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Fastest 5 Minutes: DOJ Guidance re DEI, White House AI Action Plan

By Peter J. Eyre, Katie Erno & Matthew Ferraro on August 4, 2025
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This week’s episode covers developments involving DOJ’s guidance for federal funding recipients regarding DEI and the White House AI Action Plan, and is hosted by Peter Eyre, Katie Erno, and Matthew F. Ferraro. Crowell & Moring’s “Fastest 5 Minutes” is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.

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Matthew F. Ferraro is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Group, where he helps clients address complex regulatory matters at the intersection of advanced technology, national security, and crisis management. He advises leading organizations on high-impact matters related to artificial

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Matthew F. Ferraro is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Group, where he helps clients address complex regulatory matters at the intersection of advanced technology, national security, and crisis management. He advises leading organizations on high-impact matters related to artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies, cyberattacks, domestic and international privacy compliance, internal investigations, foreign direct investment reviews, and high-stakes crises.

Before joining the firm, Matthew served as the Senior Counselor for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technology to the Secretary of Homeland Security. As a principal advisor to the Secretary and a member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s leadership team, he served at the heart of U.S. government policymaking around AI and cybersecurity. He assisted in the development and drafting of key AI, cyber, and technology policies and regulations; advised on the deployment of AI to fulfill the department’s missions; and counseled on cyber-incident responses and investigations. Matthew also helped establish and served as the Executive Director of the Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board, a flagship public-private advisory committee focused on AI’s use in critical infrastructure and chaired by the Secretary and composed of industry, nonprofit, and government luminaries.

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