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AI Governance & Digital Risk October 28, 2026

The Guidance Is Gone but the Statute Is Not: AI, Disability, and Employment Decisions After the January 2025 Withdrawals

A video interview with no captions The complainant is known in the filings as D.K. She is Deaf…

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AI Governance & Digital Risk October 12, 2026

The Exemption Is a Query: Who Actually Decides Minnesota’s Medicaid Work Requirement

On January 1, 2027, Minnesota’s Medical Assistance program begins requiring some adults to prove they work. The day…

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AI Governance & Digital Risk September 27, 2026

The Agent Did Not Sign the Contract: Autonomous AI, Public Systems, and the Incident Clause Most Counties Do Not Have

This article reads the same four incidents from the other chair. It sets out what is publicly known,…

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AI Governance & Digital Risk September 14, 2026

Governance Aspiration and Procurement Reality: Reading Microsoft’s Humanist AI Code of Conduct

Novara Consulting Group Insights Heather M. Grizzle Microsoft AI published its Code of Conduct for MAI models on…

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AI Governance & Digital Risk August 30, 2026

The Procurement File Is the Governance System

Artificial intelligence governance is increasingly expressed through policies, committees, principles, inventories, and risk classifications. Those structures matter. But…

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AI Governance & Digital Risk August 25, 2026

When Local Government Automates an Accusation

What a disputed red-light-camera citation reveals about AI governance, private vendors, public data, and institutional accountability Novara Consulting…

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AI Governance & Digital Risk July 12, 2026

The Workforce Wasn’t “Ruined”… The Training Infrastructure Was Dismantled!

For the past several years, executives, commentators, and media panels have repeated the same exhausted narrative over and…

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AI Governance & Digital Risk May 6, 2026

NCG Insight: AI Integration Fails First at the Human Layer

Organizations across nearly every sector are accelerating AI adoption efforts under pressure to improve efficiency, reduce operational overhead,…

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AI Governance & Digital Risk April 30, 2026

When Work Is Delegated to Machines, Governance Becomes the Work

The dominant narrative focuses on speed, scale, and efficiency. Organizations are asking how many hours can be saved,…

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