US Department of Homeland Security
AI-enabled surveillance and detection analytics, supplied by Multiple, not fully disclosed
OperationalRegulator findingPAI-7B95A126
- Body
- US Department of Homeland Security
- Country
- United States
- Area
- National
- Technology
- AI-enabled surveillance and detection analytics
- Supplier
- Multiple, not fully disclosed
- Status
- Operational
In routine use by the named body, on the evidence of a public source. - Stage
- In use now
- Since
- 2023
- Legal basis
- Not disclosed in the source; no dedicated statute specific to AI-based analytics identified
- Oversight
- US Government Accountability Office, which conducted the review this entry is sourced from
- Evidence
- Regulator finding
Data protection authority, inspectorate or oversight body - Source
- US Government Accountability Office, GAO-25-107302, December 2024
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-7B95A126
Notes
A GAO review found DHS law enforcement components using more than 20 categories of detection, observation and monitoring technology, including facial recognition and automatic licence plate readers alongside analytic software, some of which uses AI, plus access to third-party ALPR networks. GAO's own remit is bias-risk oversight, meaning this entry originates from an accountability review rather than a DHS disclosure. The review examined fiscal year 2023 usage; the report was published December 2024.
Update, November 2026. The report read is GAO-25-107302, published in December 2024 (Nextgov reported it on 5 December 2024). It reviewed Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Secret Service, which reported using over 20 types of detection, observation and monitoring technology in fiscal year 2023, including technology accessed through commercial vendors and other law enforcement agencies; all three reported agreements to query third-party automated licence plate reader data. GAO says DHS is developing policies to assess bias risk for AI-enabled technologies but has none for all such technologies, and made five recommendations, with which DHS concurred; GAO says ICE and the Secret Service described actions that do not address them. The report does not name vendors, which is why the vendor field is left as not fully disclosed.