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Snapshot · OMB 2025 inventory · processed Oct 11, 2026
DOJ · DOJ-0086 · record R1543

Controlled Substances Act (CSA): Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System (ARCOS) Data Summarization

Department of Justice · Department of Justice / DEA

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
Does not produce an output that serves as a principal basis for decisions or actions with legal, material, binding, or significant effect on any of the individuals or entities identified in OMB-25-21.
Start date
2023-01 (month precision)Source: 01/2023
Withheld from public reporting
NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area
Law Enforcement
Operational functions
Summarization Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

DEA needs a way to automate the validation, summarization, and outlier identification of ARCOS data for further analysis.

Expected benefits

To save time and effort of fully manual review of ARCOS data.

System outputs

Outputs a list of recommendation with validated data with summary information on the detected outliers.

Technology

AI classification
Generative AISource: Generative AI: AI that generates new or synthetic content (e.g., images, videos, audio, text, code).
System name(s)
Redacted for cybersecurity purposes.
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
The case owner relied on DOJ AI governance practices to select and prepare data, as well as evaluate performance.
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