Wisconsin Executive Order #211

• Authority: Wisconsin
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2023-08-23

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

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 workforce impacts (6.2) and equity considerations (1.1, 6.1). The focus is on establishing a task force to study AI's labor market impacts rather than addressing specific AI risks or harms. Coverage is limited to socioeconomic concerns about employment and inequality.

Sector coverage

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

• Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing
• Trade, Transportation & Utilities
• Educational Services
• Health Care & Social Assistance
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This executive order does not directly govern AI use in specific sectors but rather establishes a task force to study AI's impacts across multiple Wisconsin industries including manufacturing, healthcare, education, transportation, and agriculture. The governance is focused on workforce development and education policy rather than sector-specific AI regulation.

Legislative Status

Other

Legislative Status Summary

This is an executive order establishing a task force to study and make recommendations, not a binding regulatory instrument with enforcement mechanisms. It creates an advisory body without imposing legal obligations on external parties.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Governor Tony Evers; State of Wisconsin
• Summary: The executive order is issued by Governor Tony Evers under the authority vested by the Constitution and laws of Wisconsin, specifically Section 14.019 of the Wisconsin Statutes.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Governor's Task Force on Workforce and Artificial Intelligence; Department of Workforce Development; Department of Administration; Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation; University of Wisconsin System; Wisconsin Technical College System
• Summary: The order applies to and creates the Task Force, which is composed of various state government entities and appointees. The Task Force members are the direct targets who must fulfill the specified duties.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Governor of Wisconsin
• Summary: The Governor has the authority to appoint and remove task force members who serve at the pleasure of the Governor, providing implicit enforcement authority over task force operations.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Governor of Wisconsin; Department of Workforce Development
• Summary: The Task Force is attached to the Department of Workforce Development and reports to the Governor through an advisory action plan, suggesting these entities will monitor the task force's work.

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 does not focus on specific AI lifecycle stages but rather on studying AI's impacts across the entire lifecycle as it affects Wisconsin's workforce. It implicitly covers all stages by directing the task force to analyze AI's labor market impacts comprehensively.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Systems
• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions 'artificial intelligence systems' and 'generative artificial intelligence' but does not define these terms or reference specific technical categories like foundation models, compute thresholds, or open-source models. The focus is on AI's workforce impacts rather than technical specifications.