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
28 agencies · 440 reported use cases · OMB 2025 Inventory. Portfolio size reflects reporting, not performance.
Scale & composition
Select an agency to exploreAgencies behind federal AI
Pilot440Largest portfolio: 89 · 28 agencies
Conceptual agency landscape · positions do not represent deployment locations. Proximity does not imply a relationship.
AI technology mix
Reported classification · click to cross-filter39% generative or agentic. Each record carries one classification; not reported is shown hatched.
Mission areas
Topic area as reportedLifecycle composition
440 recordsExplore lifecycle stages and impact
Within each stageHigh-impact · Gen./agentic
Pilot5%39%
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, HHS, DOE report 234 of 440 use cases (53%).
Understand the methodology →Evolution of reported AI use cases
By agency-reported start year · click a year to filterGenerative or agenticOther or unclassified399 of 440 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 98% of recordsEach square is 1% of filtered records. Where reported, 78% involve in-house development.
Minimum practices · 23 high-impactin place
Pre-deployment testing4%
AI impact assessment4%
Independent review4%
Ongoing monitoring0%
Operator training4%
Fail-safe9%
Appeal process0%
User and public consultation4%
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. 9% of high-impact records answer any practice question.
Analytical observations
Computed from the current filter; reproducible- FindingDOI, HHS, DOE report 234 of 440 use cases (53%).
- FindingSourcing is reported for 98% of use cases. Where reported, 78% involve in-house development.
AI classification reported99%
Stage not reported0
Sourcing reported98%