U.S. Federal AI Observatory
Menu
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.

Agency1
Stage
High-impact
Topic
AI type
Sourcing
Vendor1
Function
Start year

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

Agency: DOE · Department of EnergyVendor: ServiceNow

Practice-by-practice evidence

Denominator: 9 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 testing9800000189%89% of 9
AI impact assessment9710000189%78% of 9
Independent review9800000189%89% of 9
Ongoing monitoring9800000189%89% of 9
Operator training9800000189%89% of 9
Fail-safe9700100189%88% of 8
Appeal process9700100189%88% of 8
User and public consultation9100007189%11% of 9

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
DOE89%78%89%89%89%88%88%11%9

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

2 records with at least one practice unanswered or in progressOpen in explorer
Use caseStageTestAIAReviewMonitorTrainFail-safeAppealConsult
ServiceNow Predictive Intelligence
DOE · DOE-430
DeployedReported in placeReported in progressReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeNot applicableNot applicableReported in place
ServiceNow Virtual Agent Natural Language Understanding
DOE · DOE-507
DeployedNo 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.