Vermont Agency of Digital Services Report regarding Inventory of Artificial Intelligence Usage, pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 3305

• Authority: Vermont
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2022-12-01

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Governance failure
• Lack of capability or robustness
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

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

• Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
• Unequal performance across groups
• Loss of human agency and autonomy

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal to good coverage of approximately 6-8 subdomains, with primary focus on AI system safety and failures (7.3, 7.4), governance (6.5), unfair discrimination (1.1, 1.3), and limited coverage of privacy/security (2.2). The document emphasizes monitoring, bias testing, and remediation measures for AI systems used in state government.

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.

• Health Care & Social Assistance

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document governs AI use across all Vermont state government operations, which spans multiple sectors including Public Administration (primary focus), Health Care and Social Assistance (through case management examples), and potentially other sectors where state agencies operate. The governance is cross-sectoral, applying to any AI systems procured, developed, or used by state government.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a government report implementing a legislative mandate (Act 132) with binding requirements for state agencies to maintain an AI inventory and conduct bias testing, with enforcement through state administrative oversight.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Vermont Legislature; Agency of Digital Services (ADS); Division of Artificial Intelligence
• Summary: The Vermont Legislature passed Act 132 which created the inventory requirement. The Agency of Digital Services, through its Division of Artificial Intelligence, is proposing recommendations for maintaining and updating the inventory.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Deployer
• Entities: State Government agencies; Vermont State Government
• Summary: The document explicitly targets state government entities that develop, employ, or procure AI systems. State agencies are the entities required to report their AI usage and comply with inventory requirements.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Agency of Digital Services (ADS); Division of Artificial Intelligence
• Summary: The Agency of Digital Services, specifically its Division of Artificial Intelligence, is designated to maintain the inventory, conduct reviews, and implement remediation measures for problematic AI systems.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Agency of Digital Services (ADS); Division of Artificial Intelligence; National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST)
• Summary: The Agency of Digital Services is responsible for ongoing monitoring and annual review of the AI inventory. NIST is referenced as a policy-making body providing guidance on monitoring approaches.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Collect and Process Data
• Build and Use Model
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily focuses on the Deploy and Operate and Monitor lifecycle stages, with emphasis on post-deployment monitoring, bias testing, and remediation of AI systems already in use by Vermont state government. It also addresses aspects of Verify and Validate through bias testing requirements.

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 AI systems and automated decision systems but does not reference specific AI categories like frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, or compute thresholds. The focus is on AI systems broadly used in state government operations.