{"id":41437,"date":"2024-08-07T15:23:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T19:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/?page_id=41437"},"modified":"2024-09-25T12:08:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T16:08:34","slug":"leadership-program-inspires-an-ai-revolution-at-the-state-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/about\/impact\/leadership-program-inspires-an-ai-revolution-at-the-state-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership program inspires an AI revolution at the State Department\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a class=\"wp-block-pps-gutenberg-blocks-button alignleft pps-button rectangular_without_border tertiary with-icon p-0 m-0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/about\/impact\/\" data-label=\"Back to Impact\" data-color=\"#000000\" data-color-opacity=\"100\" data-bg-color=\"#ffffff\" data-bg-color-opacity=\"100\" data-graphic-position=\"before\" data-button-style=\"rectangular_without_border\" data-theme-style=\"tertiary\" data-graphic-type=\"icon\" data-type-of-url=\"page\" data-icon=\"arrow-left\" style=\"color:#000000;border:1px solid #000000;background-color:#ffffff\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fa fa-arrow-left before\"><\/i><span>Back to Impact<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-leadership-program-inspires-an-ai-revolution-at-the-state-department-nbsp\"><strong>Leadership program inspires an AI revolution at the State Department<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>The State Department is using artificial intelligence to transform how it declassifies documents and processes Freedom of Information Act requests, resulting in major cost savings, a better customer experience and easier access to agency records at a time when most Americans view government as <a href=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/publications\/state-of-trust-in-government-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lacking in transparency and wasteful<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the center of this transformation is Eric Stein, deputy director in State\u2019s Office of Management Strategy and Solutions, and a former participant in the Partnership\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/course\/ai-federal-leadership-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI Federal Leadership Program<\/a>, an initiative supported by Google and Microsoft that prepares leaders in government to effectively and responsibly use AI.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using what he learned in the program, Stein worked with the agency\u2019s Center for Analytics to launch three pilot programs over the past two years that declassified more than 78,000 diplomatic cables using machine learning and used new AI tools to accelerate the process for handling records inquiries and requesting State Department documents.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI understood AI very superficially before taking the course. Today, I know how to use AI ethically in programming, policymaking and executive decision-making,\u201d Stein said.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1475\" height=\"1844\" src=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/f3deb56b-a212-411f-bcca-d01f75c278f2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41438\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/f3deb56b-a212-411f-bcca-d01f75c278f2.jpeg 1475w, https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/f3deb56b-a212-411f-bcca-d01f75c278f2-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/f3deb56b-a212-411f-bcca-d01f75c278f2-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/f3deb56b-a212-411f-bcca-d01f75c278f2-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/f3deb56b-a212-411f-bcca-d01f75c278f2-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/f3deb56b-a212-411f-bcca-d01f75c278f2-50x63.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/f3deb56b-a212-411f-bcca-d01f75c278f2-1200x1500.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1475px) 100vw, 1475px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eric Stein, deputy director, Office of Management Strategy and Solutions, State Department<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-pps-gutenberg-blocks-separator pps-separator\" style=\"border:none;height:5px;background-color:#0084D4;color:#0084D4\" data-color=\"#0084D4\" data-color-opacity=\"100\" data-thickness=\"5\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"h-a-new-pilot\"> A New Pilot<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To declassify the diplomatic cables, Stein and his team trained a machine learning model on previous human declassification decisions and then ran thousands of records through the new system from October 2022-January 2023.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The machine\u2019s decisions on whether to declassify documents turned out to be 97% as accurate as they were when manually reviewed. Stein said the AI system cost just $400,000 to develop, reduced staff time by around 60% and saved his office about half a year\u2019s worth of work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stein\u2019s \u201caha!\u201d moment for the pilot came during a session in the AI Federal Leadership Program on using AI to manage and share data. He said the course also taught him how to integrate human review and oversight into the AI system to ensure it makes correct decisions.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDuring the course, the facilitators were talking about large volumes of information, and I thought, \u2018wait a minute, why are we spending so much time and energy on manually declassifying information?\u2019 I saw the potential to make a connection between what I was learning and what I do professionally,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-pps-gutenberg-blocks-separator pps-separator\" style=\"border:none;height:5px;background-color:#0084D4;color:#0084D4\" data-color=\"#0084D4\" data-color-opacity=\"100\" data-thickness=\"5\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-building-on-success\">Building on Success<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The results of the pilot encouraged Stein and his team to go further.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2023, they used what they learned to begin using new AI tools to search for documents in response to Freedom of Information Act requests. The new system, with human assistance, can identify which records are publicly available and whether there have been previous searches for the same material, enabling staff to more quickly process the thousands of record requests State receives each year.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another pilot, launched around the same time, provides users with <a href=\"https:\/\/foia.state.gov\/request\/foia.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a new online platform<\/a> to make a request and track the status of their inquiry. The platform also links to State\u2019s online reading room, which features documents released under the Freedom of Information Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are transforming how the agency makes information available to researchers and others in the field,\u201d he said.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-pps-gutenberg-blocks-separator pps-separator\" style=\"border:none;height:5px;background-color:#0084D4;color:#0084D4\" data-color=\"#0084D4\" data-color-opacity=\"100\" data-thickness=\"5\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-work-continues\">The Work Continues<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bureau of Administration, where Stein worked, is expanding its new declassification system to handle electronic records, including emails, which are more voluminous than older paper-based documents and will seriously stretch State\u2019s manual review process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team also helped establish State\u2019s first agencywide AI policy guidelines and&nbsp;is&nbsp;briefing dozens of agencies, and the National Security Council, on its work.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe course helped me consider the key elements that needed to be added,\u201d he said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taken together, these accomplishments make Stein a leader at the forefront of federal AI. What began as the seed of an idea planted in the AI Federal Leadership Program has blossomed into a core part of State\u2019s latest advancements in data and technology.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe program changed my professional experience at State,\u201d he said. \u201cIt shaped how we&#8217;re doing business and how we think about AI, and it was inspirational and motivational. The last few years would have been very different had I not enrolled.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-pps-gutenberg-blocks-separator pps-separator\" style=\"border:none;height:5px;background-color:#101820;color:#101820\" data-color=\"#101820\" data-color-opacity=\"100\" data-thickness=\"5\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-more-impact-stories\">More Impact Stories<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"block902947\" class=\"pps-dynamic-content size-small layout-horizontal  display-images display-images hide-dates hide-types display-excerpts display-button display-outline 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