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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: DOI · Department of the InteriorStage: Pre-deployment

Practice-by-practice evidence

Denominator: 105 records · all use cases in the current filter
Reported in placeReported in progressNot applicableNo answer reported
PracticeIn scopeIn placeIn progressNot in placeN/APrecluded or waivedOtherNo answerAnsweredIn place of applicable
Pre-deployment testing1050000001050%0% of 105
AI impact assessment1050000001050%0% of 105
Independent review10513100009113%12% of 105
Ongoing monitoring10513100009113%12% of 105
Operator training10513100009113%12% of 105
Fail-safe10500014009113%0% of 91
Appeal process10501301009113%0% of 104
User and public consultation105060000996%0% of 105

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
DOI––12%12%12%0%0%0%105

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

105 records with at least one practice unanswered or in progressOpen in explorer
Use caseStageTestAIAReviewMonitorTrainFail-safeAppealConsult
Use of AI to Enhance Flash Flood Forecast Tool [2024 Inv#WO0000000110323]
DOI · DOI-0266
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Bird Nest Detection [2024 Inv#WO0000000110506]
DOI · DOI-0265
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Remote Sensing Coastal Change - Shoreline Change
DOI · DOI-0264
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
ROV Smart Touch Subsea Pipeline Inspections
DOI · DOI-0260
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Level 1 Survey Report Corrosion Level Classification
DOI · DOI-0257
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Well Activity Report Classification
DOI · DOI-0256
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Autonomous Drone Inspections
DOI · DOI-0255
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Development of a computer vision model to monitor for early detection of habitat loss across the landscape. [2024 INV#DOI-65]
DOI · DOI-0254
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
ChatGPT to write Python scripts for ArcGIS Pro Maps to be CVD-Friendly [2024 INV#WO0000000107402]
DOI · DOI-0246
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Harmful Algal Bloom prediction and detection system for Williams Fork Reservoir [2024 INV#WO0000000184339]
DOI · DOI-0244
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Use modern AI/ML approaches to gain insight into USGS unstructured data such as text [2024 INV#WO0000000131706]
DOI · DOI-0240
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Parsing large quantities of text data [2024 INV#WO0000000113692]
DOI · DOI-0239
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Avian population estimates from passive acoustic monitoring [2024 INV#WO0000000109725]
DOI · DOI-0236
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
FEMA mixed population flood-frequency analysis [2024 INV#WO0000000109723]
DOI · DOI-0235
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Mapping sagebrush from drones to satellites [2024 INV#WO0000000109568]
DOI · DOI-0231
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Reinforcement Learning for Helmholtz Coil Operation and Simulation [2024 INV#WO0000000109497]
DOI · DOI-0228
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Machine Learning algorithm for stream velocity prediction [2024 INV#WO0000000109319]
DOI · DOI-0226
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Wildlife species recognition and distance from camera estimation [2024 INV#WO0000000109245]
DOI · DOI-0220
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo 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-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Predicting Sparse (Geothermal) Resources Availability by using Machine Learning [2024 INV#WO0000000109195]
DOI · DOI-0211
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
SAMPLE Toolbox [2024 INV#WO0000000109123]
DOI · DOI-0206
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Mapping wildfire fuels in previously burned landscapes [2024 INV#WO0000000109121]
DOI · DOI-0205
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Advancing image-based surveys to support sea duck conservation along the Pacific Flyway [2024 INV#WO0000000109096]
DOI · DOI-0203
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Predicting inundation dynamics of small forested wetlands [2024 INV#WO0000000109089]
DOI · DOI-0200
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Environmental streamflows in the United States: historical patterns and predictions [2024 INV#WO0000000109075]
DOI · DOI-0198
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Zero shot segmentation to expedite Quaternary geologic mapping [2024 INV#WO0000000108739; 2024 INV#WO0000000109150]
DOI · DOI-0189
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Tracking wetlands and water movement across watersheds [2024 INV#WO0000000108734]
DOI · DOI-0187
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Everglades-Flux, Digital Surveys [2024 INV#WO0000000108630]
DOI · DOI-0186
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Summarization of documents and output to ECOSphere species workflow [2024 INV#DOI-63]
DOI · DOI-0184
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Cell Phone Application for Oil Spill Detection [2024 INV#WO0000000108285]
DOI · DOI-0183
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
National Wildlife Disease Database (NWDD) [2024 INV#WO0000000108149; 2024 INV#WO0000000109192]
DOI · DOI-0181
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Data-driven approaches to filling missing time-series data within the San Francisco Bay-Delta [2024 INV#WO0000000107683; INV#WO0000000107488]
DOI · DOI-0174
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeNot applicableReported in progressNo answer reported
Mapping ecohydrological headwater refugia
DOI · DOI-0164
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Machine Learning based shoreline detection and sea ice dynamics using coastal cameras [2024 INV#WO0000000108008]
DOI · DOI-0166
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeNot applicableReported in progressReported in progress
Tsunami Hazard Analysis [2024 INV#WO0000000108470]
DOI · DOI-0165
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeNot applicableReported in progressReported in progress
Machine learning for streamflow forecasting [2024 INV#WO0000000109317]
DOI · DOI-0167
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Determining the resource potential of critical minerals in seafloor massive sulfide deposits [2024 INV#WO0000000109311]
DOI · DOI-0163
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeNot applicableReported in progressReported in progress
Remote sensing of particulate and filter passing mercury species: models and proxies
