Federal Agencies Build AI Visibility

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S. federal agencies are expanding AI use while building inventories, governance structures, and risk controls to track systems, owners, users, costs, and mission impact. OMB requirements and NIST guidance are being translated into operational practices involving procurement, cybersecurity, privacy, civil rights, finance, and continuous monitoring. The central challenge is balancing faster AI adoption with visibility, accountability, cost control, and safeguards that can adapt as models, vendors, and agency missions change.