DOJ · DOJ-0338 · record R1763

AI-Enabled Briefing Assistant

Department of Justice · Department of Justice / CIV

Overview

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

Federal Programs Branch (FPB) attorneys face overwhelming records and pressure to maintain consistent arguments across circuits. FPB faces immense workloads defending statutes and federal programs, often requiring rapid analysis of massive records and consistent legal arguments across circuits. This initiative will deploy a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) tool trained on DOJ filings and administrative records to accelerate drafting and ensure consistency. It directly aligns with E.O. 14179 (removing barriers to AI adoption) and OMB M-25-21 (innovation, governance, and public trust).

Expected benefits

(1) This initiative strengthens the federal government’s ability to protect statutory authority and defend policy actions across all agencies. (2) Reduction in attorney hours per brief; mitigation of hallucinated citations; measurable improvement in argument consistency across cases. (3) Builds on DOJ’s existing “brief bank,” eDiscovery platforms, and PACER data archives.

System outputs

Content Generation, Recommendations: draft legal briefs, argument suggestions, citation recommendations, consistency checks.

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