DOJ · DOJ-0283 · record R1708
Knowledge retrieval and synthesis (Azure OpenAI Services)
Department of Justice · Department of Justice / ATR
Overview
- Development stage
- PilotSource: b) Pilot – The use case has been deployed in a limited test or pilot capacity.
- 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
- 2025-01 (month precision)Source: 01/2025
- Withheld from public reporting
- NoSource: a) No
Mission
- Topic area
- Law Enforcement
- Operational functions
- Search and knowledge retrieval Derived by keyword rules; see methodology
Problem the AI is intended to solve
Azure OpenAI will help ATR review large volumes of document-based data quicker and more efficiently.
Expected benefits
Enhance the speed and accuracy of legal analysis and review. This technology will allow ATR to quickly distill key information and insights, streamline workflows, reduce manual effort, and expedite legal analysis.
System outputs
Text generation Answers and insights to critical legal questions Legal summaries Legal citation and document references
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
- Purchased from vendorSource: a) Purchased from a vendor
- Vendor (as reported)
- Microsoft
- Vendors (standardized)
- Microsoft
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
- This AI use case utilizes one or more of the demographic variables listed in compliance with all federal laws and agency regulations.
- 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