Mississippi Executive Order No. 1584

• Authority: Mississippi
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2025-01-08

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
• Compromise of privacy
• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Overreliance and unsafe use
• Governance failure
• Lack of capability or robustness
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of risk domains, with brief mentions of privacy (2.1), security vulnerabilities (2.2), and governance failure (6.5). The executive order primarily focuses on establishing an inventory and policy development process rather than addressing specific AI risks in detail. Coverage is concentrated in governance structures and high-level principles rather than specific risk mitigation measures.

Sector coverage

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

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

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

• Information
• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This executive order governs AI use across all Mississippi state government agencies, which primarily operates in the Public Administration sector. The document establishes governance requirements for AI technologies used in delivering government services across all state agencies, excluding higher education institutions.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding executive order issued by the Governor of Mississippi with legal authority under state law, directing state agencies to comply with specific requirements including inventory completion, cooperation with ITS, and policy development.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Governor Tate Reeves; Office of the Governor of Mississippi
• Summary: The executive order is issued by Governor Tate Reeves under his constitutional and statutory authority as Governor of Mississippi.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Deployer
• Entities: Mississippi state agencies; Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (ITS)
• Summary: The executive order applies to all Mississippi state agencies (excluding Institutions of Higher Learning) that are planning, piloting, acquiring, developing, or utilizing AI technologies. ITS is both a target (must develop policies) and an implementing body.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (ITS)
• Summary: ITS is explicitly directed and empowered to conduct the inventory, evaluate processes, develop policy recommendations, and coordinate with state agencies. ITS has the authority to require agencies to complete forms and provide information.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (ITS)
• Summary: ITS is tasked with evaluating existing AI processes and uses across state agencies, facilitating statewide coordination, and may engage stakeholders to advise on best practices. ITS will oversee the implementation of AI policies across state government.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Build and Use Model
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document covers multiple AI lifecycle stages with emphasis on planning, deployment, and monitoring. It addresses the entire lifecycle from planning and acquisition through development, deployment, and ongoing operation of AI systems within Mississippi state agencies.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Models
• AI Systems
• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly defines both 'artificial intelligence' and 'generative AI' with specific technical definitions. It uses the federal definition from 15 U.S.C. 9401(3) for AI and provides a separate definition for generative AI. The document does not mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds.