The Fields AI Governance Platform
MANDATE
The governance authority platform that closes the authorization gap no compliance tool, framework, or vendor certification addresses.
When someone asks whether a deployment should have happened at all, MANDATE produces the named, dated, credentialed answer.
The Authorization Gap
Governance Precedes Function
Most governance failures are not discovered at the execution layer. They are discovered when someone asks whether the deployment should have happened at all, and no one can produce a named, dated, credentialed answer. MANDATE closes this gap by ensuring authorization architecture exists before AI system operation begins.
Pre-Authorization Architecture
Governance decisions are produced, recorded, and credentialed before the AI system operates. Enforcement executes against pre-produced human decisions, not real-time intervention.
Authorization Validity Lifecycle
Authorization decisions decay the moment conditions change. MANDATE actively manages temporal validity, detecting when authorization assumptions have expired.
Constraint Envelope
The defined set of conditions within which the AI system is authorized to operate. What it can and cannot do, under what conditions, for how long. Defined before operation.
Why MANDATE
The Credential Stack No Platform Can Replicate
Every AI governance platform on the market was built by technologists. MANDATE was built by a credentialed authority who has operated at the intersection of policy, law, and technology for over two decades.
Doctoral Authority
PhD in Public Policy. Two decades of applied research at the intersection of artificial intelligence, governance, and public sector accountability.
Certified Lobbyist
$120M+ in state funding secured. MANDATE is led by a Certified Lobbyist with verified legislative outcomes across state and federal policy environments.
Nine Credentials
PhD in Public Policy, MBA, MSITM, MS in Management and Leadership, MHA, MS in Administration of Justice, PMP, and Certified Lobbyist. Governance authority grounded in nine earned credentials.
25-State Intelligence Network
Our proprietary legislative intelligence network monitors AI governance legislation across 25 target states in real time. Pre-decisional intelligence no competitor provides.
Four Levels Framework
The Four Levels of AI Mastery is proprietary IP developed through applied research and practitioner experience. A diagnostic framework built specifically for governance maturity assessment.
Framework-Agnostic
MANDATE aligns to NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, EU AI Act, AGCP, and state-level governance requirements simultaneously. One diagnostic. Every standard.
Platform Tiers
Three Tiers of Governance Authority
MANDATE Diagnostic
Starting at $7,500
Authority chain certification. A structured assessment of your AI governance posture across the Four Levels of AI Mastery. Delivered as the MANDATE Governance Readiness Report: named, dated, credentialed, signed by Dr. Rarkimm Fields.
- Full governance posture assessment
- Four Levels maturity mapping
- Authority chain gap analysis
- Named, dated, credentialed report
- Signed by Dr. Rarkimm Fields
MANDATE Intelligence
Starting at $1,500/month
Regulatory and legislative monitoring subscription. Client-specific monitoring of the regulatory and legislative landscape in your vertical and states. Powered by proprietary legislative intelligence infrastructure. 25-state daily monitoring.
- 25-state daily legislative monitoring
- Client-specific vertical coverage
- S.531 federal preemption tracking
- FPIN scoring and risk classification
- Weekly intelligence digests
MANDATE Record
Starting at $25,000
Produced evidence architecture. The governance record that generates the Defensible Action Record at the moment of AI operation. Timestamped, credentialed, audit-ready.
- Defensible Action Record generation
- Timestamped governance evidence
- Pre-authorization architecture
- Constraint envelope documentation
- Audit-ready evidence package
Who We Serve
Built for the Verticals Where Governance Is Not Optional
Healthcare
Georgia SB 544 and Washington SB 5395 are already law. Prior authorization AI must have human oversight for adverse determinations. Georgia SB 540 awaiting Governor signature mandates chatbot disclosure and child safety crisis protocols. Connecticut SB 5 AIRT Act takes effect October 1, 2026. MANDATE Diagnostic maps your health system's governance posture before the next enforcement action.
IMMEDIATE COMPLIANCE OBLIGATIONGovernment Contracting
California EO N-5-26 mandates AI vendor certification for state contracts by July 28, 2026. Colorado SB 26-189 takes effect January 1, 2027. Federal contractors face a new generation of AI procurement requirements. MANDATE Record produces the evidence your contracting officers will require.
CERTIFICATION DEADLINE APPROACHINGHigher Education
Virginia HB1186 governs AI use in student instruction. Maryland SB597 establishes AI partnerships for higher education institutions. Accreditation bodies are watching. MANDATE Intelligence tracks every development affecting your institution before it becomes a compliance obligation.
LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY ACCELERATINGEnterprise
Gartner projects 40% of agentic AI projects will fail by 2027. Not from technical failure. From governance architecture gaps. Illinois SB0315 mandates annual independent third-party safety audits, awaiting Governor signature. Connecticut SB 5 AIRT Act takes effect October 1, 2026. When an autonomous agent moves money, deploys code, or triggers an irreversible decision, who authorized that action? MANDATE answers that question before it becomes a liability.
ARCHITECTURE RISKIndependent Corroboration
Five Traditions, One Structural Conclusion
The pre-authorization principle underlying MANDATE has been independently corroborated across five distinct research and regulatory traditions. This is not a single-framework assertion.
Close the Authorization Gap
Request a MANDATE Diagnostic to assess your organization's AI governance posture, identify authority chain gaps, and receive a credentialed governance readiness report.