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The US Government AEO Report

How Visible Is American Government to AI?

4.5/10

Average AEO score across 6,413 active US .gov sites we have scored. Of those, 31 sites pass the 8/10 AI-Ready threshold. Domain list pulled from the public CISA .gov registry.

The Levels

Federal vs State vs Local

Federal agencies, state governments, cities, and counties scored side by side. Each tier serves a different audience - and faces a different AEO challenge.

Federal Agencies
4.0/10
across 127 sites
AI-Ready (8+)0
TopUnited States Courts · 7
BottomGo: GO.senate.gov · 3
State Governments
3.9/10
across 150 sites
AI-Ready (8+)0
TopAS Legislature · 7
BottomNevada Secretary of State · 3
City Governments
3.9/10
across 696 sites
AI-Ready (8+)0
TopCity of Long Beach · 6.7
BottomTown of Townsend, Clerk's Of · 2
County Governments
3.8/10
across 201 sites
AI-Ready (8+)0
TopUtah County Government · 6.4
BottomWayne County Commission · 2
The Map

Government AI Visibility by State

Average AEO score across all scored .gov sites in each state. Click a state for the full list.

Top 20%
Upper 20%
Middle 20%
Lower 20%
Bottom 20%
No Data
The Spread

Score Distribution

AI-Ready8-10
31
0%
Getting There6-7
976
15%
Needs Work4-5
3,280
51%
Not Discoverable0-3
2,126
33%
Highest AEO

The 10 Most AI-Visible Government Sites

Across federal, state, and local. The ones that ChatGPT and Perplexity actually surface when asked about government services.

#1
Washington State Department of Transportation
olympia, washington· wsdot.wa.gov
8.2
#2
Department Of Water Resourcescalendar
sacramento, california· water.ca.gov
8.2
#3
NIH News in Health
· newsinhealth.nih.gov
8.2
#4
Department of Cannabis ControlCA.gov logoCA.gov logo
rancho cordova, california· cannabis.ca.gov
8.2
#5
Home
hanford, california· cdss.ca.gov
8.2
#6
California State Library
sacramento, california· library.ca.gov
8.2
#7
Farm Service Agency (FSA)
beltsville, maryland· fsa.usda.gov
8.2
#8
Energy.gov
· science.energy.gov
8.2
#9
Data.CDC.gov
· data.cdc.gov
8.2
#10
Home
district of columbia· agriculture.senate.gov
8.2
Lowest AEO

The 10 Least AI-Visible Government Sites

Functional websites with thin AEO signal - either no schema, no clear entity data, or AI crawlers blocked outright.

1
proloremusa
menasha, wisconsin· proloremusa.com
0.5
2
John Kromko
· kromko.org
0.5
3
The Official Site for the teaching ministry of Damian Kyle |
· damiankyle.com
0.7
4
yourpsssource
· yourpsssource.com
0.7
5
PoolSpa.Pro
austin, texas· poolspa.pro
0.8
6
TemperCyber LLC
yorkville, illinois· tempercyber.com
0.8
7
Unsolved Cases
· unsolvedcasesflorida.com
0.8
8
Los Tres Hermanos
· lostreshermanosbarandgrillvannuys.com
0.8
9
Rose Art Works by Rose Toro
· rosetoro.com
0.8
10
244th Combat Communications Squadron
· 244th.com
0.8

Scored on the Engagemii AEO methodology (6 categories, 30+ signals). Read the methodology. Domain list from the public CISA registry. For Congress specifically, see the dedicated Congress AEO report.