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.

Governance report

Practice-by-practice evidence

Denominator: 170 records · all use cases in the current filter

Reported in placeReported in progressNot applicableNo answer reported

Pre-deployment testing

Pre-deployment testing
No answer reported: 170 (100.0%)

170

AI impact assessment

AI impact assessment
No answer reported: 170 (100.0%)

170

Independent review

Independent review
Reported in place: 26 (15.3%)Independent review
Reported in progress: 2 (1.2%)Independent review
No answer reported: 142 (83.5%)

170

Ongoing monitoring

Ongoing monitoring
Reported in place: 26 (15.3%)Ongoing monitoring
Reported in progress: 2 (1.2%)Ongoing monitoring
No answer reported: 142 (83.5%)

170

Operator training

Operator training
Reported in place: 26 (15.3%)Operator training
Reported in progress: 2 (1.2%)Operator training
No answer reported: 142 (83.5%)

170

Fail-safe

Fail-safe
Not applicable: 28 (16.5%)Fail-safe
No answer reported: 142 (83.5%)

170

Appeal process

Appeal process
Reported in progress: 26 (15.3%)Appeal process
Not applicable: 2 (1.2%)Appeal process
No answer reported: 142 (83.5%)

170

User and public consultation

User and public consultation
Reported in progress: 8 (4.7%)User and public consultation
No answer reported: 162 (95.3%)

170

Practice	In scope	In place	In progress	N/A	No answer	Answered	In place of applicable
Pre-deployment testing	170	0	0	0	170	0%	0% of 170
AI impact assessment	170	0	0	0	170	0%	0% of 170
Independent review	170	26	2	0	142	16%	15% of 170
Ongoing monitoring	170	26	2	0	142	16%	15% of 170
Operator training	170	26	2	0	142	16%	15% of 170
Fail-safe	170	0	0	28	142	16%	0% of 142
Appeal process	170	0	26	2	142	16%	0% of 168
User and public consultation	170	0	8	0	162	5%	0% of 170

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 place Answered

Agency by governance practice
	Testing	Impact assess.	Indep. review	Monitoring	Training	Fail-safe	Appeal	Consultation	n
DOI	–	–	15%	15%	15%	0%	0%	0%	170

