Assessing the state of AI adoption across the federal government
This comprehensive research report evaluates the structural progress, disparities, and operational barriers surrounding artificial intelligence adoption within the United States federal government.
The study leverages multi-year AI use case inventories, federal employment records, and extensive interviews with agency technologists to map out a shifting regulatory landscape that has spanned three consecutive presidential administrations.
While both the Biden and Trump administrations explicitly prioritized AI to optimize public services and curb bureaucratic waste—most recently underscored by the Trump administration’s July 2025 “America’s AI Action Plan” and the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—the report notes that actual implementation remains highly uneven. Publicly reported AI use cases surged fivefold between 2023 and 2025, culminating in over 3,600 unique documented deployments across 41 agencies.Â
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