# Establish AI governance policies, roles and accountability (Govern)

- **Record type**: Obligation
- **Instrument**: NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) and Generative AI Profile
- **Jurisdiction**: United States
- **Category**: governance_accountability
- **Binding**: No
- **Provision**: GOVERN function

## In brief

Establish AI governance policies, roles and accountability (Govern) is a voluntary measure under the NIST AI RMF in the United States (GOVERN function). Govern covers policies and procedures for AI risk, roles and responsibilities, workforce diversity and training, organisational culture, stakeholder engagement, and third-party risk management. The record carries 1 evidence example and mappings to 1 framework.

## What the duty requires

Govern covers policies and procedures for AI risk, roles and responsibilities, workforce diversity and training, organisational culture, stakeholder engagement, and third-party risk management. It is the cross-cutting function that supports the other three.

## What an organisation does about it

Adopt an AI policy, assign owners, and set a risk-tolerance statement approved by leadership.

## Controls that meet this duty

- AI governance policy and accountability structure (satisfies): https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/ai-governance-policy-and-accountability
- AI literacy and role-based training programme (supports): https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/ai-literacy-and-role-based-training
- Vendor and third-party AI due diligence (supports): https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/third-party-ai-due-diligence

## Parent instrument

- NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) and Generative AI Profile
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-nist-ai-rmf
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-nist-ai-rmf.md

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-OBL-0112 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0112; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/us-nist-ai-rmf-govern
- **Official source**: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ai/NIST.AI.100-1.pdf
- **Provision**: GOVERN function
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Establish AI governance policies, roles and accountability (Govern) (NIST AI RMF)" [AIPT-OBL-0112, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0112 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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