Establishes statewide governance for AI use by Ohio state agencies, including AI solution development, procurement, security, and privacy requirements. Mandates AI Council oversight, training for workforce use, vendor compliance, and ongoing monitoring for data quality and bias.
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This is a binding administrative policy issued under statutory authority (ORC 125.18) that applies to all state agencies under the Governor's authority, with mandatory language throughout and enforcement through the AI Council's oversight and auditing functions.
The document has good coverage of approximately 8-10 subdomains, with strong focus on privacy compromise (2.1), AI system security vulnerabilities (2.2), false information (3.1), overreliance and unsafe use (5.1), governance failure (6.5), and AI system robustness (7.3). Coverage is concentrated in security, privacy, misinformation prevention, and AI safety domains, with particular emphasis on data governance and human oversight mechanisms.
This is an internal government policy that governs AI use within Ohio state government operations. The primary sector governed is Public Administration excluding National Security, as the policy applies to all state agencies, boards, and commissions under the Governor's authority. The policy does not regulate external private sector entities or other economic sectors.
The document comprehensively covers all AI lifecycle stages from planning through ongoing monitoring. It provides detailed requirements for Plan and Design (use case identification, approval processes), Data Collection and Processing (data quality, validation, governance), Model Building (testing, training data requirements), Verification and Validation (testing protocols, bias detection), Deployment (pilot programs, procurement requirements), and Operation and Monitoring (ongoing output validation, incident handling).
The document explicitly mentions AI Models, AI systems, and Generative AI extensively throughout. It does not mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, predictive AI, or specific compute thresholds. There is implicit coverage of open-weight/open-source considerations through procurement requirements for third-party services.
Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS); State of Ohio
The policy is issued by the Ohio Department of Administrative Services under statutory authority ORC 125.18, as indicated in the authority section and throughout the document where DAS is assigned responsibility for establishing governance structures.
AI Council; Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS); Chief Data Officer (CDO) Council; Agency directors
The AI Council is established to govern and oversee AI use, with DAS providing overall policy authority. The CDO Council establishes data governance requirements, and Agency directors approve AI use.
AI Council; Chief Data Officer (CDO) Council; Data Steward, Data Owner, and Data Custodian roles
The AI Council is responsible for auditing AI solutions and monitoring compliance. The CDO Council oversees data governance, and designated data roles maintain quality and integrity of AI data models.
All state agencies, boards, and commissions under the authority of the Governor; State employees, contractors, and temporary personnel
The policy explicitly applies to all state agencies under the Governor's authority and regulates their use and deployment of AI solutions, as well as the workforce using AI tools.
12 subdomains (6 Good, 6 Minimal)