OMB Individually Reported

ServiceNow Virtual Agent Natural Language Understanding

Low riskExact public inventory row

Description

Aid in users receiving better IT support for incident reporting and service delivery.

Detailed example

Pre-built IT Service Management incident and request templates. The Virtual Agent NLU is only used to understand the users intent and entity, where it then performs a search of the service catalog to return the most relevant result.

AI / analytics pattern

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

Automation level / stage

c) Deployed – The use case is being actively authorized or utilized to support the functions or mission of an agency.

Expected benefit

Quicker and easier access for users to access pre-built IT Service Management incident and request templates.

Audit / financial statement impact

System is used as part of IT Service Management and does not meet the criteria outlined in section 5 of OMB Memorandum M-25-21.

Controls / human review

ATO: Yes; PIA: Not published

Data needed

The NLU is provided common phrases to recognize related to opening a ticket, closing a ticket, checking the status of a ticket, updating a ticket, searching a knowleddge article, and connecting with a live agent.