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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.

Agency
Stage
High-impact
Topic
AI type
Sourcing
Vendor
Function1
Start year

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

Function: Translation and transcriptiontesting: blank

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
DOJ––––––––7
DHS––––––––6
VA––––––––2
STATE––––––––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

16 records with at least one practice unanswered or in progressOpen in explorer
Use caseStageTestAIAReviewMonitorTrainFail-safeAppealConsult
Continuous Glucose Monitoring Summary
VA · VA-25-1506
DeployedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Smartphone Information Forensics Triage
DHS · DHS-2705
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Real-Time Language Translation Services
DHS · DHS-2749
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Electronic Evidence/Video Recording Transcription and Summarization Tool
DHS · DHS-2399
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
USCIS Document Translation Service
DHS · DHS-2305
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
USCIS Speech Translation Service
DHS · DHS-2514
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Mobile Language Translation Services
DHS · DHS-197
RetiredNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Evidence.com
DOJ · DOJ-0058
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Voicemail Transcription, Translation and Summarization
DOJ · DOJ-0243
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Immigration Hearing Transcription and Translation/Interpretation Services
DOJ · DOJ-0286
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Conduit AI
DOJ · DOJ-0310
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Cocounsel AI
DOJ · DOJ-0313
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Audio and Written Transcription and Translation
DOJ · DOJ-0329
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
AI-Enabled Workflow Automation
DOJ · DOJ-0335
Pre-deploymentNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Live Consular AI Language Augmentation (LCALA) - Visa Interview Pilot
STATE · R3267
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reported
Ambient Scribing with Patient Chart Exploration
VA · VA-25-3149
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. DOJ designated 7 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?
  2. DHS designated 6 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?
  3. 4 high-impact use cases report using PII but give no link to a Privacy Impact Assessment. Is a PIA published elsewhere?

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