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

170 records with at least one practice unanswered or in progressOpen in explorer

Use case	Stage	Test	AIA	Review	Monitor	Train	Fail-safe	Appeal	Consult
Automated Walrus Haulout Monitoring [2024 INV#WO0000000110052] DOI · DOI-0247	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
PAWSC Ecotoxicology PFAS Machine Learning [2024 INV#WO0000000112908] DOI · DOI-0238	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Delineating sub-surface drainage using satellite imagery [2024 INV#WO0000000109525] DOI · DOI-0230	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Oil Spill Response for Ice-Covered Rivers [2024 INV#WO0000000109142] DOI · DOI-0208	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Pacific Northwest Stream Flow Permanence [2024 INV#WO0000000109137] DOI · DOI-0207	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Climate Futures for Lizards and Snakes in Western North America [2024 INV#WO0000000109092] DOI · DOI-0201	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Using Machine Learning in USGS StreamStats to make suspended sediment and bedload predictions [2024 INV#WO0000000107977] DOI · DOI-0176	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment and Projection (RCMAP) [2024 INV#WO0000000107126] DOI · DOI-0171	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Not applicable	Not applicable	Reported in progress
use of random forest for species distribution modeling DOI · DOI-0161	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
PRObability of Streamflow PERmanence (PROSPER models) [2024 INV#WO0000000109074] DOI · DOI-0156	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Machine Learning for automatic fracture mapping and rock identification [2024 INV#WO0000000109499] DOI · DOI-0155	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Machine Learning for Avalanche Frequency Modeling DOI · DOI-0148	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Classifying CWD-Infected Elk Using Recurrent Neural Networks on GPS Movement Data DOI · DOI-0135	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Deep?learning Integrations into NEIC Operations [2024 INV#WO0000000109496] DOI · DOI-0119	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
USGS Flow Photo Explorer [2024 INV#WO0000000109196] DOI · DOI-0117	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Coastal Change Likelihood: Synthesizing change factors using supervised learning DOI · DOI-0115	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Predicting post-fire tree mortality DOI · DOI-0100	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Global food-and-water security-support analysis data (GFSAD) project [2024 INV#WO0000000107073] DOI · DOI-0095	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
Frog vocalization recognition from digital recordings DOI · DOI-0092	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
Patterns in the Landscape – Analyses of Cause and Effect DOI · DOI-0090	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
Estimates of Habitat Suitability of Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) in Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Forest Understories DOI · DOI-0084	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Vulnerability Evaluation Application (SAVVEA) DOI · DOI-0081	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
Machine learning in remote sensing-based wildfire and natural resource risk assessments DOI · DOI-0072	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
Telemetry Analysis Learning Algorithm (TALA) DOI · DOI-0070	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
LANDFIRE DOI · DOI-0069	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
Invasive Grass Mapping DOI · DOI-0068	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Evapotranspiration mapping and monitoring DOI · DOI-0067	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
National Land Cover Database (NLCD) [2024 INV#WO0000000107887] DOI · DOI-0066	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Microsoft eDiscovery Attorney-Client Privilege Detection DOI · DOI-0021	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Performance Modeling / Performance Forecasting DOI · DOI-0016	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Effects of vehicle traffic on space use and road crossings of caribou in the Arctic [2024 INV#WO0000000110111] DOI · DOI-0007	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Use of AI to Enhance Flash Flood Forecast Tool [2024 Inv#WO0000000110323] DOI · DOI-0266	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Remote Sensing Coastal Change - Shoreline Change DOI · DOI-0264	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Well Activity Report Classification DOI · DOI-0256	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Machine Learning approach to predict the composition of seafloor massive sulfide deposits [2024 INV#WO0000000108420] DOI · DOI-0245	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Harmful Algal Bloom prediction and detection system for Williams Fork Reservoir [2024 INV#WO0000000184339] DOI · DOI-0244	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
USGS Azure OpenAI ChatGPT [2024 INV#WO0000000154392] DOI · DOI-0241	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Use modern AI/ML approaches to gain insight into USGS unstructured data such as text [2024 INV#WO0000000131706] DOI · DOI-0240	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Parsing large quantities of text data [2024 INV#WO0000000113692] DOI · DOI-0239	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Prioritized Constituents: Sediment [2024 INV#WO0000000109726] DOI · DOI-0237	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Avian population estimates from passive acoustic monitoring [2024 INV#WO0000000109725] DOI · DOI-0236	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
FEMA mixed population flood-frequency analysis [2024 INV#WO0000000109723] DOI · DOI-0235	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Data-Driven Streamflow Drought [2024 INV#WO0000000109714] DOI · DOI-0234	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
