Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard
Benefits
Drive public understanding and trust in their uses of algorithmic tools, including the boundaries of their use and their role in broader processes; Enable senior responsible owners to take meaningful accountability for algorithmic tools and their outputs; Share good practice and innovative use cases, and learn from peers; Reduce administrative burden by proactively publishing information which may otherwise be raised through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, parliamentary questions or similar; Provide clarity to third party suppliers around the transparency requirements required by the public sector.
Details
- Tool name
- Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard
- Organisation
- Government Digital Service
- Status
- live
- AI method (as recorded)
- Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Other
- AI method (normalised tags)
- Machine Learning Natural Language Processing Computer Vision Other
- Usecase
- Decision Support
- Origin
- gov.uk
- Owning team
- Government Digital Service
- Date added
- 8 May 2025
- Scrape date
- 23/02/2026
- Source note
- This guidance explains what the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS) is, why it matters and how public sector organisations should use it. It includes section-by-section guidance for completing the ATRS template. The ATRS is mandatory for all government departments, and for ALBs which deliver public or frontline services, or directly interact with the general public. [Source]