# What the Notice Buys and What It Doesn't Print > "Leverage technology, such as artificial intelligence," says an order the governor signed last August. Published 2026-08-02 by Alaska AI. 10 slides. Canonical: https://alaskaaihq.com/archive/2026-08-02/ ## The story One state contract. Every court, borough and tribe may use it. This is all the notice says the work is. "provide all transcription services for general, medical, and legal records to convert speech; either live or recorded, into written or electronic text document." Eight kinds of public body, one contract. Three Alaska windows close this month. 3,967 acres at Eielson. Four sites, one total. The Air Force calls it mixed-use development and names six possible uses. Compute is not one of the six, and the announcement doesn't rule it out either. Five terms searched. None in the notice. The DMV asked the same way. "products, services, technical approaches, and industry best practices related to automated compliance and data integration systems" The word doing the work is automated. One state document prints it plainly. "Leverage technology, such as artificial intelligence ("AI"), to support digitization, automation, and public access to permitting information." The order that names it posts to the same system as the notices that don't. Administrative Order 360 sends its agency plans to the Alaska Online Public Notice System. So do the two solicitations. Read the notice before 24 August. RFP 2026-0200-0064 is public. So is the DMV request. If your borough, court, school district or tribe is in scope, the only way to know what you are inside of is to read it. ## What we verified - The Alaska statewide transcription solicitation is numbered 2026-0200-0064 and is titled Statewide Transcription Services. [Alaska Online Public Notice System, Department of Administration Office of Procurement and Property Management](https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=224684), primary document, 2026-07-31. - The statewide transcription notice was published on the Alaska Online Public Notice System on July 31, 2026. [Alaska Online Public Notice System](https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=224684), primary document, 2026-07-31. - The transcription solicitation asks a contractor to convert speech either live or recorded into written or electronic text. [Alaska Online Public Notice System, Office of Procurement and Property Management](https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=224684), primary document, 2026-07-31. - The resulting transcription contract may be used by the Alaska Legislative Branch, the Alaska Court System, the University of Alaska, boards and commissions, cities, boroughs, school districts and federally recognized tribes. [Alaska Online Public Notice System, Office of Procurement and Property Management](https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=224684), primary document, 2026-07-31. - The public notice text for the statewide transcription solicitation does not contain the terms artificial intelligence, machine learning, automated speech recognition, ASR or AI. [Alaska Online Public Notice System](https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=224684), primary document, 2026-07-31. - Proposals for the statewide transcription solicitation are due at 9:30 A.M. Alaska Daylight Time on Monday, August 24, 2026. [Alaska Online Public Notice System](https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=224684), primary document, 2026-07-31. - The procurement officer named on the statewide transcription solicitation is Joshua Hartman. [Alaska Online Public Notice System](https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=224684), primary document, 2026-07-31. - The Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles published a request for information numbered 02-101-27 on the subject Automatic Compliance and Data Integration CDL. [Alaska Online Public Notice System, Department of Administration Division of Motor Vehicles](https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=224673), primary document, 2026-07-30. - The DMV request for information seeks products, services, technical approaches, and industry best practices related to automated compliance and data integration systems. [Alaska Online Public Notice System, Division of Motor Vehicles](https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=224673), primary document, 2026-07-30. - The DMV request for information public notice does not contain the terms artificial intelligence, machine learning or AI. [Alaska Online Public Notice System](https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=224673), primary document, 2026-07-30. - The DMV request for information was published on July 30, 2026 and responses are due August 20, 2026 at 2:00pm. [Alaska Online Public Notice System](https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=224673), primary document, 2026-07-30. - Administrative Order No. 360 was signed by Governor Mike Dunleavy on the 4th day of August 2025. [Office of the Governor, State of Alaska](https://gov.alaska.gov/admin-orders/administrative-order-no-360/), primary document, 