Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard
The Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS) establishes a standardised way for public sector organisations to publish information about how and why they are using algorithmic tools.
UK
2023
Explore 2 projects in the Automated Decision-making Systems (ADS) category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.
"Automated decision systems (ADS) gather and evaluate information about a situation, determine the need for a decision, identify or develop relevant alternative courses of action, select an action, and then apply the action as a solution."
\- Luanne Burns Chamberlain, Lauren Eisenberg Davis, Martin Stanley, & BrianGattoni in "Automated Decision Systems for Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security"
Automated Decisionmaking Systems and other AI go so far as to make decisions at scale. These systems can have deep impacts on communities.
For example, ""Computer algorithms have made eligibility decisions about almost all of the 92 million low-income people in the United States when they enroll in programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP."
\- AI and Government Workers: Use Cases in Public Administration. By Samantha Shorey for the Roosevelt Institute (2025)"
The Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS) establishes a standardised way for public sector organisations to publish information about how and why they are using algorithmic tools.
Course designed and taught by Soizic Pénicaud at Sciences Po Paris’ Graduate School of Public Affairs in September-December 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.