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Automated Data Discovery and Classification Pilot

National Archives and Records Administration · National Archives & Records Administration (NARA)

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: Could not parse Source: 2027-09-01T00:00:00
Withheld from public reporting: NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area: Other
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 inefficient manual data governance and risk assessment by testing automated data classification techniques to organize unstructured datasets, accelerate information discovery, and more accurately identify potential security or privacy vulnerabilities.

Expected benefits

NARA plans to test how well AI can automatically organize and categorize its data. This pilot project will help NARA understand its data better, find information faster, improve efficiency, and manage risks more effectively.

System outputs

This AI pilot will categorize data, improve search, and potentially train AI to identify new document types.

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: No
Public source code: Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built: Developed in-houseSource: b) Developed in-house
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: k) None of the above
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