FHFA · FHFA-6 · record R0072

Virtual Acquisition Office (VAO) Ally

Federal Housing Finance Agency · OCFO

Overview

Development stage: DeployedSource: c) Deployed – The use case is being actively authorized or utilized to support the functions or mission of an agency.
High-impact designation: Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
Impact justification: Not reported
Start date: 2024-07-01 (day precision)Source: 07/01/2024 00:00:00
Withheld from public reporting: NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area: Procurement and Financial Management
Operational functions: Summarization Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

VAO Ally is part of the overall VAO subscription. VAO Ally reduces the amount of time necessary to research acquisition-related policy/guidance questions and scenarios by parsing through multiple resources and providing responses/answers based on a user’s question searched.

Expected benefits

Efficiency

System outputs

VAO Ally provides a summarized response/answer to the user’s question within the overall web-based VAO subscription. VAO Ally provides the source materials that supported its answer/output.

Technology

AI classification: Generative AISource: Generative AI: AI that generates new or synthetic content (e.g., images, videos, audio, text, code).
System name(s): Not reported
Custom-developed code: No
Public source code: Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built: Purchased from vendorSource: a) Purchased from a vendor
Vendor (as reported): VAO Ally
Vendors (standardized): None on the standard list

A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.

Data and privacy

Involves PII: No
Privacy Impact Assessment: Not reported
Authorization to Operate: No
Demographic features: k) None of the above
Training and evaluation data: This is a subscription service from a third-party vendor and confidential business information of this nature is not available.
Federal Data Catalog: Not reported

Governance

0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.

Pre-deployment testingNo answer reported

AI impact assessmentNo answer reported

Independent reviewNo answer reported

Ongoing monitoringNo answer reported

Operator trainingNo answer reported

Fail-safeNo answer reported

Appeal processNo answer reported

User and public consultationNo answer reported

Potential impacts and how they were identified

Not reported