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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: VA · Department of Veterans AffairsAI type: Natural language processingSourcing: Not reported

Practice-by-practice evidence

Denominator: 16 records · use cases designated high-impact
No answer reported
PracticeIn scopeIn placeIn progressNot in placeN/APrecluded or waivedOtherNo answerAnsweredIn place of applicable
Pre-deployment testing16000000160%0% of 16
AI impact assessment16000000160%0% of 16
Independent review16000000160%0% of 16
Ongoing monitoring16000000160%0% of 16
Operator training16000000160%0% of 16
Fail-safe16000000160%0% of 16
Appeal process16000000160%0% of 16
User and public consultation16000000160%0% of 16

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
VA––––––––16

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

16 records with at least one practice unanswered or in progressOpen in explorer
Use caseStageTestAIAReviewMonitorTrainFail-safeAppealConsult
VA VoiceBot for Call Center Modernization
VA · VA-24-2758
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Summarization of Clinical Data
VA · VA-25-6276
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Predictive Claims Processing Capability POC
VA · VA-25-393
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Teledermatology Clinical Outcome Classification
VA · VA-24-3082
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Summarize Progress Notes
VA · VA-24-3365
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Reportability of Cancer Diagnosis Information
VA · VA-24-4431
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Predict Patient Suicide
VA · VA-24-4439
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Extract patients’ diagnosis information and map the diagnosis to oncotree
VA · VA-24-4554
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Cancer Patients Symptom Burden
VA · VA-24-4595
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
JLV Booster
VA · VA-25-3415
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Freed AI Medical Scribe
VA · VA-25-4632
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Clinical Trial Matching
VA · VA-25-4951
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Leveraging Acoustic-Linguistic Analytics and Social Determinants to Enhance Suicide Prevention Efforts in Veterans Crisis Line Interventions
VA · VA-25-5182
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
VAHC CRM- Veteran Self-Service
VA · VA-25-5693
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Evidence, Policy, and Implementation Center (EPIC) QUERI
VA · VA-25-5821
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Electronic Mammogram Reporting (eMAMR)
VA · VA-25-7910
Pre-deploymentNo 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
  1. VA designated 16 use cases high-impact but answered none of the minimum-practice questions for any of them. Were the practices assessed, and where is that recorded?

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