This report analyzes lawsuits that have been filed within the past 10 years arising from the use of algorithm-driven systems to assess people’s eligibility for, or the distribution of, public benefits. It identifies key insights from the various cases into what went wrong and analyzes the legal arguments that plaintiffs have used to challenge those systems in court.
This toolkit provides guidance to protect participant confidentiality in human services research and evaluation, including legal frameworks, risk assessment strategies, and best practices.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
This report by EPIC investigates how automated decision-making (ADM) systems are used across Washington, D.C.’s public services and the resulting impacts on equity, privacy, and access to benefits.
This article explores how AI and Rules as Code are turning law into automated systems, including how governance focused on transparency, explainability, and risk management can ensure these digital legal frameworks stay reliable and fair.
The Digital Benefit Network's Digital Identity Community of Practice held a session to hear considerations from civil rights technologists and human-centered design practitioners on ways to ensure program security while simultaneously promoting equity, enabling accessibility, and minimizing bias.
The AI RMF Playbook offers organizations detailed, voluntary guidance for implementing the NIST AI Risk Management Framework to map, measure, manage, and govern AI risks effectively.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
This report analyzes the growing use of generative AI, particularly large language models, in enabling and scaling fraudulent activities, exploring the evolving tactics, risks, and potential countermeasures.
This strategy document establishes a governance framework and roadmap to ensure responsible, trustworthy, and effective AI use across Canadian federal institutions.
The report examines how AI deployment across state and local public administration such as chatbots, voice transcription, content summarization, and eligibility automation are reshaping government work.
A recap of a community innovation hackathon in Seattle where technologists and students used AI to prototype solutions that help youth discover and access local programs and services.
