DOJ · DOJ-0229 · record R1657

UiPath OCR activity

Department of Justice · Department of Justice / USMS

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: 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: Not reported
Withheld from public reporting: NoSource: a) No

Mission

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

Problem the AI is intended to solve

Errors and delays in manual data interpretation and data entry impact critical events in customer journeys and business process efficiency. UiPath states that it is an automation software that has intelligent document creating capabilities to replace manual processes before and after the reading of the flat file. Some of its stated features are extracting text and allowing entire workflows to take place in a single application with one application license.

Expected benefits

Automating data extraction from various documents and images, thereby increasing efficiency, accuracy, and speed in processes that involve manual data entry and document processing.

System outputs

Extract and interpret data from a wide range of document types and formats, including images, PDFs, handwriting, signatures, checkboxes, and tables. It is designed to process documents intelligently, using a combination of rules, templates, and specialized or generative language models.

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: 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