2025-08-04. - Administrative Order No. 360 directs agencies to leverage technology such as artificial intelligence to support digitization, automation, and public access to permitting information. [Office of the Governor, State of Alaska](https://gov.alaska.gov/admin-orders/administrative-order-no-360/), primary document, 2025-08-04. - Administrative Order No. 360 sets a target of reducing regulatory requirements by 15 percent by December 31, 2026 and by 25 percent cumulative by December 31, 2027. [Office of the Governor, State of Alaska](https://gov.alaska.gov/admin-orders/administrative-order-no-360/), primary document, 2025-08-04. - Administrative Order No. 360 requires the Department of Law to compile approved agency plans into a single State Unified Regulatory Plan and post it on the Alaska Online Public Notice System. [Office of the Governor, State of Alaska](https://gov.alaska.gov/admin-orders/administrative-order-no-360/), primary document, 2025-08-04. - The Office of the Governor published its AO 360 Regulatory Reform Plan on the Alaska Online Public Notice System on July 27, 2026. [Alaska Online Public Notice System, Office of the Governor](https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=224623), primary document, 2026-07-27. - The Board of Real Estate Appraisers noticed an AO 360 regulations committee meeting on July 28, 2026 for a meeting held August 6, 2026. [Alaska Online Public Notice System, Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing](https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=224640), primary document, 2026-07-28. - The Air Force Civil Engineer Center and the 354th Fighter Wing have identified four distinct sites at Eielson Air Force Base totaling 3,967 acres for potential development. [Eielson Air Force Base, AFIMSC Public Affairs](https://www.eielson.af.mil/News/Display/Article/4550770/air-force-to-host-virtual-industry-day-for-eielson-air-force-base/), primary document, 2026-07-20. - The Eielson lease opportunity is published as Request for Lease Proposal AFCEC-26-R-0009 on SAM.gov with proposals due August 10, 2026 at 5 p.m. Central Standard Time. [Eielson Air Force Base, AFIMSC Public Affairs](https://www.eielson.af.mil/News/Display/Article/4550770/air-force-to-host-virtual-industry-day-for-eielson-air-force-base/), primary document, 2026-07-20. - Neither the Eielson Air Force Base announcement nor the identical Air Force Civil Engineer Center announcement contains the words artificial intelligence, AI, data center or machine learning. [Eielson Air Force Base and Air Force Civil Engineer Center](https://www.eielson.af.mil/News/Display/Article/4550770/air-force-to-host-virtual-industry-day-for-eielson-air-force-base/), primary document, 2026-07-20. - The Eielson announcement describes the proposed project as a mixed-use development combining functions such as residential, commercial, office, cultural, institutional or entertainment. [Eielson Air Force Base, AFIMSC Public Affairs](https://www.eielson.af.mil/News/Display/Article/4550770/air-force-to-host-virtual-industry-day-for-eielson-air-force-base/), primary document, 2026-07-20. - A virtual industry day for the Eielson lease was held Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 1 p.m. Central Time via Microsoft Teams. [Eielson Air Force Base, AFIMSC Public Affairs](https://www.eielson.af.mil/News/Display/Article/4550770/air-force-to-host-virtual-industry-day-for-eielson-air-force-base/), primary document, 2026-07-20. - Senator Dan Sullivan's office said the FY2027 defense authorization requires grid impact assessments before executing or renewing any Enhanced Use Lease for military infrastructure or energy production. [Office of United States Senator Dan Sullivan](https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sullivan-secures-56-provisions-historic-26-billion-for-alaska-in-fy-2027-defense-authorization), primary document, 2026-06-23. - The Bureau of Indian Affairs published a list of 575 tribal entities recognized by and eligible for funding and services from the bureau. [Bureau of Indian Affairs, Federal Register](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/01/30/2026-01899.txt), primary document, 2026-01-30. - Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations Robert Moriarty was reported as saying the service is supporting the growing demands of the AI industry by making land available. [ExecutiveGov, by Jerry Petersen](https://www.executivegov.com/articles/matthew-lohmeier-air-force-visit-alaska-jber-eielson), report, 2026-06-26. - ExecutiveGov reported approximately 4,700 acres of land available across Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Eielson Air Force Base and Clear Space Force Station. [ExecutiveGov, by Jerry Petersen](https://www.executivegov.com/articles/matthew-lohmeier-air-force-visit-alaska-jber-eielson), report, 2026-06-26. - The House passed the fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill by a vote of 216 to 212 on July 22, 2026. [Breaking Defense](https://breakingdefense.com/2026/07/house-passes-2027-ndaa-while-measure-remains-stalled-in-the-senate/), report, 2026-07-22. Slides and the deck PDF are linked from the canonical page.