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Snapshot · OMB 2025 inventory · processed Oct 11, 2026
Governance and accountability

Governance evidence

What agencies reported about the OMB M-25-21 minimum practices for high-impact AI. This is a disclosure analysis, not an audit, a compliance finding or an official assessment. An unanswered question is missing evidence, not evidence that a safeguard is absent.

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Agency: DOE · Department of EnergyAI type: Not reported

Practice-by-practice evidence

Denominator: 15 records · all use cases in the current filter
No answer reported
PracticeIn scopeIn placeIn progressNot in placeN/APrecluded or waivedOtherNo answerAnsweredIn place of applicable
Pre-deployment testing15000000150%0% of 15
AI impact assessment15000000150%0% of 15
Independent review15000000150%0% of 15
Ongoing monitoring15000000150%0% of 15
Operator training15000000150%0% of 15
Fail-safe15000000150%0% of 15
Appeal process15000000150%0% of 15
User and public consultation15000000150%0% of 15

Answered = records with any answer ÷ records in scope. In place of applicable = reported in place ÷ (in scope minus not applicable, precluded and waived). Unanswered records stay in that denominator, so the rate is a lower bound on reported evidence, not an estimate of real practice.

Agency-by-safeguard heatmap

Cell: share reported in place, among applicable recordsIn placeAnswered
Agency by governance practice
TestingImpact assess.Indep. reviewMonitoringTrainingFail-safeAppealConsultationn
DOE––––––––15

Hatched cells: the agency answered nothing for that practice, so there is no evidence either way. Compare agencies with care: each agency is one reporting unit, and portfolios differ in size and type.

Records requiring further investigation

15 records with at least one practice unanswered or in progressOpen in explorer
Use caseStageTestAIAReviewMonitorTrainFail-safeAppealConsult
AI for system design optimization (e.g., detector, accelerator)
DOE · DOE-410
RetiredNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
FIMS Invoice BOT
DOE · DOE-425
RetiredNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
SWPA Generative AI
DOE · DOE-432
RetiredNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Hanford Search
DOE · DOE-462
RetiredNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Hanford Popfon Search
DOE · DOE-464
RetiredNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Funding Finder
DOE · DOE-479
RetiredNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Hanford Service Ticket Lookup
DOE · DOE-482
RetiredNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Hanford Procedure Search
DOE · DOE-486
RetiredNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Interactive platform to help review and create "Promoting Inclusive and Equitable Research" Plans
DOE · DOE-493
RetiredNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AI Chat Bot for Facility Sustainability Practices
DOE · DOE-500
RetiredNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Topic Modeling for Energy.gov
DOE · DOE-502
RetiredNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
OpenText for Records Management (Email Auto-Classification)
DOE · DOE-548
RetiredNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AI-Based Chat Bot
DOE · DOE-568
RetiredNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AI Denoising
DOE · DOE-61
RetiredNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
High-Velocity AI: Generative Models
DOE · DOE-68
RetiredNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported

Unanswered analytical questions

Generated from the data; for follow-up with agencies

    These are questions the inventory raises but cannot answer. They are not findings of non-compliance.