Resource Automation + AI Mitigating Harm + Bias

Screened & Scored in the District of Columbia

This report by EPIC investigates how automated decision-making (ADM) systems are used across Washington, D.C.’s public services and the resulting impacts on equity, privacy, and access to benefits.

Organization: Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)

Authors: Thomas McBrien, Ben Winters, Enid Zhou, Virginia Eubanks

Published Year: 2022

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Drawing from 14 months of research and over 20 FOIA requests, the report details at least 29 ADM systems used in D.C. across housing, criminal justice, public benefits, and other services.

Through case studies and vignettes, it highlights how these technologies often lack transparency and oversight, automate inequality, and threaten civil rights protections. The report calls for greater accountability, public transparency, and structural reform in the use of ADM in government systems.