# Operations

> The stage of establishing a channel to respond to external compliance inquiries and assigning responsibility and resources to the program.

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LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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This is stage 3 of the implementation roadmap. It establishes a channel to respond to external AI SBOM
compliance inquiries (3.7) and assigns responsibility, personnel, and funding to the program (3.8).

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Section pages:

- [3.7 Access](/en/docs/ai-sbom_guide/3-relevant-tasks/1-access/): Explains how to publicly identify a means for third parties to make AI SBOM compliance inquiries and the internal procedure for responding to them.
- [3.8 Effectively Resourced](/en/docs/ai-sbom_guide/3-relevant-tasks/2-resourced/): Explains how to assign responsibility, staffing, funding, and legal expertise to an AI SBOM compliance program, and how to remediate non-conformances.