Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, Section 1007 ("Use of technology using artificial intelligence to facilitate audit of the financial statements of the Department of Defense for fiscal…

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: FY2025 NDAA;NDAA provisions
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2024-12-23

Risk subdomain coverage

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal risk domain coverage, with only implicit mention of AI system security (2.2) through the context of financial audit systems. The document is primarily procedural, encouraging AI adoption for audits without addressing specific AI risks or harms. No other risk subdomains are substantively covered.

Sector coverage

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

• National Security

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document exclusively governs AI use within the Public Administration and National Security sectors, specifically within the Department of Defense and its military departments for financial audit purposes. No other economic sectors are regulated.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative provision enacted by the U.S. Congress as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, with mandatory language directing specific government officials to take action.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is Section 1007 of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, which is enacted by the United States Congress as the legislative authority.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Deployer
• Entities: Department of Defense; Department of the Army; Department of the Navy; Department of the Air Force; Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office
• Summary: The provision explicitly directs the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments to encourage AI use for audits, making these government entities both the targets of the governance measure and the deployers of AI technology.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office; Inspector General of the Department of Defense
• Summary: The Director of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office is explicitly tasked with overseeing adoption in coordination with the Inspector General, establishing these entities as the enforcement and oversight bodies.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office; Inspector General of the Department of Defense; Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
• Summary: The same entities responsible for oversight are also responsible for monitoring implementation, with the Inspector General having traditional audit and monitoring responsibilities within DoD.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, as it focuses on encouraging adoption and overseeing implementation of AI technologies for financial audits. There is minimal coverage of earlier stages like planning or model development.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Models
• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies but does not specify particular types of AI models or systems. It does not reference frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, or compute thresholds. The focus is on AI/ML technologies for financial audit purposes.