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FRB · FRB-0003 · record R0559

PDF Optical Character Recognition (Text)

Federal Reserve Board · Division of Information Technology

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
2024-09-26 (day precision)Source: 2024-09-26T00:00:00
Withheld from public reporting
NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area
Information Technology
Operational functions
Document processing and extraction Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

Automate extraction of structured column data from unstructured PDF reports to reduce manual processing time and errors

Expected benefits

The intended purpose is to extract and to decide the correct column name extracted from a report in PDF format

System outputs

The list of the appropriate column names in text format

Technology

AI classification
Classical / predictive MLSource: Classical/Predictive Machine Learning: Models trained on data to make predictions or classifications based on identified patterns or relatio…
System name(s)
General Support System
Custom-developed code
Yes
Public source code
Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built
Developed in-houseSource: b) Developed in-house
Vendor (as reported)
Not reported
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
Yes
Demographic features
k) None of the above
Training and evaluation data
Internal Documents
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