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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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Start year

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

Function: Search and knowledge retrievalStage: Pilot

Practice-by-practice evidence

Denominator: 21 records · all use cases in the current filter
Reported in progressNo answer reported
PracticeIn scopeIn placeIn progressNot in placeN/APrecluded or waivedOtherNo answerAnsweredIn place of applicable
Pre-deployment testing21010000205%0% of 21
AI impact assessment21010000205%0% of 21
Independent review21000000210%0% of 21
Ongoing monitoring21000000210%0% of 21
Operator training21000000210%0% of 21
Fail-safe21000000210%0% of 21
Appeal process21000000210%0% of 21
User and public consultation21000000210%0% of 21

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
HHS––––––––5
TREAS––––––––5
DOE0%0%––––––3
VA––––––––2
SEC––––––––1
GSA––––––––1
DOJ––––––––1
DHS––––––––1
DOI––––––––1
NARA––––––––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

21 records with at least one practice unanswered or in progressOpen in explorer
Use caseStageTestAIAReviewMonitorTrainFail-safeAppealConsult
Large Language Model (LLM) Guided Data Dictionary Generation
DHS · DHS-2727
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AI Chat Bot for IT User Services
DOE · DOE-463
PilotReported in progressReported in progressNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
DNA-P Use Cases Leaverging Artificial Intellegence (Pilot)
DOE · DOE-504
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Merlin - KCNSC Generative AI with RAG
DOE · DOE-530
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
VoiceAtlas no-code chatbot framework
DOI · DOI-0248
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Knowledge retrieval and synthesis (Azure OpenAI Services)
DOJ · DOJ-0283
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Pricing Policy Chatbot
GSA · R1201
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
DHP Virtual Assistant
HHS · R0641
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Automating LIMS Bioinformatics Workflow Configuration and Enhancing Lab Quality Management with AI
HHS · R0663
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Data Ingestion and Content Explorer (DICE)
HHS · R0868
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AI Audit Resolution Assistant (AIARA)
HHS · R0883
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
ABE (AI-driven. Beneficial. Efficient.)
HHS · R1025
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AI based Semantic Search for National Archives Catalog (aka ArchiAI)
NARA · NARA - 0006
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Agentic Knowledge Base of Amazon Web Services Cloud Environment for the Securities and Exchange Commission (ACES)
SEC · SEC-39
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Large Language Model (LLM) Coding for Proof of Concept
TREAS · REQ-2024-01873
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
GenAI Productivity Tool Pilot
TREAS · REQ-2024-01953
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AI-assisted Procurement POC
TREAS · REQ-2025-02087
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Establish localized Large Language Model (LLM)
TREAS · REQ-2025-02310
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Internal Revenue Manual Research Aid (IRMA)
TREAS · TREAS-118
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
VA FSC AI ChatHelper
VA · VA-25-528
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Master Claims Assistance Tool (M-CAT)
VA · VA-24-4804
PilotNo 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

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