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
22 agencies · 132 reported use cases · OMB 2025 Inventory. Portfolio size reflects reporting, not performance.
Scale & composition
Select an agency to exploreAgencies behind federal AI
In development/acquisition63Pilot27Deployed42Largest portfolio: 26 · 22 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
132 recordsExplore lifecycle stages and impact
Within each stageHigh-impact · Gen./agentic
Pre-deployment2%100%
Pilot4%100%
Deployed0%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
HHS, DOE, USDA report 50 of 132 use cases (38%).
Understand the methodology →Evolution of reported AI use cases
By agency-reported start year · click a year to filterGenerative or agenticOther or unclassified70 of 132 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 55% of recordsEach square is 1% of filtered records. Where reported, 71% involve in-house development.
Minimum practices · 2 high-impactin place
Pre-deployment testing50%
AI impact assessment50%
Independent review50%
Ongoing monitoring0%
Operator training50%
Fail-safe50%
Appeal process0%
User and public consultation50%
Reported in placeReported in progressNot applicableNo 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. 50% of high-impact records answer any practice question.
Analytical observations
Computed from the current filter; reproducible- FindingHHS, DOE, USDA report 50 of 132 use cases (38%).
- Finding100% of reported deployed use cases (42 of 42) are classified as generative or agentic AI. View records
- FindingSourcing is reported for 55% of use cases. Where reported, 71% involve in-house development.
AI classification reported100%
Stage not reported0
Sourcing reported55%