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government-applicant-bias-coverage-lab

Government Applicant Bias Coverage Lab v0.1 draft. Profile of the Evidence Bundle spec scoped to pre-deployment + ongoing-monitoring bias / equity-coverage evidence for AI tools used by federal / state / local government agencies in benefit determination, federal contracting, regulatory permitting, social-services eligibility, and federal/state agency personnel management. Anchored to OMB M-24-10 §5(d) rights-impacting AI impact-assessment requirements + Section 1557 (federal financial assistance) + Title VI + Title IX + ADA Title II (state + local government accessibility) + OFCCP-equivalent obligations for federal contractors + state civil-rights statutes.

Part of the Kinetic Gain Protocol Suite.

Status: v0.1 draft. Profile at profile.json, canonical example at examples/prfsa-govdecide-2026q4/.

Why this exists

OMB M-24-10 §5(d) requires federal agencies to conduct impact assessments + ongoing monitoring on rights-impacting AI systems. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act extends to all programs receiving federal financial assistance (so federal-benefit AI tools AND federal-contract AI tools are both in scope). ADA Title II adds accessibility obligations for state and local government AI use. Title VI implementing regulations (28 CFR §42.405(d)) add Limited English Proficiency (LEP) obligations — a uniquely-government bias dimension that doesn't appear in private-sector verticals.

A federal agency, state agency, or local jurisdiction running AI decision-support needs a single bias-coverage bundle that addresses all of those obligations at once. This profile defines it.

Coverage status taxonomy

Code Description
met n ≥ 30 AND gap ≤ threshold AND four-fifths ratio ≥ 0.80
below-threshold n < 30
not-represented n = 0
gap-exceeded n adequate but gap > threshold
four-fifths-violation Selection-rate ratio < 0.80; OMB M-24-10 §5(d) impact-assessment trigger; agency civil rights office referral pathway evaluation REQUIRED
remediation-pending Gap acknowledged with documented remediation
accessibility-pathway-impairment Accommodation-requesters or LEP-disclosed subjects' selection rate materially below comparator — ADA Title II / Title VI LEP pathway not working
agency-civil-rights-finding-pending Finding from agency civil rights office (ED OCR, HHS OCR, DOJ Civil Rights Section, agency EEO office) pending

The accessibility-pathway-impairment status is GovTech-unique in scope: it captures ADA Title II + Title VI LEP pathway failures independent of disparate-impact analysis. agency-civil-rights-finding-pending is a federal-agency-specific status (no equivalent in private-sector verticals) because federal agencies have their OWN internal civil-rights offices in addition to external regulator pathways.

Subgroup taxonomies (6)

OMB SPD 15 revised race+ethnicity · sex at birth · ADA disability status · VEVRAA veteran status · ADEA age band · Title VI Limited English Proficiency (LEP) — the LEP dimension is GovTech-unique and crucial for federal benefit programs where language access materially affects outcome.

Canonical example

examples/prfsa-govdecide-2026q4/ — PRFSA 2026 Q4 OMB M-24-10 §5(d) impact-assessment bundle for VendorG GovDecide v3.x. Worked decision document is for the four-fifths-violation event: AIAN + LEP + rural applicants showed a 0.58 selection-rate ratio vs WHITE non-Hispanic non-LEP non-rural comparator. Triggered agency civil rights office referral. Cross-references the audit-stream + OMB M-24-10 readiness bundle siblings.

Composes with

Repo Role
evidence-bundle-spec Base spec
government-decision-record-audit-stream Audit events feed bias analysis
omb-m24-10-readiness-evidence-bundle Broader OMB readiness bundle this feeds into
Sibling bias labs across 6 prior verticals (clinical / student / mortgage / insurance / employment / financial) Same architecture, different per-vertical regulatory anchors

Compliance posture

GovTech-readiness scaffolding for federal / state / local government AI bias / equity coverage evidence. Supports an agency's program toward OMB M-24-10 §5(d) impact-assessment readiness, Title VI / Section 1557 / ADA Title II / OFCCP-equivalent alignment, EEOC four-fifths-rule alignment, and agency civil rights office referral readiness. Does not by itself establish compliance with any of those statutes or rules. Per the standing public-language guardrail: readiness · evidence · posture · controls · scaffolding — never "OMB-M-24-10-attested" or "Title-VI-compliant" without an external attestation.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

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Profile of evidence-bundle-spec scoped to federal/state/local government AI bias coverage. OMB M-24-10 Sec.5(d) + Title VI + ADA Title II + Section 1557 + OFCCP-equivalent + EEOC four-fifths. GovTech-unique LEP dimension + accessibility-pathway-impairment + agency-civil-rights-finding statuses.

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