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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 EnergyStage: Pre-deployment

Practice-by-practice evidence

Denominator: 149 records · all use cases in the current filter
Reported in placeReported in progressNot applicableOther or ambiguous answerNo answer reported
PracticeIn scopeIn placeIn progressNot in placeN/APrecluded or waivedOtherNo answerAnsweredIn place of applicable
Pre-deployment testing149517000012715%3% of 149
AI impact assessment1493400001425%2% of 149
Independent review1494300001425%3% of 149
Ongoing monitoring1494300001425%3% of 149
Operator training149183000012814%12% of 149
Fail-safe149300190012715%2% of 130
Appeal process149300190012715%2% of 130
User and public consultation149161000412814%11% of 149

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
DOE3%2%3%3%12%2%2%11%149

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

146 records with at least one practice unanswered or in progressOpen in explorer
Use caseStageTestAIAReviewMonitorTrainFail-safeAppealConsult
Natural Language Processing
DOE · DOE-118
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
DOE AI Data Infrastructure System
DOE · DOE-120
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Creation of polymer datasets and inverse design of polymers with targeted backbones having High CO2 permeability and high CO2/N2 selectivity.
DOE · DOE-125
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
To use AI to calibrate the simulation model by matching simulation data with production history data.
DOE · DOE-150
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Data discovery, processing, and generation using machine learning for a range of CCS data and information
DOE · DOE-179
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
To help automate data discovery and preparations to support a range of CS models, tools, and products
DOE · DOE-218
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
ORNL: Foundational AI Research
DOE · DOE-328
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
ORNL: AI for Materials Science
DOE · DOE-329
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
ORNL: AI for Experimental Facilities Operations
DOE · DOE-330
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
ORNL: AI for Transportation and Mobility
DOE · DOE-331
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
ORNL: AI for Energy Generation and Distribution
DOE · DOE-333
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
ORNL: AI for Advanced Manufacturing
DOE · DOE-334
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
ORNL: AI for Bio and Health Sciences
DOE · DOE-336
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
ORNL: AI for the Smart Laboratory
DOE · DOE-337
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
ORNL: AI for Neutron Science
DOE · DOE-338
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
ORNL: AI for Earth Systems
DOE · DOE-339
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
ORNL: AI for Fusion Energy
DOE · DOE-340
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
APT Analytics
DOE · DOE-352
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Laboratory Automation
DOE · DOE-354
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Managing curb allocation in cities
DOE · DOE-357
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Use of developed ML techniques to parse opensource text-based information.
DOE · DOE-359
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AI techniques for identification of suitable delivery parking spaces in an urban scenario
DOE · DOE-360
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Surrogate models for probabilistic Bayesian inference
DOE · DOE-361
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
ServiceNow AI Search
DOE · DOE-451
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AI for High Risk Property
DOE · DOE-454
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Records Digitization
DOE · DOE-455
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Argonne Resilience AI Assistant ARAIA (nee CALLM)
DOE · DOE-472
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AI for Isotopes (Pellet) Inspection
DOE · DOE-476
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Unleashing AI Transformer Models on FPGAs for Accelerating LHC and Particle Physics
DOE · DOE-485
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Advanced Peer to Peer Transactive Energy Platform with Predictive Optimization
DOE · DOE-506
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
ServiceNow Predictive Intelligence
DOE · DOE-508
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Ariculate 360 AI Assistant
DOE · DOE-511
Pre-deploymentReported in progressReported in progressReported in progressReported in progressReported in progressNot applicableNot applicableReported in place
Nanoparticle growth kinetics and mechanism
DOE · DOE-513
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Center for Mesoscale Transport Properties
DOE · DOE-516
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Develop a Machine Learning Framework for Optimal Computational Campaigns for Complex Uncertain Systems
DOE · DOE-517
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
NLP Data Analytics for Program and Portfolio Insights
DOE · DOE-520
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Command Media
DOE · DOE-521
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Ask CAS
DOE · DOE-522
Pre-deploymentReported in progressNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeNot applicableNot applicableReported in place
