Government Generative AI and AI Agents: Practical Application, Governance, Procurement, and Acceptance
The 6-hour essentials edition of GoAI 101 for central and local government agencies, with the same audience and eight capability facets as the 8-hour full edition: AI-use judgment, workflows and human gates, trusted data and tool permissions, governance and human oversight, reliability and testing, through procurement requirements and acceptance decisions. Six modules, 20-question pre- and post-tests.
Which edition should I take?
GoAI 101 comes in two editions with the same audience and the same eight capability facets; they differ in time and practice depth. Choose by the time your agency can release.
GoAI 101 · 6-Hour Essentials Edition: Only six hours can be released, and you want the same eight facets through integrated practice.
| Item | 8-Hour Full | 6-Hour Essentials (You are viewing this edition) |
|---|---|---|
| Learning hours | 8 hours | 6 hours |
| Modules | 8 modules | 6 modules |
| Practice and artifacts | 8 activities with separate artifacts, integrated into a Canvas at the end | 6 activities whose outputs go straight into one integrated Canvas |
| Tools, procurement, and acceptance | Tools / API / MCP, procurement requirements, and acceptance each have a full module | Merged into "data and tool permissions" and "procurement and acceptance decisions"; less technical detail |
| Assessment | Pre-test and post-test; 24-question post-test | 20-question pre-test and post-test |
| Certificate | L1 completion certificate stating the 8-hour edition and learning hours | L1 completion certificate stating the 6-hour edition and learning hours |
| L2 capability certificate | Separately requires a full Canvas reviewed by a Credential Admin | Separately requires the full 14-field Canvas reviewed by a Credential Admin (same standard) |
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GoAI 101 · 6h · Module 1: Government AI Use Judgment and Responsibility Boundaries
Curriculum
- Module 1Government AI Use Judgment and Responsibility BoundariesHow far may AI go on this task?
- Module 2Government AI Workflows and Human GatesHow does AI enter the workflow, and when must it hand back to a human?
- Module 3Trusted Data, Tool Connection, and PermissionsWhat may AI know, look up, and do?
- Module 4Government AI Governance, Security, and Human OversightWho is accountable, who approves, and how are risks controlled?
- Module 5AI Reliability, Testing, and Failure HandlingHow do you confirm reliability with evidence?
- Module 6Government AI Procurement Requirements and Acceptance DecisionsHow are requirements made verifiable, and how is acceptability decided?
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Practice and assessment
About this course
Outcomes
- Judge the right AI role for a government task and state the human responsibility
- Design an AI workflow with human gates
- Judge what data AI may know and which tool permissions it may hold
- Identify governance gaps and propose concrete controls and accountabilities
- Design tests and judge pass or fail with evidence
- Link requirements to acceptance criteria and make an evidence-based acceptance decision
Prerequisites
- No hard prerequisite
- No programming background required
Who it is for
- Government information and digital-governance staff
- Procurement and contract-management staff
- Business-unit managers and caseworkers
- Acceptance and quality-management staff
- Government staff planning to adopt generative AI or AI agents
Certificate
Earns a course completion certificate (L1); a capability certificate (L2) is also available through additional artifact review.
Requirements to earn it
- Complete all 6 course modules
- Pass the post-test assessment at 80% or higher
- Submit a project artifact and pass review
Course feedback
It takes 2 to 3 minutes and is used to improve the course.