Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has formally established a new Technology Quality Assurance Board aimed at overseeing the secure and responsible deployment of emerging technologies across state government agencies.
The board, known as the TQAB, was created under Act 2025-369, legislation signed by Ivey in May 2025 that expanded the responsibilities of the Alabama Office of Information Technology to include enhanced cybersecurity oversight. The law also called for the formation of a centralized body to guide adoption of advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence.
The TQAB fulfills a key recommendation from the Governor’s Task Force on Generative Artificial Intelligence, which concluded in November 2024 that Alabama needed a formal governance structure to evaluate and monitor the use of generative AI and other new digital tools in state operations.
“The TQAB is a critical step forward in ensuring Alabama’s use of technology is not only innovative, but also secure, ethical and aligned with the public interest,” Ivey said in a statement. She said the board will assess new tools with a focus on cybersecurity, privacy protections and operational effectiveness.
The board will include representatives from the Alabama Office of Information Technology, Department of Finance, Law Enforcement Agency, Department of Education, Medicaid Agency, Department of Revenue and Department of Transportation. Members will collaborate to review proposed technologies, establish statewide standards and ensure that new systems protect citizen data while improving public services.
In addition to oversight, the TQAB will help implement broader recommendations from the AI task force. These include adopting the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s AI Risk Management Framework, developing internal agency policies for generative AI use and launching AI training programs for state employees.
State officials said the new governance structure is designed to balance innovation with accountability, positioning Alabama to modernize government services while strengthening safeguards around data security and ethical technology use.
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