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The federal AI count: a sample issue
What a paid issue looks like: eight numbers, each with how it was counted, its source, the date it was read, and the page on this site that carries the data file. The numbers below are the ones already counted on this site; a paid issue carries new counts of the month.
3,611: uses of AI that federal agencies listed for 2025
How it was counted: rows in OMB's consolidated file of individually reported use cases.
Source: OMB, 2025 Federal Agency AI Use Case Inventory.[1]
Page and data: 3,611 uses of AI on the federal list.
1,040: of them marked deployed, 29% of the list
How it was counted: rows whose development_stage is Deployed.
Source: OMB, the same file.[1]
Page and data: the stage chart and its CSV.
858: listed uses are generative AI; 252 of those are deployed
How it was counted: rows whose classification is Generative AI, then their stage.
Source: OMB, the same file.[1]
Page and data: Generative AI in government.
447: uses filed under IT or cybersecurity; 146 deployed
How it was counted: rows whose topic_area is IT or Cybersecurity.
Source: OMB, the same file.[1]
Page and data: AI in government IT and cybersecurity.
215: of the 445 uses marked high-impact belong to the Department of Veterans Affairs
How it was counted: rows whose is_high_impact is "High-impact", by agency.
Source: OMB, the same file.[1]
Page and data: AI in health.
1,216: federal employees in the Data Science series 1560 in August 2026, from 119 in September 2022
How it was counted: rows of each OPM employment file whose occupational series is 1560.
Source: OPM, Federal Workforce Data, employment files.[2]
Page and data: Data science in government.
1,614: AI-enabled medical devices on the FDA list; 335 decisions dated 2025
How it was counted: entries of the FDA's CSV, by the year of the final decision.
Source: FDA, List of AI-Enabled Medical Devices.[3]
Page and data: AI in health, the FDA section.
3,978: crash reports filed under NHTSA's Standing General Order since 16 June 2025: 1,551 for automated driving systems, 2,427 for Level 2 driver assistance
How it was counted: distinct report IDs in the two NHTSA incident files.
Source: NHTSA, SGO 2021-01 incident report files.[4]
Page and data: AI in transportation.
What a paid issue adds
- New counts each month: the federal AI inventories as they are updated, USAspending awards that name AI, the agencies' own AI pages.
- One PDF by email on the first Monday of the month; cancel any time; a month with no issue is returned.[5]
- Every number with the script or rule that counted it, so it can be counted again.
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Sources
- Office of Management and Budget, 2025 Federal Agency AI Use Case Inventory, file of individually reported use cases (3,611 rows; the repository says "as of April 13, 2026"), counted by this site: 2025_individually_reported_AI_use_cases.csv. Read 29 October 2026.
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Federal Workforce Data, employment snapshot files for September 2020 to September 2025 (version 4 each) and August 2026 (version 1), from data.opm.gov/api/v1/files/employment, counted by this site. Read 29 October 2026.
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, List of Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Medical Devices and its CSV download, counted by this site. Read 29 October 2026.
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Standing General Order 2021-01 incident report files, ADS and Level 2 ADAS (CSV), counted by this site. Read 29 October 2026.
- Seven Sky Consulting, products page, The federal AI count, monthly. Read 29 October 2026.
How this page was made: each figure is read from the CSV named on its linked page (counts of 28 and 29 October 2026); nothing was counted anew for this sample.