The state’s AI playbook.
Your first 90 days.
On November 12, 2026, the Georgia Technology Authority released its Local Government AI Playbook for cities and counties starting from scratch. This page turns it into a plan you can work through, with the tools and training to do each step.
The playbook in five minutes
Before buying AI, set policy, take inventory, form oversight and train people. The playbook is built on four foundations.
Establish AI governance
Name who is accountable, form a review committee, set rules for what staff can use and what data can go in, and know what AI you already have.
Evaluate and implement AI projects
Start with the problem. Check whether a better form, website update or process change would do. Scale review to risk, test, then decide whether to expand.
Support workforce productivity
Give staff approved accounts, clear data rules and a way to report problems, so the AI they already use is used safely.
Build an AI-ready workforce
Train employees for their roles, and keep qualified people checking what AI produces.
Rules worth taping to the wall
- Don't buy AI because a vendor is selling it or a neighbor is using it.
- Find out what employees already use before writing rules for it.
- Monitor actual use, not just the written policy.
- AI never makes benefits, employment, enforcement, safety or service-access decisions alone.
- Tell residents when they are dealing with AI, and give them a way to reach a person.
- For AI agents: limit permissions, require human approval for consequential actions, keep activity logs and be able to switch them off fast.
- Go at a pace that fits your capacity. The playbook is a flexible guide, not a mandate.
Match review to risk
Low
Simpler controls. Example: drafting or summarizing approved information, with an employee reviewing the result.
Moderate
Reviewed by a cross-functional AI committee.
High
Extensive assessment and executive approval. Always applies to law enforcement, surveillance, public safety, large-scale sensitive data, decisions affecting rights or service access, and AI that can act: change records, send official messages or spend money.
Prohibited
Not allowed unless the governing body formally changes the policy after legal and public review.
Read the full playbook from the Georgia Technology Authority for its templates: a use case intake form, vendor review questions, policy examples and training recommendations.
Build your first 90 days
The playbook's suggested phases, not hard deadlines. Check off steps as you go. Each step links to a tool that helps you do it.
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Make it repeatable
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Pilot and be transparent
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AI Ready Georgia is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Georgia Technology Authority. This is an independent companion to the state’s playbook. When in doubt, the playbook and your attorney are the authority. Not legal advice.
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