Periodic Table of Agents: State & Local Gov. Edition
A strategic map for building agentic AI across citizen services, benefits, public safety, and government operations.
Pick a goal to see the top 5 agents in build order, or explore all 118 by domain, maturity, core systems, and trust layer.
Part of the Periodic Table of Agents series across industries: Higher Ed, K–12, Academic Medical Centers, and State & Local Government.
Start with Your Goal (Recommended)
This is the fastest way to use the table. Pick an outcome and we’ll show the 5 agents that drive impact in build order.
Top 5 agents
1. Pick a priorityStart with the government outcome you want to improve.
2. Review the build orderThe recommended agents appear in sequence.
3. Read the mapColumns = domains. Rows = maturity. Bottom bands = core systems and trust.
1 Identity
2 Benefits
3 Licensing
4 Tax & Revenue
5 Public Health
6 Workforce
7 Housing & Social
8 Education & Child
9 Public Safety
10 Case Mgmt
11 Payments
12 Documents
13 HR
14 Budget
15 Procurement
16 IT & Data
17 Interagency
18 Compliance
Period 1
1
Ia
Identity Access
2
Cq
Compliance FAQ
Period 2
3
Ls
Login Support
4
Bs
Benefits Screener
5
Hp
HR Policy
6
Bg
Budget Guidance
7
Vr
Vendor Registration
8
Ih
IT Helpdesk
9
Ag
Agency Routing
10
Rf
FedRAMP Navigator
Period 3
11
Vp
Verification Prep
12
Sn
SNAP Application
13
Ob
Onboarding
14
Ec
Expense Coding
15
Rd
RFP Drafting
16
Dc
Data Catalog
17
Nw
No Wrong Door
18
Cr
Compliance Reporting
Period 4
19
Ak
Account Recovery
20
Mr
Medicaid Renewal
21
Lr
License Renewal
22
Tf
Tax Filing
23
Hi
Health Intake
24
Uc
Unemployment Claim
25
Ha
Housing Assistance
26
Cs
Childcare Subsidy
27
Ea
Emergency Alert
28
Ck
Case Intake
29
Ps
Payment Setup
30
Du
Document Upload
31
Lv
Leave Request
32
Fc
Forecast
33
Po
Purchase Order
34
Ap
Access Provision
35
Ss
Shared Services
36
Cj
CJIS Access
Period 5
37
Ti
Trusted Identity
38
Ed
Eligibility Decision
39
Pl
Professional Licensing
40
Au
Audit Support
41
Ep
Epidemiology
42
Re
Reemployment
43
Sp
Social Services Plan
44
Cp
Child Protection
45
Ds
Dispatch Support
46
Cc
Case Copilot
47
Db
Disbursement
48
Rc
Records Compliance
49
Tm
Talent Mobility
50
Al
Allocation
51
Kc
Contract Compliance
52
Dg
Data Governance
53
Cx
Cross Agency
54
Rg
Regulatory Risk
Period 6
55
Ib
Identity Broker
56
Nb
Needs Based Services
57–71
Lanthanides ↓
72
Rr
Revenue Risk
73
Hx
Health Exchange
74
Je
Jobs Ecosystem
75
Fs
Family Stabilization
76
Kd
Early Childhood
77
Eo
Emergency Orchestrator
78
Sj
Service Journey
79
Tr
Treasury
80
Kr
Knowledge Records
81
Wp
Workforce Planning
82
Sb
Strategic Budget
83
Pm
Procurement Marketplace
84
Px
Platform Modernization
85
Ic
Interagency Command
86
Xc
Cross-Agency Compliance
Period 7
87
If
Identity Fabric
88
Uw
Universal Wallet
89–103
Actinides ↓
104
Ra
Revenue Autonomy
105
Ph
Population Health
106
Li
Labor Intelligence
107
Sc
Social Care Network
108
Ys
Youth Success
109
Sf
Safety Assurance
110
Oj
Omni Journey
111
Pa
Payment Assurance
112
Rx
Records Autonomy
113
Hc
Human Capital
114
Fi
Fiscal Intelligence
115
Vs
Vendor Steward
116
Go
Government OS
117
Oa
Orchestration
118
Xa
Compliance Autonomy
Core Systems(Lanthanides)
57
Ie
Identity Engine
58
Ee
Eligibility Engine
59
Fe
Forms Engine
60
Oc
Document OCR
61
Em
Evidence Matching
62
Ng
Notice Generation
63
Py
Payments Rail
64
Md
Master Data
65
Rv
Rules Version
66
Qm
Queue Management
67
Mg
Messaging
68
Ev
Evidence Store
69
Ad
Address Standard
70
Pr
Provider Registry
71
Sz
Service Authorization
Trust Layer(Actinides)
89
Fd
Fraud Detection
90
Am
Abuse Monitoring
91
Pi
Privacy Impact
92
Cg
CJIS Guard
93
Ao
AI Oversight
94
At
Audit Trail
95
Eq
Equity Impact
96
Cy
Cyber Risk
97
Ix
IRS 1075
98
Or
Open Records
99
Et
Ethics Review
100
Xm
Experience Monitoring
101
Rk
Risk Scoring
102
Ir
Incident Review
103
Pt
Public Trust
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Select a state or local government leadership role to highlight agents aligned to that role’s strategic priorities.
