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AI governance committee

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The cross-functional body that takes the decisions a gate cannot: accepting residual risk above a product owner's authority, granting exceptions, weighing value trade-offs and approving the policy set. It decides; the pipeline's gates enforce its decisions and record the evidence. US federal agencies run such boards by mandate 1.

Developed in
ch. 12, The committee decides, the gates enforce
Chapters
ch. 12, Governance Program
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

One chapter of the Body of Knowledge uses the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Patterns that use this term

One pattern page uses the term.

  • Residual risk

    What is left of a risk once treatment is applied.

Sources

  1. [1] OMB Memorandum M-25-21, Accelerating Federal Use of AI through Innovation, Governance, and Public Trust (agency AI Governance Boards chaired at Deputy Secretary level with IT, cybersecurity, data, budget, legal, privacy, civil rights and civil liberties representation). Office of Management and Budget, The White House. 2025-04-03. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/M-25-21-Accelerating-Federal-Use-of-AI-through-Innovation-Governance-and-Public-Trust.pdf (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). AI governance committee. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/ai-governance-committee. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026aigovernancecommittee,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{AI governance committee}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/ai-governance-committee}
}