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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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Only records with a parseable start date match a year filter.

AI type: Natural language processingTopic: Information Technology

Practice-by-practice evidence

Denominator: 5 records · use cases that answered at least one practice question
Reported in placeReported in progressNot applicableOther or ambiguous answerNo answer reported
PracticeIn scopeIn placeIn progressNot in placeN/APrecluded or waivedOtherNo answerAnsweredIn place of applicable
Pre-deployment testing53200000100%60% of 5
AI impact assessment53200000100%60% of 5
Independent review53200000100%60% of 5
Ongoing monitoring53200000100%60% of 5
Operator training52300000100%40% of 5
Fail-safe53101000100%75% of 4
Appeal process52102000100%67% of 3
User and public consultation5110002180%20% of 5

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
DOE75%75%75%75%50%100%100%25%4
DOJ0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%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

3 records with at least one practice unanswered or in progressOpen in explorer
Use caseStageTestAIAReviewMonitorTrainFail-safeAppealConsult
GitHub Copilot
DOE · DOE-586
DeployedReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeReported in progressReported in placeNot applicableReported in place
Dragon
DOJ · DOJ-0057
DeployedReported in progressReported in progressReported in progressReported in progressReported in progressReported in progressReported in progressReported in progress
AI workflow to process voicemail user service requests and translate them into actionable IT service tickets
DOE · DOE-729
Pre-deploymentReported in progressReported in progressReported in progressReported in progressReported in progressNot applicableNot applicableNo answer reported

Unanswered analytical questions

Generated from the data; for follow-up with agencies

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