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: 13 records · use cases that answered at least one practice question

Reported in placeReported in progressNot applicableNo answer reported

Pre-deployment testing

Pre-deployment testing
No answer reported: 13 (100.0%)

AI impact assessment

AI impact assessment
No answer reported: 13 (100.0%)

Independent review

Independent review
Reported in place: 11 (84.6%)Independent review
Reported in progress: 1 (7.7%)Independent review
No answer reported: 1 (7.7%)

Ongoing monitoring

Ongoing monitoring
Reported in place: 11 (84.6%)Ongoing monitoring
Reported in progress: 1 (7.7%)Ongoing monitoring
No answer reported: 1 (7.7%)

Operator training

Operator training
Reported in place: 11 (84.6%)Operator training
Reported in progress: 1 (7.7%)Operator training
No answer reported: 1 (7.7%)

Fail-safe

Fail-safe
Not applicable: 12 (92.3%)Fail-safe
No answer reported: 1 (7.7%)

Appeal process

Appeal process
Reported in progress: 11 (84.6%)Appeal process
Not applicable: 1 (7.7%)Appeal process
No answer reported: 1 (7.7%)

User and public consultation

User and public consultation
Reported in place: 1 (7.7%)User and public consultation
Reported in progress: 2 (15.4%)User and public consultation
No answer reported: 10 (76.9%)

Practice	In scope	In place	In progress	N/A	No answer	Answered	In place of applicable
Pre-deployment testing	13	0	0	0	13	0%	0% of 13
AI impact assessment	13	0	0	0	13	0%	0% of 13
Independent review	13	11	1	0	1	92%	85% of 13
Ongoing monitoring	13	11	1	0	1	92%	85% of 13
Operator training	13	11	1	0	1	92%	85% of 13
Fail-safe	13	0	0	12	1	92%	0% of 1
Appeal process	13	0	11	1	1	92%	0% of 12
User and public consultation	13	1	2	0	10	23%	8% of 13

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
DOI	–	–	92%	92%	92%	0%	0%	0%	12
EAC	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	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

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

Use case	Stage	Test	AIA	Review	Monitor	Train	Fail-safe	Appeal	Consult
Deep Learning based image segmentation [2024 INV#WO0000000107975] DOI · DOI-0175	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
Foundation Models to Advance Earth Science [2024 INV#WO0000000107153] DOI · DOI-0172	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
CHS Q Business AI Assistant (theKraken) DOI · DOI-0169	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Not applicable	Not applicable	Reported in progress
LLM-Assisted Volcanic Alert Monitoring DOI · DOI-0109	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
Reducing elevation error in coastal wetland digital elevation models DOI · DOI-0088	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
Developing land cover maps for barrier islands using satellite imagery DOI · DOI-0087	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
Invasive Carp Harvest Predictive Model DOI · DOI-0061	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
Flor-AI: Developing a Remotely Sensed Image Classification Method for Inventory and Monitoring of Flora in Digital UAS Imagery DOI · DOI-0079	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
Automating the Detection and Classification of Wildlife in Aerial Imagery [2024 INV#WO0000000109409] DOI · DOI-0075	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
Automated identification of ducks from hunter-submitted photos using deep learning models DOI · DOI-0074	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
Automated photographic identification of Eastern box turtles DOI · DOI-0073	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	No answer reported
Pathogen identification in salmon DOI · DOI-0071	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
Routing emails from shared inboxes EAC · EAC-4	Pilot	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	Reported in place

Unanswered analytical questions

Generated from the data; for follow-up with agencies

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?
VA 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?
DOE 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?
6 high-impact use cases report using PII but give no link to a Privacy Impact Assessment. Is a PIA published elsewhere?
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.