Rhode Island Executive Order 24-06

• Authority: Rhode Island
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2024-02-29

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
• Governance failure
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

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.

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.

• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Educational Services
• Health Care & Social Assistance

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

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.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

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.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Governor Daniel J. McKee; State of Rhode Island
• Summary: The executive order is issued by the Governor of Rhode Island under his constitutional authority, as stated in the opening declaration.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Deployer
• Entities: 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)
• Summary: 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.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Governor of Rhode Island; Department of Administration; Chief Data Officer; Chief Information Officer
• Summary: 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.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Chief Data Officer; AI Center of Excellence; Data Center of Excellence; AI Task Force; state data governance structure
• Summary: 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.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Collect and Process Data
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

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.

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 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.