Statistical Auditing and Governance Reporting for Employment AI Systems.
AIGovernance
Statistical Auditing and Governance Reporting for Employment AI Systems
Disclaimer:
AIGovernanceprovides statistical auditing and documentation support tools only. It does not provide legal advice and does not certify compliance with any law or regulation.
Motivation
Organisations deploying AI systems in employment decisions face growing regulatory requirements — from the EEOC 4/5ths adverse impact rule to NYC Local Law 144 (mandatory annual bias audits for AEDTs) to the EU AI Act (High Risk classification for employment AI). Yet no dedicated R package provides a unified statistical workflow for these governance tasks.
AIGovernance fills this gap as a focused MVP for the employment domain.
Frameworks Covered (v0.1.0)
| Framework | Jurisdiction | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| EEOC Uniform Guidelines | US Federal | Adverse impact (4/5ths rule), Fisher & Z tests |
| NYC Local Law 144 | New York City | Impact ratio table, disclosure format, procedural checklist |
| NIST AI RMF 1.0 | US (voluntary) | GOVERN / MAP / MEASURE / MANAGE scoring |
| EU AI Act | European Union | Risk tier classification, Annex III, key obligations |
Installation
# From GitHub (development version)
remotes::install_github("causalfragility-lab/AIGovernance")
# From CRAN (once accepted)
install.packages("AIGovernance")
Quick Start
library(AIGovernance)
# --- 1. Built-in synthetic hiring data ---
data(hiring_sim)
# --- 2. Build governance object ---
gov <- aigov_build(
data = hiring_sim,
outcome = selected,
group = race_ethnicity,
ref_group = "White",
frameworks = c("EEOC", "NYC_LL144", "NIST_RMF"),
org_name = "Acme Corporation",
system_name = "ResumeAI v1.0"
)
# --- 3. Check applicable laws ---
aigov_scope(gov, domain = "employment", us_state = "NY")
# --- 4. EEOC adverse impact ---
gov <- aigov_adverse_impact(gov)
# --- 5. NYC Local Law 144 ---
gov <- aigov_audit_nyc(gov)
# --- 6. NIST AI RMF ---
gov <- aigov_audit_nist(gov, responses = list(
GOVERN_1_1 = TRUE, MAP_1_1 = TRUE, MEASURE_1_1 = TRUE
))
# --- 7. EU AI Act risk classification ---
gov <- aigov_classify(gov, domain = "employment",
makes_final_decision = TRUE,
human_oversight = FALSE)
# --- 8. Generate HTML report ---
aigov_report(gov, format = "html")
Core Functions
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
aigov_build() | Construct governance audit object |
aigov_scope() | Determine applicable frameworks by domain + jurisdiction |
aigov_adverse_impact() | EEOC 4/5ths rule + statistical tests |
aigov_audit_nyc() | NYC Local Law 144 impact ratios + checklist |
aigov_audit_nist() | NIST AI RMF 1.0 GOVERN/MAP/MEASURE/MANAGE scoring |
aigov_classify() | EU AI Act risk tier + NIST risk tier |
aigov_checklist() | Display checklist items for any framework |
aigov_report() | Generate HTML audit report |
Ecosystem
AIGovernance is designed to work alongside:
| Package | Role |
|---|---|
decisionpaths | Longitudinal decision path construction |
DecisionDrift | Temporal drift detection in repeated AI decisions |
AIBias | Longitudinal bias amplification analysis |
Planned for v0.2.0
aigov_monitor()— threshold-based drift alertsaigov_remediate()— actionable remediation suggestions- Colorado AI Act (SB 205) module
- Illinois AI Video Interview Act module
- Integration with
AIBiasandDecisionDriftobjects
References
- EEOC (1978). Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures. Federal Register, 43(166), 38295–38309.
- New York City Local Law 144 (2021, effective 2023). https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/about/automated-employment-decision-tools.page
- NIST (2023). AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0). https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.AI.100-1
- European Parliament and Council (2024). Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (EU AI Act). https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory-framework-ai
Citation
@Manual{Hait2026AIGovernance,
title = {AIGovernance: Statistical Auditing and Governance Reporting
for Employment AI Systems},
author = {Hait, Subir},
year = {2026},
note = {R package version 0.1.0},
url = {https://github.com/causalfragility-lab/AIGovernance}
}
Author
Subir Hait
Michigan State University
[email protected]
ORCID: 0009-0004-9871-9677
License
MIT © Subir Hait.