Examine records, reports, or other documents to establish facts or detect discrepancies.

“Examine records, reports, or other documents to establish facts or detect discrepancies.” is a core task performed by Government Property Inspectors and Investigators. Among the occupation's 14 rated tasks, workers place it 12th by importance (#3 most important). About 91% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data. in Processing Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T3.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.013% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 84% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: directive
• Average autonomy of the AI: 2.8 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 96% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Prepare correspondence, reports of inspections or investigations, or recommendations for action. · importance 4.2
• Investigate alleged license or permit violations. · importance 4.2
• Inspect government property, such as construction sites or public housing, to ensure compliance with contract specifications or legal requirements. · importance 4.0
• Inspect manufactured or processed products to ensure compliance with contract specifications or legal requirements. · importance 3.9
• Collect, identify, evaluate, or preserve case evidence. · importance 3.9
• Submit samples of products to government laboratories for testing, as required. · importance 3.8
• Inspect government-owned equipment or materials in the possession of private contractors to ensure compliance with contracts or regulations or to prevent misuse. · importance 3.7
• Investigate applications for special licenses or permits. · importance 3.6
• Recommend legal or administrative action to protect government property. · importance 3.6
• Testify in court or at administrative proceedings concerning investigation findings. · importance 3.5
• Coordinate with or assist law enforcement agencies in matters of mutual concern. · importance 3.3
• Monitor investigations of suspected offenders to ensure that they are conducted in accordance with constitutional requirements.
• Locate and interview plaintiffs, witnesses, or representatives of business or government to gather facts relevant to inspections or alleged violations.

See all tasks on the Government Property Inspectors and Investigators page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Examine records, reports, or other documents to establish facts or detect discrepancies.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-12891}
}