Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on February 12, 2026 that all DC Government employees and contractors must complete mandatory Responsible AI training. Delivered in partnership with InnovateUS as two self-paced online courses (~2 hours total), the training covers generative AI use in government and AI risk and resilience including privacy, hallucinations, and bias. Employees and contractors are required to complete the training within 90 days of notification; those who do not comply within the window have access to AI tools restricted. This makes Washington DC the first major US city to introduce mandatory AI training with an explicit enforcement mechanism tied directly to training completion.
Scoring note: Dimension 11 scores 1 — AI training is mandatory for civil servants and contractors with a defined curriculum standard; the training is for the existing workforce rather than a pre-deployment verification requirement, so it does not fully reach dim-11 = 2. Dimension 12 scores 2 — there are explicit consequences specifically for failing to complete the required AI training (AI tool access is restricted for non-compliant employees), meeting the threshold for dim-12 = 2.