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Department of Commerce (DoC)

International Trade Administration (ITA)

US Patent and Trade Administration (USPTO)

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)

Management and Policy Coordination (MPC) - Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS)

Export Administration (EA)

Export Enforcement (EE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

CHIPS Initiative

US AI Safety Institute (USAISI)

National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA)

Department of Energy (DoE)

Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER)

Office of Science

Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)

Office of Critical and Emerging Technology (OCET)

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (DNN)

Department of Homeland Security (DoHS)

Cybersecurity and & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Chief AI Officer (CAIO)

DHS AI Task Force (AITF)

Office of Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk, and Resilience (CIRR)

Science and Technology Directorate (S&T)

DHS AI Task Force (AITF)

Boards and Advisory Committees

Department of State (DoS)

Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (CDP)

Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability (ADS)

Office of the Science and Technology Adviser (STAS)

Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN)

International Security Advisory Board (ISAB)

Independent Agencies

National Science Foundation

Federal Trade Commission

Bureau of Competition

Office of Technology

Securities and Exchange Commission

Entity Profile

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Chief AI Officer (CAIO)

Science and Technology Directorate (S&T)

DHS AI Task Force (AITF)

Exists to “advance specific mission applications of AI” across the Department of Homeland Security. It is under the joint leadership of the S&T and the CAIO.

Leadership

Eric Hysen & Dr. Dimitri Kusnezov - Co-chairs

2025 Budget Request

N/A

Description

On April 20, 2023, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas established the DHS Artificial Intelligence Task Force with this memo. It exists to “advance specific mission applications of AI across DHS”. It is under the joint leadership of the S&T and the CAIO.

It focuses on the following areas:

Enhancing supply chain integrity
Countering fentanyl flow into the US
Applying AI to digital forensic tools for combating child exploitation
Assessing AI’s impact on critical infrastructure security.

It is also responsible for reviewing and implementing recommendations from the Homeland Security Advisory Council at the intersection of AI and homeland security.

Budget

The FY 2025 budget notes a $5,000,000 budget change mentioning the AI task force directly:

“The FY 2025 funding request will support the advancement and adoption of AI across the Department in accordance with the requirements in the EO 14110 “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence”, the pending OMB guidance “M-Memo” and implementing AI to support DHS mission priorities. The request will support implementing infrastructure, technologies, and processes to advance the responsible and ethical use and adoption of AI and the charter of the AI Task Force (AITF). This includes planning the infrastructure needed for AI and establishing data management and engineering practices to prepare data for use in AI models.”