emPOWER AI

Section 1: Use Case Identifiers

Use Case ID: HHS-ASPR-00003
Agency: HHS
Op Div/Staff Div: ASPR
Use Case Topic Area: Health & Medical
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?
Public health authorities, first responders and others across the emergency management spectrum indicated that they had to be able to more rapidly access emPOWER publicly available data, particularly in unstable internet conditions, during disasters. emPOWER AI, an Amazon Alexa Skill, was created to allow anyone with a smartphone to be able to request the data and informational resources.

First responders, public health authorities, emergency managers, health care providers, and other community partners can use emPOWER AI prior to, during, and after an incident, emergency, or disaster to anticipate, plan for, and respond to the access and functional needs of at-risk populations in their communities using publicly available emPOWER data, informational resources and training.
Describe the AI system's outputs.
emPOWER AI gives the user publicly available data from the HHS emPOWER Map on the number of electricity-dependent Medicare beneficiaries at the national, state, territory, county, and ZIP Code levels. It also provides information on other HHS emPOWER Program tools and resources that collectively support emergency preparedness, response, recovery, mitigation, and resilience activities.
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: 01/2018
Date when Acquisition and/or Development began: 09/2017
Date Implemented: 01/2019
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.
GSA Schedules
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?
Yes
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.
None
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 complete
Which, if any, demographic variables does the AI use case explicitly use as model features?
N/A
Does this project include custom-developed code?
No
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: Not Reported
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?
Use of existing data platforms
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?
Documentation has been published