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
10 agencies · 129 reported use cases · OMB 2025 Inventory. Portfolio size reflects reporting, not performance.
Scale & composition
Select an agency to exploreAgencies behind federal AI
In development/acquisition42Pilot18Deployed67Retired2Largest portfolio: 35 · 10 agencies
Conceptual agency landscape · positions do not represent deployment locations. Proximity does not imply a relationship.
AI technology mix
Reported classification · click to cross-filter33% generative or agentic. Each record carries one classification; not reported is shown hatched.
Mission areas
Topic area as reportedLifecycle composition
129 recordsExplore lifecycle stages and impact
Within each stageHigh-impact · Gen./agentic
Pre-deployment0%57%
Pilot6%39%
Deployed61%15%
Retired0%50%
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
DOE, DOI, DHS report 97 of 129 use cases (75%).
Understand the methodology →Evolution of reported AI use cases
By agency-reported start year · click a year to filterGenerative or agenticOther or unclassified113 of 129 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 93% of recordsEach square is 1% of filtered records. Where reported, 68% involve in-house development.
Minimum practices · 42 high-impactin place
Pre-deployment testing95%
AI impact assessment86%
Independent review86%
Ongoing monitoring90%
Operator training100%
Fail-safe81%
Appeal process26%
User and public consultation52%
Reported in placeReported in progressNot applicableOther or ambiguous answer
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. 100% of high-impact records answer any practice question.
Analytical observations
Computed from the current filter; reproducible- FindingDOE, DOI, DHS report 97 of 129 use cases (75%).
- Finding15% of reported deployed use cases (10 of 67) are classified as generative or agentic AI. View records
- FindingOf 41 deployed high-impact use cases, 35 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 93% of use cases. Where reported, 68% involve in-house development.
AI classification reported100%
Stage not reported0
Sourcing reported93%