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Van Buren County adopts AI use policy and moves to formalize shared digital information department with St. Joseph County
Summary
The board approved a countywide AI usage policy that requires staff training and white-listing/black-listing of AI services, and it authorized a formal intergovernmental agreement with St. Joseph County to collaborate on an integrated Digital Information Department (DID).
Van Buren County commissioners voted March 11 to adopt an artificial-intelligence usage policy that applies countywide and requires staff to complete training before being allowed access to county-approved AI tools.
Jerry Heppel, director of the county's DID/IT work, told the board the policy builds on existing IT and sensitive-data protections,…
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