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: 33 records · use cases that answered at least one practice question

Reported in placeReported in progressNot applicableWaived by CAIOOther or ambiguous answerNo answer reported

Pre-deployment testing

Pre-deployment testing
Reported in place: 10 (30.3%)Pre-deployment testing
Reported in progress: 20 (60.6%)Pre-deployment testing
No answer reported: 3 (9.1%)

AI impact assessment

AI impact assessment
Reported in place: 7 (21.2%)AI impact assessment
Reported in progress: 22 (66.7%)AI impact assessment
No answer reported: 4 (12.1%)

Independent review

Independent review
Reported in place: 10 (30.3%)Independent review
Reported in progress: 21 (63.6%)Independent review
Waived by CAIO: 1 (3.0%)Independent review
No answer reported: 1 (3.0%)

Ongoing monitoring

Ongoing monitoring
Reported in place: 11 (33.3%)Ongoing monitoring
Reported in progress: 22 (66.7%)

Operator training

Operator training
Reported in place: 10 (30.3%)Operator training
Reported in progress: 22 (66.7%)Operator training
Other or ambiguous answer: 1 (3.0%)

Fail-safe

Fail-safe
Reported in place: 8 (24.2%)Fail-safe
Reported in progress: 17 (51.5%)Fail-safe
Not applicable: 8 (24.2%)

Appeal process

Appeal process
Reported in place: 5 (15.2%)Appeal process
Reported in progress: 19 (57.6%)Appeal process
Not applicable: 8 (24.2%)Appeal process
No answer reported: 1 (3.0%)

User and public consultation

User and public consultation
Reported in place: 7 (21.2%)User and public consultation
Reported in progress: 18 (54.5%)User and public consultation
Other or ambiguous answer: 4 (12.1%)User and public consultation
No answer reported: 4 (12.1%)

Practice	In scope	In place	In progress	N/A	Precluded or waived	Other	No answer	Answered	In place of applicable
Pre-deployment testing	33	10	20	0	0	0	3	91%	30% of 33
AI impact assessment	33	7	22	0	0	0	4	88%	21% of 33
Independent review	33	10	21	0	1	0	1	97%	31% of 32
Ongoing monitoring	33	11	22	0	0	0	0	100%	33% of 33
Operator training	33	10	22	0	0	1	0	100%	30% of 33
Fail-safe	33	8	17	8	0	0	0	100%	32% of 25
Appeal process	33	5	19	8	0	0	1	97%	20% of 25
User and public consultation	33	7	18	0	0	4	4	88%	21% of 33

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
DOJ	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	16
DOE	63%	50%	57%	63%	50%	100%	67%	50%	8
DHS	75%	25%	25%	25%	50%	50%	100%	50%	4
DOI	–	–	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%	–	3
DOL	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%	100%	0%	1
FERC	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	1

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

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

Use case	Stage	Test	AIA	Review	Monitor	Train	Fail-safe	Appeal	Consult
Babel DHS · DHS-185	Deployed	Reported in place	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in place	Other or ambiguous answer
CBP Translate DHS · DHS-2388	Deployed	Reported in place	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in place	Not applicable	Not applicable	Reported in place
Open Source and Social Media Analysis DHS · DHS-2538	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Not applicable	Reported in place	Reported in progress
AI for Operations Center DOE · DOE-10	Deployed	Reported in place	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	No answer reported	Reported in place
GitHub Copilot DOE · DOE-586	Deployed	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in progress	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in place
Scripting DOE · DOE-674	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in place
DocketScope DOI · DOI-0040	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
Veritone DOJ · DOJ-0050	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
Dragon DOJ · DOJ-0057	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
Financial and Cryptocurrency Analysis: Federal Partner DOJ · DOJ-0083	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
Financial and Cryptocurrency Analysis: Commercial Solution DOJ · DOJ-0084	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
Intelligence Data Platform DOJ · DOJ-0088	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
Data Synthesis, Sentiment, Filtering, and Location Linking DOJ · DOJ-0121	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
Language Translation, Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Object Detection, Language Detection, Alert Noise Reduction DOJ · DOJ-0138	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
UpToDate DOJ · DOJ-0170	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
Dragon DOJ · DOJ-0196	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
Lexis Nexis (People Search) DOJ · DOJ-0213	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
Westlaw (People Search) DOJ · DOJ-0217	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
Video Transcription Tool DOJ · DOJ-0231	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
Open Source Investigative Tool DOJ · DOJ-0233	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
Veritone DOJ · DOJ-0244	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
Systran Translate Server DOJ · DOJ-0250	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
PLX DOJ · DOJ-0270	Deployed	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
Microsoft Copilot (Pilot) DOE · DOE-603	Pilot	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in place	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress
AI workflow to process voicemail user service requests and translate them into actionable IT service tickets DOE · DOE-729	Pre-deployment	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Not applicable	Not applicable	No answer reported
LLM-Assisted Volcanic Alert Monitoring DOI · DOI-0109	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
ATLAS DOI · DOI-0077	Pre-deployment	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported

Unanswered analytical questions

Generated from the data; for follow-up with agencies

VA designated 24 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?
17 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?
2 high-impact use cases mark an appeal process as not applicable. On what basis was each individual outcome judged not contestable?
15 high-impact use cases report using PII but give no link to a Privacy Impact Assessment. Is a PIA published elsewhere?
3 governance answers are ambiguous (for example, an answer option from a different question). What did the agency intend?

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