HHS · no agency ID · record R0650

RAPID Analysis of Policy and Program Documents (RAPID)

Department of Health and Human Services · HHS/CDC

Overview

Development stage: PilotSource: b) Pilot – The use case has been deployed in a limited test or pilot capacity.
High-impact designation: Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
Impact justification: Not reported
Start date: 2025-09 (month precision)Source: Sep-25
Withheld from public reporting: NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area: Administrative Functions
Operational functions: No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

To streamline and automate the review and evaluation of policy and program documents, saving staff time, reducing the need for specialized training, providing consistent and complete answers, and enabling easy validation and collaboration.

Expected benefits

The web application will save staff time, expand capacity, provide consistent and complete answers to policy surveillance and evaluation questions, reduce intra-rater variability, and enable easy validation and collaboration on policy projects.

System outputs

An internal web application that allows users to import, store, search, and analyze policy or program documents; ask questions of relevant text segments; validate answers; and collaborate on projects. Outputs include plain language answers, binary codes or scores, and project-specific databases.

Technology

AI classification: Natural language processingSource: Natural Language Processing: AI that processes, interprets, and shares information in human language.
System name(s): EDAV (Enterprise Data Analytics and Visualization Platform)
Custom-developed code: Yes
Public source code: Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built: Contract and in-houseSource: c) Developed with both contracting and in-house resources
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: RAPID analysis of DNPAO policy and program data using GPT results in project-specific databases. AI-generated data are compared to CDC manual reviews by SMEs for accuracy and reliability.
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