The State of Agentic AI

Implementation, Barriers and Investments

Tyler Cremins,
Government Business Council

April 17, 2026 08:00 AM ET

As federal agencies look to capitalize on the advancements in agentic artificial intelligence, they are looking to understand the control, speed, security and benefits to implementation. What control mechanisms are most important? What approaches are organizations taking at various layers of their IT systems? What are the potential barriers to adopting agentic AI solutions? To answer these questions and more ICF and GovExec Intelligence fielded a survey of 100 federal civilian government decision-makers in February 2026.

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What is the current state of implementation efforts
The level of ROI decision-makers foresee from investments into agentic AI
What barriers are there to adopting agentic AI solutions

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