USDA · USDA-119 · record R1417

DamWatch automated leadership reporting

Department of Agriculture · Farm Production and Conservation

Overview

Development stage: In development or acquisitionSource: a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.
High-impact designation: Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
Impact justification: Not reported
Start date: Not reported
Withheld from public reporting: Not reported

Mission

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

Problem the AI is intended to solve

Providing leadership with information about impacts to dams (high hazard and other dams) after storm events or other natural disaster events is time consuming and can delay leaders receiving needed information for decision making

Expected benefits

Improves speed and efficiency of government decision-making to protect life and property in disaster situations

System outputs

Automated Report to National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Leadership on the status of dams across the U.S. after storm events or natural disasters

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): Not reported
Custom-developed code: Not reported
Public source code: Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built: Not reported
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: Not reported
Privacy Impact Assessment: Not reported
Authorization to Operate: Not reported
Demographic features: Not reported
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