Covered AI information systems must receive agency authorization before deployment.

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  "id": "AIR-1003DA2A0B",
  "version": "0300bded90f382ce",
  "kind": "rule",
  "lifecycle": "LEGACY_PUBLISHED",
  "title": "Covered AI information systems must receive agency authorization before deployment.",
  "statement": "Covered AI information system must receive authorization to operate.",
  "family": "Governance",
  "body": {
    "legacy": {
      "id": "AIR-1003DA2A0B",
      "version": 2,
      "title": "Covered AI information systems must receive agency authorization before deployment.",
      "text": "Covered AI information system must receive authorization to operate.",
      "topic": "Governance",
      "intent": "receive authorization to operate",
      "status": "candidate",
      "semanticStatus": "human-validation-required",
      "variants": [
        {
          "sourceId": "omb-m-25-22",
          "control": "4(e)(i)",
          "sourceVersion": "M-25-22",
          "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/M-25-22-Driving-Efficient-Acquisition-of-Artificial-Intelligence-in-Government.pdf#page=11",
          "actor": "Covered AI information system",
          "modality": "must",
          "action": "receive",
          "object": "authorization to operate",
          "condition": "Operated by or for an agency",
          "exception": null,
          "timing": "Before deployment",
          "authority": "binding-within-defined-federal-scope",
          "jurisdiction": "United States",
          "checkedAt": "2026-09-28",
          "status": "interpretation-needs-review",
          "examples": {
            "meetsRule": "Covered AI information system performs the required action \"receive\" for authorization to operate within these source conditions: Operated by or for an agency, and retains evidence.",
            "doesNotMeetRule": "Covered AI information system omits the required action \"receive\" for authorization to operate while those source conditions apply.",
            "outOfScope": "The actor, activity, jurisdiction, or applicability conditions in this source variant do not match."
          }
        }
      ],
      "situation": "An AI system or employee activity involves authorization to operate. Confirm the actor and source conditions before using this template.",
      "purpose": "Provide a traceable control for the action: receive authorization to operate.",
      "examples": {
        "meetsRule": "Covered AI information system performs the required action \"receive\" for authorization to operate within these source conditions: Operated by or for an agency, and retains evidence.",
        "doesNotMeetRule": "Covered AI information system omits the required action \"receive\" for authorization to operate while those source conditions apply.",
        "outOfScope": "The actor, activity, jurisdiction, or applicability conditions in this source variant do not match."
      },
      "evidence": [
        "Dated record of the action",
        "Responsible actor and approval, where required",
        "Applicable source edition and scope"
      ],
      "enforcement": {
        "mode": "policy-template",
        "adapter": "Human or authorized system adapter required",
        "machineExecutable": false
      },
      "limitations": [
        "A rule card is an interpretation aid, not an applicability determination.",
        "Equivalent intent does not make different source obligations interchangeable."
      ],
      "createdAt": "2026-10-03",
      "updatedAt": "2026-10-03"
    },
    "sourceRelease": "2026-10-03.2",
    "adopted": false,
    "machineExecutable": false
  },
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      "to": "REQ-f93a18bb1ab3c8736a53@6fe19328547cb66a",
      "kind": "SUPPORTED_BY_SOURCE_REQUIREMENT",
      "status": "SOURCE_REPORTED_REVIEW_REQUIRED",
      "body": {
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      "resolution": "RESOLVED_REFERENCE_REVIEW_REQUIRED"
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}