United States, Nationwide
ICE Homeland Security Investigations
Translation and transcription of investigative data, supplied by Booz Allen
OperationalOfficial publicationPAI-EC216F8B
- Body
- ICE Homeland Security Investigations
- Country
- United States
- Area
- Nationwide
- Technology
- Translation and transcription of investigative data
- Supplier
- Booz Allen
- Status
- Operational
In routine use by the named body, on the evidence of a public source. - Stage
- In use now
- Since
- February 2024
- Legal basis
- Not stated in the source
- Oversight
- Not stated in the source
- Evidence
- Official publication
Police force, government department or public body publication - Source
- Office of Management and Budget, 2025 federal AI use case inventory (DHS-2427)
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-EC216F8B
Notes
The DHS 2025 AI Use Case Inventory (entry DHS-2427, as consolidated by the Office of Management and Budget) lists 'Translation and Transcription for Investigative Data' as deployed. The entry says neural machine translation and speech-recognition models translate and transcribe investigative material in other languages for HSI personnel; it names the open-source Whisper and No Language Left Behind models and lists Booz Allen as vendor, with the work done through contracting and in house. It says the models are not trained on agency data, that insights are reviewed and validated by personnel and supervisors before entering any case management system, and that material deemed critical for court proceedings goes to certified human translators. DHS presumed the use high-impact and determined it is not.
Other systems used by ICE Homeland Security Investigations
| Deployment | Country | Supplier | Since | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICE Homeland Security InvestigationsAI Social Media Monitoring | United States | Zignal Labs (via Carahsoft) | — | Proposed | |
| ICE Homeland Security InvestigationsClearview AI facial recognition search | United StatesNationwide | Clearview AI | — | Operational | |
| ICE Homeland Security InvestigationsGenerative AI summaries and translation of dark web data for cyber investigations | United StatesNationwide | — | 2024 | Operational | |
| ICE Homeland Security InvestigationsAltana entity resolution and supply-chain knowledge graph for trade investigations | United StatesNationwide | Altana | 2024 | Operational | |
| ICE Homeland Security InvestigationsTRM Labs blockchain analysis | United StatesNationwide | TRM Labs | 2022 | Operational | |
| ICE Homeland Security InvestigationsInvestigative Prioritization Aggregator (scoring of entities in investigations) | United StatesNationwide | Sandia National Laboratories | 2024 | Operational | |
| ICE Homeland Security InvestigationsCellebrite media classifier for digital evidence | United StatesNationwide | Cellebrite | 2023 | Operational | |
| ICE Homeland Security InvestigationsCase Guard AI-assisted audio and video redaction | United StatesNationwide | Case Guard | 2024 | Operational | |
| ICE Homeland Security InvestigationsNormalisation services for investigative data | United StatesNationwide | Booz Allen | 2021 | Operational | |
| ICE Homeland Security InvestigationsPenlink and Fivecast open-source intelligence platforms with generative AI | United StatesNationwide | Penlink, Fivecast | 2023 | Operational | |
| ICE Homeland Security InvestigationsGlobal maritime intelligence analytics | United StatesNationwide | — | — | Proposed | |
| ICE Homeland Security InvestigationsNamed entity resolution for investigative data | United StatesNationwide | — | — | Proposed | |
| ICE Homeland Security InvestigationsSemantic search and summarisation of investigative, translated and digital forensics data (three planned tools) | United StatesNationwide | — | — | Proposed | |
| ICE Homeland Security InvestigationsEmail analytics for investigative data | United StatesNationwide | — | — | Proposed |
Translation and transcription of investigative data elsewhere in United States
See them in the tracker| Deployment | Country | Supplier | Since | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Immigration and Customs EnforcementReal-time AI translation for field operations | United StatesNationwide | — | — | Proposed | |
| US Customs and Border ProtectionCBP Translate (machine interpretation for officers and agents) | United StatesNationwide | Aneesh Technologies, 24X7, Ellumen Inc., Deloitte, NiyamIT | 2019 | Operational | |
| Transportation Security AdministrationTranscription and summarisation of electronic evidence and video recordings | United States | — | — | Proposed | |
| Federal Bureau of InvestigationTranscription, translation and summarisation tools (five inventory entries) | United StatesNationwide | — | — | Operational | |
| Drug Enforcement AdministrationIntelligence Data Platform (PenLink PLX) multi-language transcription | United StatesNationwide | PenLink PLX | — | Operational | |
| Drug Enforcement AdministrationAudio and written transcription and translation of Spanish and Mandarin (pilot) | United StatesNationwide | MIT Lincoln Laboratory | — | Trial | |
| US Marshals ServiceAxon Evidence transcription | United StatesNationwide | Axon Enterprise, Inc. | — | Operational | |
| US Marshals ServiceIn-house video transcription tool | United StatesNationwide | — | — | Operational | |
| US Department of Justice Office of the Inspector GeneralSpeech-to-text transcription and summarisation service | United StatesNationwide | Microsoft, OpenAI | — | Operational |