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The AI Policy Every Local Gov Needs Before It's a Headline

60 min
Jul 27, 2026 4:00 PM
Virtual (Zoom)

In this video

What you'll learn

The risk you already carry

Your staff already use AI. With no policy, the exposure is yours: public records, bad outputs, vendors you cannot vet.

What actually goes in the policy

The skeleton you can adopt: acceptable use, disclosure, human review, records handling, and how to vet AI vendors.

How to get it adopted and keep it real

Through council and your organization, who owns it, and the review cadence. A living policy, not a binder on a shelf.

Why this topic matters

Every city is about to have an AI problem, and being unprepared is a choice. A staffer pastes resident data into a chatbot, or an AI notice goes out wrong, and now it is a public records request or a headline with your name on it. You do not need to be a technologist. You need a policy and the judgment to govern it. This hour gives you the skeleton and shows you how to write yours.

You'll learn from

Joshua Penner

Joshua Penner

Former Mayor & WA State Legislator · Govtech founder · Marine vet

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