Pay Flexibility, Incentive Pay, and Leave and Workforce Flexibility Programs for Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI-enabling, and Other Key Technical Employees (OPM)

• Authority: Office of Personnel Management
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. regulations, executive orders, and agency policies
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2024-02-27

Risk subdomain coverage

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal to no coverage of AI risk domains. It is a human resources policy document focused on pay flexibilities and workforce management tools for recruiting AI talent, rather than a document addressing AI risks, harms, or safety measures. No risk subdomains receive substantive coverage.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document governs Public Administration (excluding National Security) as it provides guidance to federal agencies on human resources flexibilities. It does not regulate AI use in any specific economic sector but rather addresses how government agencies can recruit and retain AI talent across all their operations.

Legislative Status

Other

Legislative Status Summary

This is an internal government guidance document from OPM providing information to federal agencies on existing authorities and flexibilities for recruiting AI talent. It is not creating new binding legal obligations but rather clarifying how agencies can use pre-existing statutory and regulatory authorities.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
• Summary: The document is issued by OPM as guidance to federal agencies on using pay and workforce flexibilities for AI talent recruitment and retention.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Federal agencies; agency hiring managers; agency human resources officials; Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer; Chief Human Capital Officer; Chief Financial Officer
• Summary: The document explicitly targets federal agencies and their personnel responsible for recruiting and retaining AI, AI-enabling, and other key technical employees.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
• Summary: OPM has approval authority for certain pay flexibilities and special rates. OMB is mentioned as having a consultation role for critical position pay.

Monitor

• Summary: The document does not specify any monitoring bodies or oversight mechanisms for tracking implementation or effectiveness of these workforce flexibilities.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

No lifecycle stages identified.

AI Lifecycle Summary

This document does not govern any specific AI lifecycle stages. It is a human resources policy document focused on recruiting and retaining AI talent within federal agencies, not on the development, deployment, or operation of AI systems themselves.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

No technical scope terms identified.

Technical Scope Summary

The document mentions AI, AI-enabling, and other key technical employees/positions but does not define or discuss AI models, AI systems, or any specific technical AI concepts. It is focused on human resources management rather than technical AI governance.