OMB Individually Reported

Automated Count of Items in Photos

Low riskExact public inventory row

Description

DEA needs a way to validate the drug forms, shapes, sizes, and counts contained in drug seizure exhibits so that this information can be effectively used in court proceedings.

Detailed example

Outputs recommended counts with image labels.

AI / analytics pattern

Generative AI: AI that generates new or synthetic content (e.g., images, videos, audio, text, code).

Automation level / stage

a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.

Expected benefit

To ensure timely high confidence of counts, this use case allows forensic scientists to accelerate validation and enables quality control checks by serving as a unbiased count against submitted paperwork and manual counts. This will reduce a labor and resource intensive counting process.

Audit / financial statement impact

Does not produce an output that serves as a principal basis for decisions or actions with legal, material, binding, or significant effect on any of the individuals or entities identified in OMB-25-21.

Controls / human review

ATO: Not reported; PIA: Not published