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
18 agencies · 124 reported use cases · OMB 2025 Inventory. Portfolio size reflects reporting, not performance.
Scale & composition
Select an agency to exploreAgencies behind federal AI
In development/acquisition52Pilot25Deployed31Retired4Not reported12Largest portfolio: 21 · 18 agencies
Conceptual agency landscape · positions do not represent deployment locations. Proximity does not imply a relationship.
AI technology mix
Reported classification · click to cross-filter17% generative or agentic. Each record carries one classification; not reported is shown hatched.
Mission areas
Topic area as reportedLifecycle composition
124 recordsExplore lifecycle stages and impact
Within each stageHigh-impact · Gen./agentic
Pre-deployment17%29%
Pilot4%24%
Deployed10%0%
Retired0%0%
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
DOI, NASA, HHS report 48 of 124 use cases (39%).
Understand the methodology →Evolution of reported AI use cases
By agency-reported start year · click a year to filterGenerative or agenticOther or unclassified55 of 124 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 48% of recordsEach square is 1% of filtered records. Where reported, 85% involve in-house development.
Minimum practices · 13 high-impactin place
Pre-deployment testing0%
AI impact assessment0%
Independent review0%
Ongoing monitoring0%
Operator training0%
Fail-safe0%
Appeal process0%
User and public consultation0%
No 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. 0% of high-impact records answer any practice question.
Analytical observations
Computed from the current filter; reproducible- FindingDOI, NASA, HHS report 48 of 124 use cases (39%).
- Finding0% of reported deployed use cases (0 of 31) are classified as generative or agentic AI. View records
- FindingOf 3 deployed high-impact use cases, 0 report a completed AI impact assessment and 3 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 48% of use cases. Where reported, 85% involve in-house development.
- Finding12 use cases (10%) have no reported development stage. View records
AI classification reported87%
Stage not reported12
Sourcing reported48%