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: 27 records · all use cases in the current filter

Reported in placeReported in progressNot applicablePrecluded by law or guidanceOther or ambiguous answerNo answer reported

Pre-deployment testing

Pre-deployment testing
Reported in place: 8 (29.6%)Pre-deployment testing
No answer reported: 19 (70.4%)

AI impact assessment

AI impact assessment
Reported in place: 7 (25.9%)AI impact assessment
Reported in progress: 2 (7.4%)AI impact assessment
No answer reported: 18 (66.7%)

Independent review

Independent review
Reported in place: 7 (25.9%)Independent review
No answer reported: 20 (74.1%)

Ongoing monitoring

Ongoing monitoring
Reported in place: 7 (25.9%)Ongoing monitoring
No answer reported: 20 (74.1%)

Operator training

Operator training
Reported in place: 7 (25.9%)Operator training
No answer reported: 20 (74.1%)

Fail-safe

Fail-safe
Reported in place: 7 (25.9%)Fail-safe
Not applicable: 1 (3.7%)Fail-safe
No answer reported: 19 (70.4%)

Appeal process

Appeal process
Reported in place: 3 (11.1%)Appeal process
Not applicable: 4 (14.8%)Appeal process
Precluded by law or guidance: 1 (3.7%)Appeal process
No answer reported: 19 (70.4%)

User and public consultation

User and public consultation
Reported in place: 2 (7.4%)User and public consultation
Other or ambiguous answer: 6 (22.2%)User and public consultation
No answer reported: 19 (70.4%)

Practice	In scope	In place	In progress	N/A	Precluded or waived	Other	No answer	Answered	In place of applicable
Pre-deployment testing	27	8	0	0	0	0	19	30%	30% of 27
AI impact assessment	27	7	2	0	0	0	18	33%	26% of 27
Independent review	27	7	0	0	0	0	20	26%	26% of 27
Ongoing monitoring	27	7	0	0	0	0	20	26%	26% of 27
Operator training	27	7	0	0	0	0	20	26%	26% of 27
Fail-safe	27	7	0	1	0	0	19	30%	27% of 26
Appeal process	27	3	0	4	1	0	19	30%	14% of 22
User and public consultation	27	2	0	0	0	6	19	30%	7% of 27

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
SSA	30%	26%	26%	26%	26%	27%	14%	7%	27

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

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

Use case	Stage	Test	AIA	Review	Monitor	Train	Fail-safe	Appeal	Consult
Insight SSA · R3095	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
Duplicate Identification Process SSA · R3097	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
Handwriting Recognition of Forms; Intelligent Document Processing Platform - Forms Classification and Data Extraction SSA · R3098	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
Modernized Development Worksheet (MDW) SSA · R3099	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
Mobile Wage Reporting SSA · R3105	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
SSA 800# Public Question & Answer Bot and OIG Hotline recording of fraud, waste and abuse. SSA · R3106	Deployed	Reported in place	Reported in progress	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Analytic Insights SSA · R3107	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
PolicyNet Plain Language Search Engine SSA · R3108	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
Speech to Text Video Transcription SSA · R3109	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
Customer Insight Tool SSA · R3110	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
Benefit and Earnings Public Use File SSA · R3111	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
Therapy Chatbot - Text-Based Mental Health Support for SSA Employees SSA · R3112	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
Agency Support Companion (ASC) chatbot SSA · R3113	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
Data Governance Product (DGP) - Data cataloging and predictive analysis of data assets. SSA · R3114	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
Intelligent generation of modernized code. SSA · R3115	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
Application Observability Support SSA · R3117	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
Training Interaction Simulator SSA · R3120	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
Digital Identity Verification Services SSA · R3122	Deployed	No answer reported	Reported in progress	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Precluded by law or guidance	Reported in place
Enterprise Ticketing System (ETS) SSA · R3123	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
Human Resource Chatbot SSA · R3124	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

Unanswered analytical questions

Generated from the data; for follow-up with agencies

1 high-impact use cases are reported as deployed while their AI impact assessment is reported in progress. Was deployment authorised before the assessment was complete?
4 high-impact use cases mark an appeal process as not applicable. On what basis was each individual outcome judged not contestable?
6 high-impact use cases report using PII but give no link to a Privacy Impact Assessment. Is a PIA published elsewhere?

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