FOIA Record Pre-Review Tool

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

Not reported

Start date

Not reported

Withheld from public reporting

NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area

Other

Operational functions

Document processing and extraction, FOIA and records management Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

Records review is a the resource intensive step of FOIA request processing that would most benefit from AI assistance and optimization.

Expected benefits

Improve the speed and accuracy of records review.

System outputs

Spreadsheet of "Hits" or items that will be uploaded to the document review platform to queue reviewers attention to information that may fall under a FOIA or Privacy Act Exemption.

Technology

AI classification

Natural language processingSource: Natural Language Processing: AI that processes, interprets, and shares information in human language.

System name(s)

Not reported

Custom-developed code

No

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

No

Privacy Impact Assessment

Not reported

Authorization to Operate

No

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.

Potential impacts and how they were identified

Not reported