DOI · DOI-0157
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
An integrated sensor network and data driven approach to satellite remote sensing of Dissolved Organic Matter
DOI · DOI-0154
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Machine Learning for Rapid Earthquake Magnitude Estimation
DOI · DOI-0153
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Lead attribution model
DOI · DOI-0152
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in progressReported in progressReported in progressNot applicableNot applicableReported in progress
Machine learning for stream velocity prediction
DOI · DOI-0146
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Improved earthquake detection for research studies [2024 INV#WO0000000108499]
DOI · DOI-0147
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Predictive AI applications for estimating water quality constituents as causal factors of harmful algal blooms.
DOI · DOI-0143
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Biotic and abiotic drivers of the prevalence of a tick and associated vector-borne disease
DOI · DOI-0142
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Enhancing Community and Wildlife Resilience to Sea?Level Rise and Infrastructure Development in the San Pablo Baylands
DOI · DOI-0141
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Predicting from the past - identifying characteristics of invasion-resistant and invasion-prone waterbodies to aid horizon scanning
DOI · DOI-0139
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Using High-Resolution Imagery and Artificial Intelligence to Support Climate Change Resilience in Agroforestry Across the Pacific
DOI · DOI-0138
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Forecasting Earthquake Ground Motion Time Series [2024 INV#WO0000000109733]
DOI · DOI-0140
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Refining Flood Risk Predictions in Hawai?i with Generative Machine Learning
DOI · DOI-0136
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Machine Learning for High-Resolution Downscaling in the Hawaiian Islands
DOI · DOI-0134
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Global Detection of Historical Harmful Algal Blooms via combined Satellite Data and Deep Learning Methods
DOI · DOI-0133
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Feature extraction and characterization for update of The National Map
DOI · DOI-0131
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeNot applicableReported in progressNo answer reported
Supervised learning for phycocyanin estimation from Sentinel-2 MSI in inland waters with independent validation
DOI · DOI-0130
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeNot applicableReported in progressNo answer reported
MAGMA-net: Multimodal analysis for geophysical monitoring of activity
DOI · DOI-0125
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Animas River Metals Surrogate
DOI · DOI-0124
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
[Un]supervised clustering of [non-]earthquake signals commonly recorded on regional seismic networks
DOI · DOI-0121
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeNot applicableReported in progressReported in progress
Inference of PFAS precursor compositions
DOI · DOI-0110
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeNot applicableReported in progressReported in progress
Using Graph Neural Networks for development of nonergodic earthquake ground-motion models
DOI · DOI-0118
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Synthesizing mapping and monitoring data to understand fluctuations in prairie dog colony size and densities in Theodore Roosevelt National Park [2024 INV#WO0000000109308]
DOI · DOI-0116
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Storm Induced Erosion Response Network
DOI · DOI-0107
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Accelerating scientific discovery through AI-driven literature synthesis and meta-analysis using large language models [2024 INV#WO0000000201793]]
DOI · DOI-0106
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Enhancing U.S. critical mineral supply chains through AI and remote sensing mapping of legacy mine sites and tailings
DOI · DOI-0102
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Improving recreation opportunities and access to public lands through machine learning and transportation planning
DOI · DOI-0104
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Multiple machine-learning estimation of groundwater levels and trends for the regional Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer
DOI · DOI-0101
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Lake Champlain Cyanobacteria Bloom modeling
DOI · DOI-0099
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Forest metrics at Redwood National and State Parks
DOI · DOI-0098
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Fire Effects at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area and Lava Beds National Monument
DOI · DOI-0096
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Diploid Detector/Triploid Tracker for Grass Carp
DOI · DOI-0091
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Detecting and tracking reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) invasion in the Upper Mississippi River floodplain using remote sensing and artifial intelegence.
DOI · DOI-0085
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeNot applicableReported in progressNo answer reported
Hydrologic predictions for the Upper Mississippi River System using a hybrid deep learning approach.
DOI · DOI-0082
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
PFAS model of soils in the northeast
DOI · DOI-0076
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeNot applicableReported in progressNo answer reported
PFAS Groundwater Model
DOI · DOI-0078
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeNot applicableReported in progressNo answer reported
ATLAS
DOI · DOI-0077
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeNot applicableReported in progressNo answer reported
Aveva Predictive Analytics (APA)
DOI · DOI-0058
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
FBMS UPC Chatbot
DOI · DOI-0057
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
General Land Office Records Modernization
DOI · DOI-0056
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AI Trapline for Fire
DOI · DOI-0055
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
RUDD AI Development of a Small Language Model for Land Use Planning Decisions Consolidation
DOI · DOI-0054
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Assessment Inventory and Monitoring (AIM) Chatbot
DOI · DOI-0053
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

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