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Snapshot · OMB 2025 inventory · processed Oct 11, 2026
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Filter: AI type = nlp; function = foia_records; testing = blank

Generated 2026-10-16 22:28 UTCDataset: 2025 Federal Agency AI Use Case Inventory (individually reported use cases), Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Version 2025-inventory@62d5baa65fa3, processed 2026-10-11, rules 2026.10.1. Static snapshot.Applied filters: AI type = nlp; function = foia_records; testing = blank · 10 records

Key findings

  • 10 use-case records from 6 agencies: 5 deployed (50%), 1 pilots, 4 in development or acquisition, 0 retired, 0 with no stage reported.
  • 0 records are designated high-impact; 0 of them (n/a) answered at least one minimum-practice question.
  • DOI, NTSB, FRB report 7 of 10 use cases (70%).
  • 0% of reported deployed use cases (0 of 5) are classified as generative or agentic AI.
  • Sourcing is reported for 70% of use cases. Where reported, 86% involve in-house development.

Lifecycle

StageRecordsShare
Deployed550%
Pilot110%
Pre-deployment440%

AI technology

ClassificationRecordsShareDeployed
Natural language processing10100%5

Agencies

AgencyRecordsDeployedHigh-impactCompleteness
DOI · Department of the Interior54097%
NTSB · National Transportation Safety Board100100%
FRB · Federal Reserve Board110100%
HHS · Department of Health and Human Services10058%
VA · Department of Veterans Affairs10058%
NARA · National Archives and Records Administration100100%

High-impact designation

DesignationRecords
Not high-impact10

Governance evidence: use cases designated high-impact

PracticeIn placeIn progressNot in placeN/A or precludedOtherNo answerIn scope
Pre-deployment testing0000000
AI impact assessment0000000
Independent review0000000
Ongoing monitoring0000000
Operator training0000000
Fail-safe0000000
Appeal process0000000
User and public consultation0000000

"In place" means the agency reported the practice as established. "No answer" means the field was blank; it says nothing about whether the practice exists.

Method

All figures are computed directly from the normalised inventory records. Category labels are normalised from the source answer options; original values are kept on each record. Governance answers are classified as in place, in progress, not in place, not applicable, precluded, waived, other or no answer, and blanks are never read as "no". See the Methodology page for full rules.

Limitations

  • Figures are what agencies reported in the 2025 inventory. They are not verified, and registration of use cases is not complete for every agency.
  • A blank answer is missing evidence, not evidence that a practice or safeguard is absent.
  • Counts are use-case records. A larger portfolio does not indicate better performance or greater AI maturity, and agencies differ in how they split systems into use cases.
  • The inventory has no budget, cost, accuracy or outcome data. None is shown or inferred here.
  • This is a disclosure analysis. It is not an audit, a compliance determination or an official government assessment.

Source records

All 10 records.

RecordAgency IDAgencyUse caseStage
R0565FRB-0013FRBProposals and Public CommentsDeployed
R2725DOI-0020DOIFOIA Request Lexical Similarity Tool in the Document Review Platform (Term Frequency – Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF) - Cosine)Deployed
R2726DOI-0019DOIEnabling FOIA Request Clustering Capability in the Document Review Platform (Density Based Algorithm alongside Term Frequency – Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF))Deployed
R2727DOI-0018DOIFOIA Request Clustering Tool (Embedding based clustering alongside Term Frequency – Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF))Deployed
R2728DOI-0017DOIFOIA Request Conceptual Similarity Tool (Semantic Similarity Score Generation)Deployed
R0086NTSB-0004NTSBFOIAXpress AI assistantPilot
R0685HHSDetecting, evaluating, and redacting PII in NAMCS HC ComponentPre-deployment
R2174VA-25-3670VAASKA: Automated Support and Knowledge AssistancePre-deployment
R2722DOI-0025DOIFOIA Record Pre-Review ToolPre-deployment
R3207NARA - 0011NARAFreedom of Information Act (FOIA) Discovery AI PilotPre-deployment

Prepared with U.S. Federal AI Observatory by Irakli Petriashvili. Source: https://github.com/ombegov/2025-Federal-Agency-AI-Use-Case-Inventory