA Ombudsman (July 26, 2022)
- CAIDP letter to OSTP (Sept. 13, 2022)
- OSTP response to CAIDP (Sept. 14, 2022)
- CAIDP letter to OSTP (Nov. 16, 2022)
Records Obtained
- First interim production letter (July 25, 2022)
- First interim production release (July 25, 2022)
- Institute for Defense Analysis, Science and Technology Policy Institute, "Synopsis of Responses to OSTP's Request for Information on the Use and Governance of Biometric Technologies in the Public and Private Sectors (March 2022)"