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AI can now draft a competent-looking strategic plan in minutes, so the hard part has moved to running it: owners, updates and governance. ClearPoint shows which owners haven't updated yet, so teams can follow up before the review.

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What's inside
  1. What AI governance is
  2. Why it matters now: the maturity gap
  3. The NIST AI Risk Management Framework
  4. The six parts of an AI governance framework
  5. AI regulations going live in 2026
  6. A 90-day plan to put it in place

Start with the basics

  1. 1AI Initiative Inventory: The First Step to AI Governance
    10 min read
  2. 2NIST AI RMF Explained: How GOVERN, MAP, MEASURE, and MANAGE Apply to Your Organization
    9 min read
  3. 3The 6 Best Strategic Planning Software Platforms in 2026, Compared
    22 min read
  4. 4How AI Is Transforming Strategic Planning in 2026
    9 min read
  5. 5Board-Ready AI Reporting: From Chaos to 60-Second Exports
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Quick answers

AI can now draft a competent-looking strategic plan in minutes, so the hard part has moved to running it: owners, updates and governance. ClearPoint shows which owners haven't updated yet, so teams can follow up before the review.

  • Assign one named human owner, with a backup, to every AI system: on ClearPoint, initiatives with a named owner complete at 2.5x the rate (21.5% vs. 8.7%), and AI metrics need the same ownership.
  • Inventory every AI system, shadow tools included, and tag each with a risk tier.
  • Wire AI governance metrics into the strategic scorecard you already review, then follow the 90-day plan: foundations, inventory and risk tiers, then operating cadence.
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October 22, 2026

What AI governance laws apply to local governments in 2026?

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Texas TRAIGA is the most directly relevant: effective January 1, 2026, it requires agencies to disclose when residents interact with AI and bans government social scoring and biometric identification without consent. California SB 53 targets frontier-model developers rather than municipalities, and Colorado's SB 24-205 never took effect before it was repealed and reenacted as SB 26-189, whose developer documentation requirements begin January 1, 2027. Treat every deadline as provisional, because a December 2025 federal executive order created a task force to challenge state AI laws in court.

What is an AI initiative inventory?

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An AI initiative inventory is a comprehensive catalog of every AI tool, model, and system used across an organization — including who owns it, what data it accesses, and what decisions it influences.

How long should it take to generate an AI governance board report?

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With a system of record in place, minutes, not days: if every AI initiative already carries an owner, a status, a risk tier and live KPIs, the report is one export rather than a from-scratch build. If it still takes days, you have a system problem, not a reporting problem.

What is the NIST AI Risk Management Framework?

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The NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0, document NIST AI 100-1) is a voluntary framework from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, released January 26, 2023. It gives organizations a structured, repeatable way to identify, assess, and manage the risks of AI systems across their full lifecycle, from design and development to deployment and retirement. Version 1.0 is still the current edition; there is no 2.0 as of 2026.

What counts as shadow AI?

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Shadow AI is any AI tool or feature used for the organization's work without IT or governance approval, the AI-era version of shadow IT. According to IDC (2025), 56% of employees use unauthorized AI tools while only 23% use AI their organization governs.

How does NYPA manage AI governance?

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NYPA runs AI governance inside ClearPoint Strategy, the system of record it already used, instead of standing up a separate program. Each AI initiative gets a named owner, a status, a risk tier, measurable outcomes and a review cadence, like any other strategic initiative.

What is AI actually good for in strategic planning?

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Drafting, analysis and scenario modeling. AI can produce a competent-looking plan in minutes, but generic AI gets you a faster first draft, not a plan that runs. The useful AI is the kind that helps execution: updating measures, flagging what's off track and preparing board reports.

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