TREAS · REQ-2024-02020 · record R2783

CoCounsel tool used in the legal office

Department of the Treasury · Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS)

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: The tool, once deployed, is only for productivity and does not impact any of the defined high-impact areas
Start date: Not reported
Withheld from public reporting: NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area: Administrative Functions
Operational functions: Search and knowledge retrieval Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

Contextual Research (Exploring policies, regulations, trends, and strategic topics. Generating first drafts of documents, briefing, or communication materials using AI. (Content Generation & Refinement - Drafting, rewriting, and improving documents, emails, presentations, and plans). Knowledge Retrieval (Locating known information and presenting or analyzing the information)

Expected benefits

The legal office would like to use AI assistant, which will be used by a paralegal in the legal office.

System outputs

Accelerate legal work with a comprehensive AI solution that helps complete research, document analysis, and drafting all in one place.

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