2026 IT-17 Use of Artificial Intelligence in State of Ohio Solutions

• Authority: Ohio
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2026-01-05

Risk subdomain coverage

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Sector coverage

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

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This policy exclusively governs AI use within Ohio state government agencies, boards, and commissions. It establishes comprehensive requirements for public administration entities regarding AI planning, procurement, security, privacy, and governance. No private sector industries are regulated by this internal government policy.

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

AI Lifecycle Summary

This Ohio state policy comprehensively covers all stages of the AI lifecycle. It addresses planning and design through use case identification and risk assessment; data collection through data quality testing and governance; model building through training requirements; validation through testing and verification protocols; deployment through approval processes; and ongoing monitoring through continuous output validation and audits. The policy establishes end-to-end governance requirements for AI solutions used by 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 extensively covers AI systems, AI models, and Generative AI as specific technical categories. It does not mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, predictive AI, open-source models, or compute thresholds. The focus is on practical governance of AI technologies used by Ohio state agencies, with particular emphasis on Generative AI.