The executive briefing
From inventory to insight
A concise reading of federal AI portfolios, deployment and the evidence agencies report.
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Federal AI at a glance
1 agencies · 63 reported use cases · OMB 2025 Inventory. Portfolio size reflects reporting, not performance.
Scale & composition
Select an agency to exploreAgencies behind federal AI
In development/acquisition38Pilot4Deployed21Largest portfolio: 63 · 1 agencies
Conceptual agency landscape · positions do not represent deployment locations. Proximity does not imply a relationship.
AI technology mix
Reported classification · click to cross-filter100% generative or agentic. Each record carries one classification; not reported is shown hatched.
Mission areas
Topic area as reportedLifecycle composition
63 recordsExplore lifecycle stages and impact
Within each stageHigh-impact · Gen./agentic
Pre-deployment8%100%
Pilot0%100%
Deployed5%100%
Impact and technology shares use each stage's records as the denominator.
From development and acquisition to retirement. Select a stage to explore its reported use cases.
Reading the inventory
Evidence, with its limits visible
100% of reported deployed use cases (21 of 21) are classified as generative or agentic AI.
Understand the methodology →Evolution of reported AI use cases
By agency-reported start year · click a year to filterGenerative or agenticOther or unclassified25 of 63 records report a parseable start date
Start dates are agency-reported operational or pilot dates, not inventory submission dates. 2026 values are planned or early-year. Undated records are excluded from this chart only.
Sourcing
Reported for 40% of recordsEach square is 1% of filtered records. Where reported, 56% involve in-house development.
Minimum practices · 4 high-impactin place
Pre-deployment testing0%
AI impact assessment0%
Independent review0%
Ongoing monitoring0%
Operator training0%
Fail-safe0%
Appeal process0%
User and public consultation0%
Reported in progressNo answer reported
High-impact is the agency's own classification, not an independent risk rating. No answer reported is missing evidence, not evidence that a practice is absent. 25% of high-impact records answer any practice question.
Analytical observations
Computed from the current filter; reproducible- Finding100% of reported deployed use cases (21 of 21) are classified as generative or agentic AI. View records
- FindingOf 1 deployed high-impact use cases, 0 report a completed AI impact assessment and 0 leave every minimum-practice field blank. View records
- InterpretationBlank practice fields are missing evidence, not evidence that a safeguard is absent. They mark where follow-up questions to the agency are most useful.
- FindingSourcing is reported for 40% of use cases. Where reported, 56% involve in-house development.
AI classification reported100%
Stage not reported0
Sourcing reported40%