Establishes a Chief Data Officer within the Department of Administration to oversee a Data Center of Excellence. Requires the creation of an AI Center of Excellence to develop AI policies, ethics, and training. Forms an AI Task Force to assess AI risks and opportunities.
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This is a binding executive order issued by the Governor of Rhode Island with mandatory language requiring state agencies to take specific actions, creating new governmental positions and structures with defined responsibilities.
The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with limited focus on governance structures (6.5), data security (2.2), and bias/discrimination concerns (1.1). The primary emphasis is on establishing governance frameworks and data infrastructure rather than addressing specific AI risks and harms. Coverage is concentrated in governance and security domains with scores of 2, while most risk subdomains receive no coverage.
This executive order primarily governs Public Administration (excluding National Security) as it applies to all Rhode Island state agencies and their operations. It also has minimal coverage of Educational Services through requirements for AI training curriculum development.
The document primarily addresses the Plan and Design stage through establishing governance structures and ethical frameworks, and the Operate and Monitor stage through requirements for ongoing risk analysis and transparent implementation. It has minimal coverage of data collection, model building, verification, or deployment stages.
The document explicitly mentions AI and AI algorithms but does not define or distinguish between AI models, AI systems, or specific types of AI such as frontier AI, general purpose AI, generative AI, or foundation models. There is no mention of compute thresholds or open-weight models.
Governor Daniel J. McKee; State of Rhode Island
The executive order is issued by the Governor of Rhode Island under his constitutional authority, as stated in the opening declaration.
Governor of Rhode Island; Department of Administration; Chief Data Officer; Chief Information Officer
The Governor has authority to enforce through executive power. The DOA and CDO are assigned oversight and implementation responsibilities for the data governance structure and AI Center of Excellence.
Chief Data Officer; AI Center of Excellence; Data Center of Excellence; AI Task Force; state data governance structure
The CDO and associated Centers of Excellence are responsible for monitoring data operations, AI implementation, and developing ongoing risk analysis. The AI Task Force is charged with assessing risks and opportunities.
All Rhode Island state agencies; Department of Administration (DOA); Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS); Office of Post Secondary Commissioner (OPC); Department of Labor and Training (DLT); Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE); Division of Enterprise Technology Strategy and Services (ETSS)
The order explicitly applies to all Rhode Island state agencies, requiring them to participate in data governance, share data, and identify AI opportunities. Specific agencies are assigned particular responsibilities.