USDA · USDA-139 · record R1437

Turbo plan

Department of Agriculture · Natural Resources and Environment

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: 2025-07-01 (day precision)Source: 7/1/2025
Withheld from public reporting: Not reported

Mission

Topic area: Energy and the Environment
Operational functions: No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

Accelerating environmental planning with tools and services to achieve the Wildfire Crisis Strategy with specific focus around National Environmental Policy Act planning and appraisal process optimization.

Expected benefits

Meet and exceed the Wildfire Crisis Strategy, accelerate the pace and scale of preparedness planning before a catastrophic wildfire, reduce the time and cost of planning, standardize the planning process, reduce planning barriers

System outputs

Optimized planning document

Technology

AI classification: Generative AISource: Generative AI: AI that generates new or synthetic content (e.g., images, videos, audio, text, code).
System name(s): Advanced platform for Technical Learning and Analytics in the Sciences (ATLAS)
Custom-developed code: Yes
Public source code: Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built: Purchased from vendorSource: a) Purchased from a vendor
Vendor (as reported): Wildfire.org
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: No data was required for training, fine-tuning, or evaluating this use case. Leverages pretrained and pre-evaluated models.
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