GOV-04 · Bias Testing & Monitoring Checklist

Purpose

GOV-04 is the canonical Class 3 (Bias and Fairness) governance instrument for legal AI programmes. It provides systematic procedures to detect, measure, and mitigate bias in AI systems before deployment and throughout ongoing operation. Completion of this checklist mitigates the Class 3 +1 modifier in STR-03 and produces Defensibility lens evidence for the Defensible Posture Statement (DPS).

Use this checklist for every AI system in the AI Bill of Materials (AI BoM) that carries a bias monitoring requirement flag. Completed GOV-04 reviews with identified failures must generate GOV-03 Risk Register entries. Level 3 and Level 4 bias incidents escalate to the STR-07 AI Task Force.

Trigger: AI BoM entry confirmed with bias monitoring flag → initiate GOV-04. STR-03 Class 3 modifier (+1) applied when GOV-04 not completed → GOV-04 completion removes modifier.

Ecosystem hooks: STR-03 (Class 3 modifier mitigation) · GOV-03 (Risk Register entries for failures) · VEN-01 (Class 3 vendor score input) · VEN-02 (Section 4 bias testing vendor requirement) · DAT-03 (DPA required before bias test data processing) · STR-07 (Level 3/4 escalation authority) · DPS (Defensibility lens evidence)

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Metric 0 — AI BoM Pre-Check

Before initiating bias testing, confirm the following AI BoM entry fields are complete:

| Check | Required | Status |

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