AHRQ Search

Section 1: Use Case Identifiers

Use Case ID: HHS-AHRQ-00001
Agency: HHS
Op Div/Staff Div: AHRQ
Use Case Topic Area: Mission-Enabling (internal agency support)
Is the AI use case found in the below list of general commercial AI products and services?
None of the above.
What is the intended purpose and expected benefits of the AI?
Organization wide search that includes Relevancy Tailoring, Auto-generation Synonyms, Automated Suggestions, Suggested Related Content, Auto Tagging, and "Did you mean?" to allow visitors to find specific content.

This AI use case enhances our agency's efficiency and user experience by optimizing search results, auto-completing queries, suggesting relevant searches and content tags, as well as proposing spelling corrections.
Describe the AI system's outputs.
This AI use case aims to optimize search results by adjusting their ranking, ensuring that the most pertinent information is displayed at the top. It also enhances search effectiveness by adding synonyms to queries behind the scenes. It further improves user experience by auto-completing queries as they are being typed, and showing related searches that might offer additional valuable insights. The system also proposes content tags automatically, leveraging machine learning to assess existing content tagging patterns. Additionally, it suggests spelling corrections and reformats search queries based on data from Google Analytics.
Stage of Development: Operation and Maintenance
Is the AI use case rights-impacting, safety-impacting, both, or neither?
Neither

Section 2: Use Case Summary

Date Initiated: 09/2019
Date when Acquisition and/or Development began: 09/2019
Date Implemented: 10/2020
Date Retired: N/A
Was the AI system involved in this use case developed (or is it to be developed) under contract(s) or in-house?
Developed with contracting resources.
Provide the Procurement Instrument Identifier(s) (PIID) of the contract(s) used.
75Q80121A00001
Is this AI use case supporting a High-Impact Service Provider (HISP) public-facing service?
N/A
Does this AI use case disseminate information to the public?
N/A
How is the agency ensuring compliance with Information Quality Act guidelines, if applicable?
N/A
Does this AI use case involve personally identifiable information (PII) that is maintained by the agency?
No
Has the Senior Agency Official for Privacy (SAOP) assessed the privacy risks associated with this AI use case?
ongoing

Section 3: Data and Code

Do you have access to an enterprise data catalog or agency-wide data repository that enables you to identify whether or not the necessary datasets exist and are ready to develop your use case?
No
Describe any agency-owned data used to train, fine-tune, and/or evaluate performance of the model(s) used in this use case.
N/A
Is there available documentation for the model training and evaluation data that demonstrates the degree to which it is appropriate to be used in analysis or for making predictions?
Documentation is missing or not available
Which, if any, demographic variables does the AI use case explicitly use as model features?
N/A
Does this project include custom-developed code?
Yes
If the code is open-source, provide the link for the publicly available source code.
N/A

Section 4: AI Enablement and Infrastructure

Does this AI use case have an associated Authority to Operate (ATO) for an AI system?
Yes
System Name: AHRQ AWS Enclave
How long have you waited for the necessary developer tools to implement the AI use case?
Less than 6 months
For this AI use case, is the required IT infrastructure provisioned via a centralized intake form or process inside the agency?
Yes
Do you have a process in place to request access to computing resources for model training and development of the AI involved in this use case?
Yes
Has communication regarding the provisioning of your requested resources been timely?
Yes
How are existing data science tools, libraries, data products, and internally-developed AI infrastructure being re-used for the current AI use case?
None
Has information regarding the AI use case, including performance metrics and intended use of the model, been made available for review and feedback within the agency?
Limited documentation for review