Agency dossier · USDA

Department of Agriculture

162 reported use cases, 4.5% of all federal records. Rank reflects what was reported, not performance.

#9by records#7by deployed#7by high-impact#19by completenessof 41 agencies

Agency brief Compare View 162 use cases

Reported use cases1624.5% of all federal records Deployed3924%Pilots4729%High-impact41 answered any practice question

Disclosure completeness77%Mean of 12 core fields

Technology portfolio

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Mission mix

Topic area as reported

Lifecycle

162 records

Within each stageHigh-impact · Gen./agentic

Pre-deployment5%39%

Pilot0%9%

Deployed3%23%

Retired0%0%

Lifecycle timeline

By agency-reported start year

Generative or agenticOther or unclassified93 of 162 records report a parseable start date

Position against all agencies

This agency vs the federal inventory

Deployed share24%vs 29%

High-impact share2%vs 12%

Generative or agentic22%vs 27%

Sourcing reported57%vs 44%

In-house development50%vs 28%

Disclosure completeness77%vs 67%

Cyan: USDA. Ring: all 3,611 records. Differences describe reporting, not quality.

Governance evidence

4 high-impact use cases · share reported in place

Pre-deployment testing25%

AI impact assessment0%

Independent review0%

Ongoing monitoring25%

Operator training25%

Fail-safe25%

Appeal process25%

User and public consultation0%

Reported in placeReported in progressOther or ambiguous answerNo answer reported

No answer is missing evidence, not evidence that a safeguard is absent. Click a segment to open those records.

Sourcing and vendors

Sourcing reported for 57%

Related use cases

High-impact first, then deployed and most completeAll 162

Comparable portfolios

Most similar technology mix

EPA99%FHFA96%NASA96%DOL96%DOI95%

Similarity is the cosine of each agency's AI-classification counts (unreported excluded); agencies with 10+ records. Click to compare side by side.

Operational functions

Keyword-derived tags

Field completeness vs. all agencies

Share of records with the field filled

Stage

100% vs 91%

High-impact designation

100% vs 88%

Topic area

88% vs 83%

AI classification

88% vs 82%

Problem

88% vs 84%

Benefits

88% vs 82%

Outputs

88% vs 79%

Sourcing

57% vs 44%

Start date

57% vs 39%

ATO

57% vs 43%

PII

57% vs 42%

Custom code

57% vs 47%

Bar: this agency. White tick: all agencies. A gap is a reporting gap, not a finding about the systems.

Bureaus and components

11 reported

Natural Resources and Environment7647%76 records · 46.9% of 162

Research, Education and Economics2214%22 records · 13.6% of 162

Farm Production and Conservation2012%20 records · 12.3% of 162

Marketing and Regulatory Programs1610%16 records · 9.9% of 162

Food Safety138%13 records · 8.0% of 162

Office of the Chief Information Officer96%9 records · 5.6% of 162

Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services21%2 records · 1.2% of 162

Departmental Administration11%1 records · 0.6% of 162

Office Of Homeland Security11%1 records · 0.6% of 162

Office of Safety, Security, and Protection11%1 records · 0.6% of 162

Research, Education and Economics; Farm Production and Conservation11%1 records · 0.6% of 162