DHS · DHS-2758 · record R1976

AI-Powered Developer Tools

Department of Homeland Security · ICE

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: 2025-04-15 (day precision)Source: 2025-04-15T00:00:00
Withheld from public reporting: Not reported

Mission

Topic area: Information Technology
Operational functions: No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

The AI is intended to solve the problem of time‑consuming manual developer tasks, including debugging code, writing database queries, and analyzing system metrics, which slows application development and makes it harder to quickly identify and fix issues.

Expected benefits

By streamlining routine coding tasks and surfacing useful system insights, AI-enabled developer tools increase developer productivity and support faster, higher-quality delivery of software across ICE.

System outputs

The outputs of these AI-enabled tools include suggested code snippets, refactoring recommendations, optimized queries, and analytics summaries related to system behavior or performance. These outputs are presented to developers as proposed changes or insights, which must be reviewed and approved before being incorporated into the codebase through existing version control and deployment processes. The tools do not directly modify production systems; all changes must go through standard human review, testing, and approval workflows.

Technology

AI classification: Generative AISource: Generative AI: AI that generates new or synthetic content (e.g., images, videos, audio, text, code).
System name(s): Case Management & Analytics (CMA)
Custom-developed code: No
Public source code: Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built: Purchased from vendorSource: a) Purchased from a vendor
Vendor (as reported): Palantir
Vendors (standardized): Palantir

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: Not reported
Training and evaluation data: The system uses commercially available large language models that have been trained on the public domain by their providers. There was no additional training using agency data on top of what is available in the models’ base set of capabilities.
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