Algorithmic Transparency in the Public Sector A state-of-the-art report of algorithmic transparency instruments

This report overviews algorithmic transparency instruments in the public sector and focuses on repositories or registers of public algorithms. It is a preliminary report of the “Algorithmic Transparency in the Public Sector” project developed by experts from the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI). In the project's subsequent phases, additional reports will be produced based on three in-depth case studies of public algorithmic repositories. The case studies will include interviews with diverse stakeholders to evaluate this type of transparency instrument. GPAI experts from the Responsible AI and Data Governance Working Groups contribute to this project. The project's objective is to study algorithmic transparency in the public sector with an emphasis on assessing transparency instruments, both reactive and proactive, that may allow governments to comply with algorithmic transparency principles, standards, and rules. The project will study the strengths and weaknesses of these instruments, the challenges of building them, their diverse usages and users, costs, how instruments complement each other, and their potential contributions to transparency and different goals (e.g., explainability, accountability).