Federal AI landscape: executive briefing
Filtered: stage = pilot; AI type = generative
Key findings
- 154 use-case records from 23 agencies: 0 deployed (0%), 154 pilots, 0 in development or acquisition, 0 retired, 0 with no stage reported.
- 11 records are designated high-impact; 1 of them (9%) answered at least one minimum-practice question.
- HHS, DOE, DOJ report 84 of 154 use cases (55%).
- Sourcing is reported for 99% of use cases. Where reported, 68% involve in-house development.
Lifecycle
| Stage | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pilot | 154 | 100% |
AI technology
| Classification | Records | Share | Deployed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generative AI | 154 | 100% | 0 |
Agencies
| Agency | Records | Deployed | High-impact | Completeness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HHS · Department of Health and Human Services | 38 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| DOE · Department of Energy | 31 | 0 | 3 | 100% |
| DOJ · Department of Justice | 15 | 0 | 4 | 100% |
| TREAS · Department of the Treasury | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| VA · Department of Veterans Affairs | 8 | 0 | 3 | 75% |
| DOI · Department of the Interior | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| NASA · National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 5 | 0 | 0 | 98% |
| STATE · Department of State | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| SEC · Securities and Exchange Commission | 4 | 0 | 0 | 90% |
| DHS · Department of Homeland Security | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| EPA · Environmental Protection Agency | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| SSA · Social Security Administration | 4 | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| USDA · Department of Agriculture | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| EAC · Election Assistance Commission | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94% |
| SBA · Small Business Administration | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| HUD · Department of Housing and Urban Development | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| FCC · Federal Communications Commission | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| FRB · Federal Reserve Board | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| GSA · General Services Administration | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33% |
| DOT · Department of Transportation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67% |
| FERC · Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| FTC · Federal Trade Commission | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| NARA · National Archives and Records Administration | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
High-impact designation
| Designation | Records |
|---|---|
| High-impact | 11 |
| Presumed high-impact, determined not | 3 |
| Not high-impact | 139 |
| Not reported | 1 |
Governance evidence: use cases designated high-impact
| Practice | In place | In progress | Not in place | N/A or precluded | Other | No answer | In scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-deployment testing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| AI impact assessment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| Independent review | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| Ongoing monitoring | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| Operator training | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| Fail-safe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| Appeal process | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| User and public consultation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
"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
First 40 of 154 records, deployed first. The full list is available as CSV from the explorer with the same filters.
Prepared with Federal AI Intelligence by Irakli Petriashvili. Source: https://github.com/ombegov/2025-Federal-Agency-AI-Use-Case-Inventory