Government AI Use Monitoring

Systematic tracking and transparency efforts focused on how governments deploy AI systems, particularly for surveillance, enforcement, and decision-making that affects citizens' rights. Became critically important in 2025-2026 as the Trump administration rapidly expanded government AI use (nearly 3,000 AI use cases across 29 agencies in 2025, a 75% increase over 2024). Key practitioners: Revolving Door Project (comprehensive "Tracking Uses of AI in the Trump Administration" tracker covering DOGE AI, CMS Medicare AI, ICE surveillance, State Department visa AI), Freedom House (Freedom on the Net annual reports, 15th consecutive year of internet freedom decline; specific reporting on AI-enabled immigration enforcement), Brennan Center (policing and technology program, AI and national security research series), and Tech Oversight Project (rapid-response media campaigns on tech accountability). FOIA litigation (Democracy Forward, ACLU) serves as an enforcement mechanism when voluntary transparency fails. The Revolving Door Project tracker is currently the most comprehensive single-source inventory of government AI deployments. State-level monitoring is thinner — the Brennan Center tracker covers state legislation but not state government AI deployments.