OMB Individually Reported
FOIA Request Lexical Similarity Tool in the Document Review Platform (Term Frequency – Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF) - Cosine)
Low riskExact public inventory row
Description
Identifying Similar FOIA Requests
Detailed example
Percentage similarity between documents. Developed in house selected because this is not an out of the box function available in the document review platform.
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
Identifying requests that are nearly identical assists in reducing the duplication of work. Records that are identical or nearly identical can be deduplicated out or processed in bulk.
Controls / human review
ATO: No; PIA: Not published
Data needed
FOIA Requests