Recommended agents
Domains (click to filter)
Maturity Levels
Informational
Answers questions, surfaces information (Periods 1–2)
Transactional
Completes simple tasks end-to-end (Period 3)
Workflow
Runs multi-step processes across systems (Period 4)
Decision
Recommends decisions with evidence and explanations (Period 5)
Cross-Agency
Coordinates across programs and partners (Period 6) — SLG adaptation of the series' Cross-Sector tier
Autonomous
Self-directs with strong governance and oversight (Period 7)
How to Start
Pick a goal. One outcome. Not three.
Choose 1–2 agents. Start where the friction is sharpest.
Pilot in 30–60 days. Real users, real data, narrow scope.
Measure impact. Cycle time, cost, satisfaction, or uptake — pick one.
Scale. Add the next agent in the build order. Reuse the backbone.
How to read this table
This table reframes the 118 SLG AI agents as a periodic system — not a checklist. The position of each agent tells you what it does, how mature it needs to be, and how it relates to the agents around it.
Two axes — domain and autonomy
Columns (groups) = the WHAT. Each column is a service domain — Identity & Access, Benefits & Eligibility, Tax & Revenue, Public Safety, and so on. Read down a column to see how a domain progresses from informational chatbots to autonomous, governed systems.
Rows (periods) = the autonomy & risk profile. Period 1–2 agents answer questions. Period 3–4 agents complete transactions. Period 5 agents make recommendations. Period 6 agents coordinate across agencies. Period 7 agents act with significant autonomy and require the strongest governance.
The two special rows
Lanthanides (yellow band, 57–71) — Operational Backbone. These are the shared engines — identity, eligibility rules, document OCR, payments rail, master data, messaging — that every other agent depends on. They're not user-facing, but they're load-bearing. Underinvest here and everything above gets brittle.
Actinides (rose band, 89–103) — Governance, Risk & Public Trust. Fraud detection, CJIS Guard, IRS 1075, privacy impact, AI oversight, audit trail, equity impact, ethics review, open records. These cut across every domain and are not optional — they're the institutional license to operate. CJIS Guard and IRS 1075 are the two compliance agents with the sharpest teeth: a CJIS finding can revoke criminal justice data access; an IRS 1075 finding can revoke access to federal tax data that eligibility programs depend on.
What leaders should be considering
Build the floor before the ceiling. Agents in Periods 6–7 only work if the lanthanides underneath them are solid. Many states overinvest in flagship agents and underfund the shared identity, data, and eligibility engines that make those flagships possible.
Governance runs in parallel, not sequentially. The actinides aren't a phase 3 deliverable — they need to stand up alongside the first transactional agent that goes live. Privacy, equity, and audit are entry tickets, not afterthoughts.
Sequence by risk, not by enthusiasm. A Period 2 informational agent (HR Policy, Budget Guidance) carries low risk and can ship fast — these build organizational confidence. A Period 5–7 decision-support or autonomous agent (Eligibility Decision, Child Protection, Revenue Autonomy) needs evidence, governance scaffolding, and human-in-the-loop review before launch.
Pick a portfolio, not a project. Use the Start with Your Goal section above to assemble 5–8 agents that together advance one strategic outcome — for example, modernizing eligibility means combining transactional agents (SNAP, Medicaid Renewal), a decision agent (Eligibility Decision), backbone engines (Forms, OCR, Evidence Matching), and governance (Privacy Impact, Equity Impact). One agent in isolation rarely moves the needle.
Align to the full compliance stack. HR.1 is forcing Medicaid & SNAP modernization; DOJ accessibility deadlines hit Apr 2026; NASCIO has named AI the #1 state CIO priority for 2026. But the compliance surface runs deeper: CJIS governs every agent touching criminal justice data — law enforcement, courts, child welfare, and licensing boards all operate under it, and a CJIS violation can cost an agency its data access entirely. IRS 1075 constrains how any agency uses federal tax data in eligibility programs. FedRAMP and StateRAMP govern cloud authorization — and most AI deployments are cloud deployments. ADA/Section 508 applies to every public-facing digital service. This table's Compliance & Risk column (Group 18) and actinide band are designed to map your roadmap to these forcing functions, not against them.
Talk in symbols, not slideware. The two-letter symbols (Aa, Bk, Cz) make this a shared vocabulary across CIO, business owners, vendors, and legislators. It lowers the activation energy for governance conversations — "Bk needs a Dm before it ships" beats a 30-page PowerPoint.