National-Extent Groundwater Quality Prediction for the National Water Census and Regional Integrated Water Availability Assessments [2024 INV#WO0000000109709] DOI · DOI-0233	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Mapping sagebrush from drones to satellites [2024 INV#WO0000000109568] DOI · DOI-0231	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Vegetation mapping on the Hawaiian island of Lanai [2024 INV#WO0000000109501] DOI · DOI-0229	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Reinforcement Learning for Helmholtz Coil Operation and Simulation [2024 INV#WO0000000109497] DOI · DOI-0228	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Population and critical habitat modeling of overwintering monarch butterflies [2024 INV#WO0000000109410] DOI · DOI-0227	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Machine Learning algorithm for stream velocity prediction [2024 INV#WO0000000109319] DOI · DOI-0226	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Automated otolith aging using image processing [2024 INV#WO0000000109315] DOI · DOI-0225	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Machine learning for tsunami source zones [2024 INV#WO0000000109313] DOI · DOI-0224	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Oceanographic, coastal, and geomorphic change analysis: data generation, QC/QA, and data management [2024 INV#WO0000000109310] DOI · DOI-0223	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Quantifying the effects of land-use change and bioenergy crop production on pollinators, wildlife, and ecosystem services in the Northern Great Plains [2024 INV#WO0000000109305] DOI · DOI-0222	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Computationally efficient emulation of spheroidal elastic deformation sources using machine learning [2024 INV#WO0000000109302] DOI · DOI-0221	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Wildlife species recognition and distance from camera estimation [2024 INV#WO0000000109245] DOI · DOI-0220	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Machine Learning to evaluate water quality [2024 INV#WO0000000109241] DOI · DOI-0219	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Ecological niche models for bat species [2024 INV#WO0000000109233] DOI · DOI-0218	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Development of a Strategic Framework for Use and Implementation of Machine Learning in Energy Resource Program Workflows [2024 INV#WO0000000109216] DOI · DOI-0217	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Quantifying Watershed Controls on Fine Sediment Flux to Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada [2024 INV#WO0000000109215] DOI · DOI-0216	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Seismology of Magmatic Injection [2024 INV#WO0000000109214] DOI · DOI-0215	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Earthquake Catalog Development [2024 INV#WO0000000109208] DOI · DOI-0214	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Seedling Identification and Percent Growth Analysis [2024 INV#WO0000000109200] DOI · DOI-0213	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Gulf Coast Geologic Energy Machine Learning [2024 INV#WO0000000109198] DOI · DOI-0212	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Predicting Sparse (Geothermal) Resources Availability by using Machine Learning [2024 INV#WO0000000109195] DOI · DOI-0211	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Using machine learning to detect invasive bullfrogs [2024 INV#WO0000000109159] DOI · DOI-0210	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Deep Learning application for automated mapping of surficial landforms, surficial geological deposits, and abandoned mine sites from lidar-derived topography [2024 INV#WO0000000109153] DOI · DOI-0209	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
SAMPLE Toolbox [2024 INV#WO0000000109123] DOI · DOI-0206	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Mapping wildfire fuels in previously burned landscapes [2024 INV#WO0000000109121] DOI · DOI-0205	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Lava lake thermal pattern classification using self organizing maps and relationships to eruption processes at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii [2024 INV#WO0000000109098] DOI · DOI-0204	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Advancing image-based surveys to support sea duck conservation along the Pacific Flyway [2024 INV#WO0000000109096] DOI · DOI-0203	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
InSAR and other geodetic studies at Volcanoes [2024 INV#WO0000000109093] DOI · DOI-0202	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Predicting inundation dynamics of small forested wetlands [2024 INV#WO0000000109089] DOI · DOI-0200	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Machine-learning model to delineate sub-surface agricultural drainage from satellite imagery [2024 INV#WO0000000109078] DOI · DOI-0199	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Environmental streamflows in the United States: historical patterns and predictions [2024 INV#WO0000000109075] DOI · DOI-0198	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Classifying GPS data to understand flight behavior of birds [2024 INV#WO0000000109015] DOI · DOI-0196	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Whole-lake indexing of round goby abundances with photographic catch data [2024 INV#WO0000000109010] DOI · DOI-0195	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Predicting PFAS in shallow soils in northern New England [2024 INV#WO0000000108973] DOI · DOI-0194	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Improving accuracy and precision of sonar-based estimates of fish abundance [2024 INV#WO0000000108800] DOI · DOI-0193	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Machine learning-based landscape feature classification using satellite and airborne imagery [2024 INV#WO0000000108791; 2024 INV#WO0000000108794] DOI · DOI-0192	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Predicting PFAS occurrence in groundwater using machine learning [2024 INV#WO0000000108780] DOI · DOI-0191	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported

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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.