HHS · no agency ID · record R0716

Automating Influenza Vaccine Virus Data Processing

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: 2025-04 (month precision)Source: Apr-25
Withheld from public reporting: NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area: Science
Operational functions: Document processing and extraction Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

Information for candidate vaccine virus (CVV) data from public-facing websites is highly labor intensive to gather. Previously R scripts—text files with computer programming commands—automate some scraping processes but still rely on manual methods to extract data from PDFs.

Expected benefits

The automation from this AI use case reduced processing time for new data from about one week to one day, enabling faster access and analysis of CVV data to enhance CDC’s preparedness for upcoming flu seasons.

System outputs

The use case automates extracting key phrases, recognizing text, processing forms, and identifying entities to streamline data extraction and supplement missing CVV data from PDFs. This tool is intended for internal use only.

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: 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: No
Demographic features: k) None of the above
Training and evaluation data: Not reported
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