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: 8 records · all use cases in the current filter

Reported in placeNot applicableOther or ambiguous answer

Pre-deployment testing

Pre-deployment testing
Reported in place: 8 (100.0%)

AI impact assessment

AI impact assessment
Reported in place: 8 (100.0%)

Independent review

Independent review
Reported in place: 8 (100.0%)

Ongoing monitoring

Ongoing monitoring
Reported in place: 8 (100.0%)

Operator training

Operator training
Reported in place: 8 (100.0%)

Fail-safe

Fail-safe
Reported in place: 8 (100.0%)

Appeal process

Appeal process
Reported in place: 7 (87.5%)Appeal process
Not applicable: 1 (12.5%)

User and public consultation

User and public consultation
Other or ambiguous answer: 8 (100.0%)

Practice	In scope	In place	N/A	Other	Answered	In place of applicable
Pre-deployment testing	8	8	0	0	100%	100% of 8
AI impact assessment	8	8	0	0	100%	100% of 8
Independent review	8	8	0	0	100%	100% of 8
Ongoing monitoring	8	8	0	0	100%	100% of 8
Operator training	8	8	0	0	100%	100% of 8
Fail-safe	8	8	0	0	100%	100% of 8
Appeal process	8	7	1	0	100%	100% of 7
User and public consultation	8	0	0	8	100%	0% 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 place Answered

Agency by governance practice
	Testing	Impact assess.	Indep. review	Monitoring	Training	Fail-safe	Appeal	Consultation	n
DOE	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	7
SBA	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	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

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

Use case	Stage	Test	AIA	Review	Monitor	Train	Fail-safe	Appeal	Consult

Unanswered analytical questions

Generated from the data; for follow-up with agencies

1 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.