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
31 agencies · 1,040 reported use cases · OMB 2025 Inventory. Portfolio size reflects reporting, not performance.
Scale & composition
Select an agency to exploreAgencies behind federal AI
Deployed1,040Largest portfolio: 167 · 31 agencies
Conceptual agency landscape · positions do not represent deployment locations. Proximity does not imply a relationship.
AI technology mix
Reported classification · click to cross-filter26% generative or agentic. Each record carries one classification; not reported is shown hatched.
Mission areas
Topic area as reportedLifecycle composition
1,040 recordsExplore lifecycle stages and impact
Within each stageHigh-impact · Gen./agentic
Deployed22%26%
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, DOJ, VA report 468 of 1,040 use cases (45%).
Understand the methodology →Evolution of reported AI use cases
By agency-reported start year · click a year to filterGenerative or agenticOther or unclassified860 of 1,040 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 97% of recordsEach square is 1% of filtered records. Where reported, 55% involve in-house development.
Minimum practices · 227 high-impactin place
Pre-deployment testing19%
AI impact assessment16%
Independent review16%
Ongoing monitoring18%
Operator training18%
Fail-safe15%
Appeal process7%
User and public consultation10%
Reported in placeReported in progressNot applicableOther or ambiguous answerNo 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. 56% of high-impact records answer any practice question.
Analytical observations
Computed from the current filter; reproducible- FindingHHS, DOJ, VA report 468 of 1,040 use cases (45%).
- Finding26% of reported deployed use cases (272 of 1040) are classified as generative or agentic AI. View records
- FindingOf 227 deployed high-impact use cases, 36 report a completed AI impact assessment and 101 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 97% of use cases. Where reported, 55% involve in-house development.
AI classification reported100%
Stage not reported0
Sourcing reported97%