AI Auditing AI – Toward Digital Accountability

ASPA-CAP Webinar (Wed., Oct 22, 1 p.m. Eastern)

As AI increasingly influences critical areas such as policing, hiring, health care, finance and cybersecurity, traditional oversight struggles to keep pace with the speed and complexity of modern algorithms. Speaker Alan Shark will draw on real-world examples and emerging governance frameworks.

Bringing Government Accountability Into the Digital Age

YouTube (John Bernard, 15:06 minutes)

Bernard discusses a first-of-its-kind app that uses real government data to create 50 measurable data points for all 50 states, allowing you to see how your state compares and, ultimately, bring government accountability into the digital age.

Outcome-Based Contracting

IBM Center for The Business of Government (Allan Burman)

When using an outcomes-based technique, you not only have to know what you want accomplished, but you also must think through how you are going to measure whether you’ve gotten there.

Resource of the Week:  The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

CFIS is an independent, non-profit think tank established in 1969 whose purpose is to help people and organizations imagine, work with, and shape their futures. Here’s a link to its newest study, a toolkit for strategic foresight.