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Improving antitrust enforcement with modern technology

ANTITRUST DIVISION (DOJ-ATR): Enforcing the nation’s antitrust laws, protecting competition across the economy

Challenge: The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice enforces the laws that prevent and prohibit practices that deprive American consumers, taxpayers, and workers of the benefits of a free market system. As a result, their cases are essential to our economy and our democracy. The size and complexity of corporate communication has grown considerably since the COVID-19 pandemic, and much of communication shifted from email to chat-based applications. ATR’s current tooling and methods will not be able to keep up with these changes without improving the speed, convenience, and efficiency of working with datasets that extend beyond email.

Approach: With TMF support, ATR will:

  • Rapidly acquire and deploy updated review platforms with artificial intelligence (AI) enabled
  • Expand their data ingestion and analysis pipelines to leverage AI tools
  • Improve their internal IT service management, increasing the capability of their case management systems
  • Simplify the public complaints process, and hire technologists to maintain and grow these solutions
  • Investment start: 01/2024
  • Project status: Active
  • Transfer status: 90%
  • Repayment status: 32%
  • Schedule delay: Yes
  • Cost overruns: No
  • ARP funding: Yes
  • Commercial product: Yes
  • Total TMF investment amount: $45,514,719
  • TMF spend to date (obligated): $18,895,958