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- # DOJ Civil & Criminal Division Deployment Memorandum
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- **Federal FOIA Intelligence Search (FFIS)**
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- ## Purpose
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- This memorandum documents permissible DOJ usage of FFIS as a **public-records research tool**.
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- ## Authorized Uses
 
 
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- FFIS may be used by DOJ personnel to:
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- - Locate FOIA reading room materials
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- - Verify publicly released agency records
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- - Prepare informational exhibits
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- - Support discovery planning
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- - Support transparency obligations
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- ## Prohibited Uses
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- FFIS must NOT be used to:
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- - Conduct investigations
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- - Identify targets or suspects
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- - Infer intent or culpability
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- - Access non-public systems
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- - Replace agency record custodians
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- ## Civil Division Guidance
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- Appropriate for:
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- - APA cases
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- - FOIA litigation
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- - Administrative record cross-checks
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- Not appropriate for:
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- - Discovery production automation
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- - Certification of records
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- ## Criminal Division Guidance
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- Permitted:
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- - Public background research
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- - Source verification
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- Prohibited:
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- - Investigative analytics
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- - Surveillance
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- - Target profiling
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- ## AI Use Restrictions
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- AI is:
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- - Optional
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- - User-initiated
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- - Formatting-only
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- No predictive or analytical AI is permitted.
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- ## Chain of Custody
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- FFIS:
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- - Does not store evidence
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- - Does not certify authenticity
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- - Provides hashes for verification only
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- ## Conclusion
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- FFIS is a **non-operational, non-investigative** research aid.
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+ # DOJ Deployment Memorandum
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+ ## AI-Assisted Public FOIA Aggregation Tool
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+ ### Division Applicability
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+ - Civil Division
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+ - Criminal Division
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+ - National Security Division (non-operational use only)
 
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+ ## Executive Summary
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+ This tool enables DOJ personnel to **locate, reference, and hash-verify publicly released
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+ FOIA documents** without altering content or asserting authenticity.
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+ The system is **read-only**, **link-out only**, and **non-analytical by default**.
 
 
 
 
 
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+ ## Permitted Uses
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+ ✔ Research and background review
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+ Appendix preparation
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+ Public record verification
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+ Litigation support (non-filing)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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+ ## Prohibited Uses
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+ ✖ Operational intelligence
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+ ✖ Classified or controlled records
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+ Evidence certification
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+ Automated legal reasoning
 
 
 
 
 
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+ ## AI Usage Disclosure
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+ - AI is used **only for formatting and presentation**
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+ - No inference, prediction, or synthesis
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+ - All AI usage is opt-in and logged
 
 
 
 
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+ ## Risk Controls
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+ - Hard feature flags (AI, FAISS, PDF extraction)
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+ - Cryptographic provenance headers
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+ - SHA-256 hash verification
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+ - Domain allow-listing (agency only)
 
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+ ## Recommendation
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+ Approved for **internal research and pre-filing reference**
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+ Not approved as a system of record.