Mechanisms and Assessment of Agorithmic Administrative Accountability——Analysis Based on the Implementation of 40 Policies in Europe and the United States
Third-generation algorithms based on big data and machine learning drive automated administrative change in government departments.Algorithmic administration amplifies the conventional risks of algorithms while also highlighting the special risks in the administrative field.To regulate algorithmic administrative activities,the first wave of algorithmic administrative accountability policies have been implemented in Europe and the United States.Each policy is reflected in one or more accountability mechanisms,from which eight accountability mechanisms are analyzed based on the criteria of operation mechanism and accountability subject,such as scientific and technological ethics accountability,algorithmic impact assessment,transparency mechanism,administrative procedural law accountability,auditing/regulatory inspection,independent accountability body,ban/suspension measures,government procurement,etc.The operation assumptions of the mechanisms and the feedback problems in the implementation are analyzed.An overall assessment of the algorithmic administrative accountability policies in Europe and the United States in combination with administrative accountability theory reveals that the existing policies are deficient in terms of information provision,questioning intensity and effective incentives.Under the background of government digital transformation,China's algorithmic administrative accountability system needs to be systematically unfolded.Combining China's current situation and the lessons learned from Europe and the United States,we put forward suggestions for optimizing the algorithmic administrative accountability system.Firstly is to improve the level of algorithmic administrative information provision,and secondly is to strengthen the questioning intensity of algorithmic administrative accountability,and thirdly is to improve the multifaceted incentives and constraints framework.
digital governmentalgorithmic administrationaccountabilitypolicy evaluation
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