DOL · DOL-22 · record R1292
PII Redaction
Department of Labor · OSHA
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
- High-impactSource: a) High-impact
- Impact justification
- High Impact Use case
- Start date
- 2024-11-19 (day precision)Source: 11/19/2024 00:00:00
- Withheld from public reporting
- NoSource: a) No
Mission
- Topic area
- Cybersecurity
- Operational functions
- FOIA and records management Derived by keyword rules; see methodology
Problem the AI is intended to solve
Using Amazon Web Services Personal Identifying Information scrubber for ITA text fields and Named Entity Recognition to remove additional names from the text fields.
Expected benefits
Vastly more cost effective in using the AI tool. Reduction of FTE costs from months to hours.
System outputs
Detection/Extraction
Technology
- AI classification
- Natural language processingSource: Natural Language Processing: AI that processes, interprets, and shares information in human language.
- System name(s)
- PII Redaction
- Custom-developed code
- No
- 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)
- Amazon
- Vendors (standardized)
- Amazon Web Services
A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.
Data and privacy
- Involves PII
- Yes
- Privacy Impact Assessment
- Not reported
- Authorization to Operate
- Yes
- Demographic features
- Not reported
- Training and evaluation data
- OSHA ITA
- Federal Data Catalog
- Not reported
Governance
8 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.
Pre-deployment testingReported in placeSource: a) Yes
AI impact assessmentReported in placeSource: a) Yes
Independent reviewReported in placeSource: a) Yes – by another appropriate agency office or reviewer not directly involved in the AI’s development
Ongoing monitoringReported in placeSource: a) Yes, sufficient monitoring protocols have been established
Operator trainingOther or ambiguous answerSource: a) Yes, sufficient monitoring protocols have been establishedFlag: answer text belongs to a different question
Fail-safeNot applicableSource: b) Not applicable
Appeal processReported in placeSource: a) Yes, an appropriate appeal process has been established
User and public consultationOther or ambiguous answerSource: DOL will promptly remove any PII inadvertently disclosed that is subsequently identified after posting publiclyFlag: free-text answer
Potential impacts and how they were identified
Identified via human review; AI shows 99.5% accuracy with a 0.5% risk of PII exposure on the OSHA website.