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: 17 records · all use cases in the current filter

Reported in placeReported in progressOther or ambiguous answerNo answer reported

Pre-deployment testing

Pre-deployment testing
Reported in place: 1 (5.9%)Pre-deployment testing
No answer reported: 16 (94.1%)

AI impact assessment

AI impact assessment
Reported in progress: 1 (5.9%)AI impact assessment
No answer reported: 16 (94.1%)

Independent review

Independent review
Reported in progress: 1 (5.9%)Independent review
No answer reported: 16 (94.1%)

Ongoing monitoring

Ongoing monitoring
Reported in place: 1 (5.9%)Ongoing monitoring
No answer reported: 16 (94.1%)

Operator training

Operator training
Reported in place: 1 (5.9%)Operator training
No answer reported: 16 (94.1%)

Fail-safe

Fail-safe
Reported in place: 1 (5.9%)Fail-safe
No answer reported: 16 (94.1%)

Appeal process

Appeal process
Reported in place: 1 (5.9%)Appeal process
No answer reported: 16 (94.1%)

User and public consultation

User and public consultation
Other or ambiguous answer: 1 (5.9%)User and public consultation
No answer reported: 16 (94.1%)

Practice	In scope	In place	In progress	Other	No answer	Answered	In place of applicable
Pre-deployment testing	17	1	0	0	16	6%	6% of 17
AI impact assessment	17	0	1	0	16	6%	0% of 17
Independent review	17	0	1	0	16	6%	0% of 17
Ongoing monitoring	17	1	0	0	16	6%	6% of 17
Operator training	17	1	0	0	16	6%	6% of 17
Fail-safe	17	1	0	0	16	6%	6% of 17
Appeal process	17	1	0	0	16	6%	6% of 17
User and public consultation	17	0	0	1	16	6%	0% of 17

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
USDA	6%	0%	0%	6%	6%	6%	6%	0%	17

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

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

Use case	Stage	Test	AIA	Review	Monitor	Train	Fail-safe	Appeal	Consult
Video Surveillance System USDA · USDA-025	Deployed	Reported in place	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Other or ambiguous answer
Dam Inspection Report Document Processing USDA · USDA-048	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
GIS Invasive Tree Extraction for Field Level Users USDA · USDA-050	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
Forest Health Detection Monitoring USDA · USDA-021	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
Digital Imagery (no-change) for NRI Program USDA · USDA-038	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
Dynamic Soils Hub USDA · USDA-060	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
XyloTron/XyloPhone Wood Identification System USDA · USDA-069	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 Deterrent System USDA · USDA-086	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
Zen AI Image Analysis USDA · USDA-095	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
AI Camera Technology to identify Product Safety Concerns USDA · USDA-114	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
Annual Soil Refresh Data Staging Server Automation USDA · USDA-121	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
Select Tree Mapping USDA · USDA-134	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
Automated Road Mapping USDA · USDA-137	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
UAS FS Nursery Seedling Inventory USDA · USDA-145	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
FS UAS Classification - Fire & Natural Resources USDA · USDA-149	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
Cone Survey123 AI Image Cone Counts USDA · USDA-150	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
Feral Ungulate Mitigation USDA · USDA-161	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

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?

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