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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.

appeal: blankfeedback: affirmative

Practice-by-practice evidence

Denominator: 8 records · all use cases in the current filter
Reported in placeReported in progressReported not in placeOther or ambiguous answerNo answer reported
PracticeIn scopeIn placeIn progressNot in placeN/APrecluded or waivedOtherNo answerAnsweredIn place of applicable
Pre-deployment testing8501000275%63% of 8
AI impact assessment8001000713%0% of 8
Independent review8002000625%0% of 8
Ongoing monitoring8300001450%38% of 8
Operator training8310000450%38% of 8
Fail-safe8400000450%50% of 8
Appeal process800000080%0% of 8
User and public consultation88000000100%100% of 8

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
EAC25%–0%––––100%4
DOE100%––100%100%100%–100%3
EPA100%0%–0%0%100%–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

8 records with at least one practice unanswered or in progressOpen in explorer
Use caseStageTestAIAReviewMonitorTrainFail-safeAppealConsult
AI for Operations Center
DOE · DOE-10
DeployedReported in placeNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeNo answer reportedReported in place
OPQ-AI
DOE · DOE-477
DeployedReported in placeNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeNo answer reportedReported in place
pComply-AI-High Risk
DOE · DOE-658
DeployedReported in placeNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in placeReported in placeReported in placeNo answer reportedReported in place
Grants Lifecycle Application System
EAC · EAC-3
DeployedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in place
Agency Records Management System
EPA · 73
DeployedReported in placeReported not in placeNo answer reportedOther or ambiguous answerReported in progressReported in placeNo answer reportedReported in place
AI Answers in Clearinghouse Network
EAC · EAC-1
PilotReported in placeNo answer reportedReported not in placeNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in place
Internal Generative AI Tools for Staff Productivity
EAC · EAC-2
PilotReported not in placeNo answer reportedReported not in placeNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in place
Routing emails from shared inboxes
EAC · EAC-4
PilotNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedNo answer reportedReported in place

Unanswered analytical questions

Generated from the data; for follow-up with agencies
  1. 5 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.