AI/ML in High Energy Physics Research
DOE · DOE-523
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
IDAES-PSE
DOE · DOE-531
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
NRAP-Open-IAM
DOE · DOE-532
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
SMMM
DOE · DOE-533
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Poseidon
DOE · DOE-544
Pre-deploymentReported in progressNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeNot applicableNot applicableReported in place
Azure Document Intelligence
DOE · DOE-546
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AI-Enhanced Hub
DOE · DOE-547
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
CURIE - Conversational Unified Research Information Engine
DOE · DOE-550
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
A Digital Twin for In-silico Spatiotemporally-resolved Experiments
DOE · DOE-553
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Machine learning for accelerated understanding of dynamic catalysis
DOE · DOE-554
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Computer Vision for Defect Detection
DOE · DOE-555
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AI for QA Audit
DOE · DOE-560
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Use AI/ML ML to Optimize Data and Experiments at National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) and the Accelerator Test Facility (ATF)
DOE · DOE-565
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Tabnine AI Pair Programmer
DOE · DOE-567
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Ask Alan
DOE · DOE-569
Pre-deploymentReported in progressNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeNot applicableNot applicableReported in place
Data-Science Enabled, Robust and Rapid MeV Ultrafast Electron Diffraction System to Characterize Materials Including for Quantum and Energy Applications
DOE · DOE-570
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Use ML as part of an integrated strategy for forecasting renewable energy resources
DOE · DOE-572
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
DNA-P Use Cases Leaverging Artificial Intellegence (Pre-Development)
DOE · DOE-573
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
MR-DT
DOE · DOE-579
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Development of a Planning, Operation, and Control Framework for Hybrid Energy Storage and Renewable Generation Systems
DOE · DOE-582
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Accelerated Nanomaterial Discovery
DOE · DOE-585
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
DIRECTIVES
DOE · DOE-587
Pre-deploymentReported in progressNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeNot applicableNot applicableReported in place
AI-Assisted Strategies and Solutions for Environmental Technology (AI-ASSET)
DOE · DOE-588
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Use AI/ML for Climate Prediction
DOE · DOE-592
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
M&O Program Trimester Reporting Modernization
DOE · DOE-594
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Offshore AIIM Dashboard
DOE · DOE-597
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
EDX-ClaiMM
DOE · DOE-598
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Storage usage effectiveness and data placement optimization at Data Center
DOE · DOE-600
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
FindMATID
DOE · DOE-604
Pre-deploymentReported in progressNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeNot applicableNot applicableReported in place
AI Enabled Code Review
DOE · DOE-606
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Report Assistant
DOE · DOE-610
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AI-Tailored Learning Management Solutions
DOE · DOE-611
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Objective-Driven Data Reduction for Scientific Workflows
DOE · DOE-612
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Autonomous, real-time guiding of BCP film synthesis
DOE · DOE-614
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Ask IT
DOE · DOE-615
Pre-deploymentReported in progressNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeNot applicableNot applicableReported in place
Low Dose Radiation Biology
DOE · DOE-617
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
KBase: An Integrated Knowledgebase for Predictive Biology and Environmental Research
DOE · DOE-619
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Next-Generation Beam Cooling and Control with Optical Stochastic Cooling
DOE · DOE-62
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AI Video Creation
DOE · DOE-620
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Enhancing the circularity: Cost effective battery de-energization, disassembly, and pre-processing (CEBDDP)
DOE · DOE-622
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Intrabot
DOE · DOE-625
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AI Drafting of Operational Procedures and Training Materials
DOE · DOE-626
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported

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Unanswered analytical questions

Generated from the data; for follow-up with agencies
  1. DOE designated 21 use cases high-impact but answered none of the minimum-practice questions for any of them. Were the practices assessed, and where is that recorded?
  2. 1 governance answers are ambiguous (for example, an answer option from a different question). What did the agency intend?

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