Virginia tests AI to help agencies review regulations

Benefits

Benefit: Virginia’s Office of Regulatory Management commissioned a 2025 pilot of Vulcan’s AI-assisted regulatory analysis. Vulcan describes a system that maps legal provisions and drafts potential changes. VPM’s interviews with the company and the office’s director document a three-month, $150,000 contract and a process in which agencies review AI suggestions. VPM also distinguishes the state’s already-announced 25% regulatory reduction from the further reduction that officials intended AI to assist. The public reporting does not establish how much AI contributed to any economic savings. Researchers interviewed by VPM questioned whether reduced word or requirement counts demonstrated economic benefit. Statewide savings and housing-cost figures cannot establish money that Vulcan or AI saved. The date is the publication date of VPM’s report. [1] [2] [3]
Category: Improved Organizational Efficiency
Status: intended [1] [2] [3]
Beneficiary groups: Organizations.
Expected?: Yes
Outcome identifiers: Not assessed
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Distribution and access: Not assessed
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Costs and harms: Not assessed

System: Vulcan Justinian [2]
Application developer: Vulcan Technologies
Workflow: The pilot combined AI analysis with government staff review of suggested regulatory changes.
Relation to AI: AI analyzes legal provisions and proposes changes for agency review. Earlier manual reform, policy choices, human review, and implementation are separate components. Their effects are not isolated.
AI contribution: AI analyzes legal provisions and proposes changes for agency review. Earlier manual reform, policy choices, human review, and implementation are separate components. Their effects are not isolated. [1] [2] [3]
Model: Not assessed
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Inputs and outputs: Not assessed
Autonomy: Not assessed
Human oversight: Not assessed

Participants: Developer: Vulcan Technologies. Operator: Virginia Office of Regulatory Management and executive agencies.
Jurisdictions: Benefit: Virginia, United States.
Ownership and control: Not assessed
Dependencies: Not assessed
Cross-border connections: Not assessed
Geopolitical implications: Not assessed

Conditions for replication: Proposed changes need legal and policy review. Net benefits and costs require outcome analysis that separates AI assistance from prior reform and implementation.
Replication attempts: Not assessed
Later findings: Not assessed
Availability: Not assessed
Institutional decision: Not assessed
Grounds: Not assessed
Action and result: Not assessed
Success criterion: Not assessed

Source numbers: Recorded value
Citations: Recorded value [1] [2] [3]
Source relationships: Recorded value [1] [2] [3]
Original evidence: The source review separates original evidence from repeated accounts and records material access limits. [1] [2] [3]
Access and versions: Recorded value [1] [2] [3]
Evidence links: Recorded value [1] [2] [3]
Evidence strength: Recorded value
Language: Not assessed
Supported findings: Not assessed
Missing evidence: Not assessed

Assessed benefits: Organizations.
Reasons: Organizations: The reviewed material does not establish a scoped benefit magnitude for this stakeholder group.
Observed or intended: Intended benefits. The depths describe their intended extent.
Fill: The makers' claim
Depth: Not assessed
Rubric: Not assessed
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Alternative assessments: Not assessed

Field: Public administration. Regulatory review.
Purpose: Assist agencies in analyzing legal authority, identifying overlapping provisions, and preparing proposed regulatory changes. [1] [2] [3]
Dates: Recorded value
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