National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, Section 909 ("Digital talent recruiting officer")

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: NDAA provisions;U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2021-12-27

Risk subdomain coverage

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal to no coverage of AI risk domains. It is a workforce recruitment policy focused on hiring digital talent (including AI skills) for the Department of Defense. It does not address AI risks, harms, or safety measures. The document mentions AI only as a skill area for recruitment, not as a source of risk to be governed.

Sector coverage

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

• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document governs recruitment practices within the National Security sector, specifically the Department of Defense. It does not regulate AI use across economic sectors but rather addresses internal workforce development for digital talent including AI skills within the DoD.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal statute enacted by the U.S. Congress as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. It contains mandatory obligations using 'shall' language and creates legally enforceable requirements for the Secretary of Defense.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is Section 909 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, which is enacted by the United States Congress. Congress is the legislative body that proposed and enacted this governance measure.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Department of Defense; Secretary of Defense; Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department of Defense; military departments
• Summary: The document applies to and regulates the Department of Defense and its components. It mandates actions by the Secretary of Defense, requires designation of a chief digital recruiting officer within the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, and involves military departments and other DoD organizations.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Congressional defense committees; Secretary of Defense
• Summary: The congressional defense committees serve as the primary enforcement mechanism through oversight via mandatory annual briefings. The Secretary of Defense has internal enforcement authority to ensure compliance with the designation and resourcing requirements.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Congressional defense committees
• Summary: The congressional defense committees are designated as the monitoring body through the annual briefing requirement, which includes reporting on recruitment efforts, accomplishments, and challenges.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

No lifecycle stages identified.

AI Lifecycle Summary

This document does not govern the AI lifecycle stages of development, deployment, or monitoring. Instead, it addresses workforce recruitment and human capital management for positions involving AI skills. It is a human resources policy, not an AI governance policy that regulates AI systems or models.

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 mentions artificial intelligence only as a skill area for civilian recruitment ('digital talent'), not as a technical system or model to be governed. It does not define or regulate AI models, AI systems, or any specific AI technical categories. This is a workforce policy, not an AI technical governance document.