Crosswalk: Judgment Assurance Framework and NIST AI Risk Management Framework 1.0

This crosswalk maps elements of the Judgment Assurance (JA) Framework to the NIST Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) 1.0, identifying where JA complements NIST AI RMF subcategories relating to human and institutional governance of AI-mediated decisions.

JA is a decision-governance discipline that governs how institutions define, record, own, and guard human judgment when AI output enters consequential decision-making. This crosswalk does not purport to map every element of the NIST AI RMF, nor does it claim one-to-one equivalence between the two frameworks. Rather, it is limited to those subcategories for which JA may serve as an implementation mechanism, governance structure, or evidentiary complement at the human decision level.

The crosswalk further responds to NIST AI RMF Appendix C, which identifies the definition and differentiation of human roles in AI-mediated decision-making as an area warranting further development. JA addresses that gap through its Atomic Unit Layer and Oversight & Feedback Layer, providing an operational structure for governing and evidencing the institutional judgment event after AI output enters consequential decision-making.

The Judgment Assurance Framework Suite is available separately on Zenodo. This crosswalk has also been submitted to NIST for consideration for inclusion on the AI RMF Crosswalks page.  For related work and ongoing updates, see judgmentassurance.com.