# Ask for decisions, owners and evidence.

Board oversight connects AI strategy to authority, risk appetite and accountable execution.

## Before deployment

Request the business purpose, affected stakeholders, system owner, risk assessment, dependencies and testing evidence. Identify the decision-maker and any conditions for approval.

## During operation

Review material changes, exceptions, incidents, evidence freshness and overdue remediation. Ask who can stop an agent, revoke its authority and verify that the stop took effect.

## At the committee table

Audit committees examine evidence and assurance; risk committees examine exposure and escalation; governance committees examine accountability. The full board retains its reserved decisions.

## Explore

- [Responsible AI requires accountable governance.](/responsible-ai)

- [Connect principles to evidence.](/responsible-ai/framework)

- [Choose the assessment that fits the evidence.](/responsible-ai/assessment)

- [Ask for decisions, owners and evidence.](/responsible-ai/board-oversight)

- [Transparency starts with bounded claims.](/responsible-ai/transparency)