WPF submitted comments regarding how commercially available information (CAI)  — also known as data broker data — will be handled by U.S. Executive Agencies. The Request for Information from OMB was an important opportunity to comment on a topic that has only rarely been opened for public comment. OMB Request for Information regarding Executive Branch

The World Privacy Forum has filed comments to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget in response to its Request for Feedback on Draft Guidance: Broadening Public Participation and Community Engagement with the Federal Government. WPF made three specific suggestions to OMB regarding how Privacy Act notices might be managed in a way that facilitates better feedback from those interested specifically in Privacy Act of 1974 notices, which have meaningful bearing on matters relating to data governance, privacy, and data protection.

The first Digital Trust Convention was held in Paris at OECD Headquarters on 15 November, 2024. This event addressed the problems of how to establish trust in people and information in digital spaces, including the challenges created by synthetic content generated or impacted by AI. WPF co-sponsored the event, and Executive Director Pam Dixon was in Paris to participate in person. Her remarks focused on: solutions must do no harm, cautions around inappropriate uses of digital ID, and respect for socio-technical contexts.

WPF Deputy Director Kate Kaye will present her ongoing research regarding AI Governance in Los Angeles on November 12, 2024 in a keynote talk “Deep fakes, AI, and the Era of Content Authenticity” at the CIMM West event in Los Angeles, a gathering of around 200 media and advertising industry data measurement and analytics professionals.

The minute decisions, measurements and methods embedded inside the tools used to govern AI systems directly affect whether policy implementations actually align with policy goals. The government of Chile’s experience using its AI bidding template, and questions inside the agency regarding how to weigh traditional tech procurement criteria such as vendor cost along with newer responsible AI criteria like discriminatory impacts, give a glimpse of the AI governance challenges happening on the ground today. The tensions the Chilean government is dealing with may be a sign of what other organizations around the world could encounter as they put their own responsible AI policies into practice and navigate the policy implications of AI-facilitated decision making.