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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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Only records with a parseable start date match a year filter.

Agency: DOE · Department of EnergyVendor: OpenAI

Practice-by-practice evidence

Denominator: 13 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 testing131100001115%8% of 13
AI impact assessment130200001115%0% of 13
Independent review13100000128%8% of 13
Ongoing monitoring13100000128%8% of 13
Operator training13100000128%8% of 13
Fail-safe130002001115%0% of 11
Appeal process130002001115%0% of 11
User and public consultation131000011115%8% of 13

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
DOE8%0%8%8%8%0%0%8%13

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

13 records with at least one practice unanswered or in progressOpen in explorer
Use caseStageTestAIAReviewMonitorTrainFail-safeAppealConsult
AskOEDI
DOE · DOE-460
DeployedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
LLM EV
DOE · DOE-487
DeployedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AskPRIMR
DOE · DOE-488
DeployedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
GitHub Copilot with the OpenAI Codex
DOE · DOE-490
DeployedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Energy Wizard
DOE · DOE-494
DeployedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
ChatGPT Enterprise
DOE · DOE-498
DeployedReported in placeReported in progressReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeNot applicableNot applicableReported in place
AskGDR
DOE · DOE-501
DeployedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
WETO SA
DOE · DOE-537
DeployedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
OpenAI Enterprise
DOE · DOE-540
DeployedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Decisions AI
DOE · DOE-543
DeployedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
OpenAI ChatGPT Pilot
DOE · DOE-526
PilotReported in progressReported in progressNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNot applicableNot applicableOther or ambiguous answer
ChatGPT
DOE · DOE-621
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
QuantomVision
DOE · DOE-635
Pre-deploymentNo 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.