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.
Practice-by-practice evidence
Denominator: 12 records · use cases that answered at least one practice questionReported in placeReported in progressNot applicableOther or ambiguous answerNo answer reported
Independent review
Independent review
Reported in place: 1 (8.3%)Independent review
Reported in progress: 2 (16.7%)Independent review
No answer reported: 9 (75.0%)
12Reported in place: 1 (8.3%)Independent review
Reported in progress: 2 (16.7%)Independent review
No answer reported: 9 (75.0%)
Ongoing monitoring12
Operator training12
| Practice | In scope | In place | In progress | Not in place | N/A | Precluded or waived | Other | No answer | Answered | In place of applicable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-deployment testing | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0% of 12 |
| AI impact assessment | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0% of 12 |
| Independent review | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 25% | 8% of 12 |
| Ongoing monitoring | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 33% | 0% of 12 |
| Operator training | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 33% | 0% of 12 |
| Fail-safe | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92% | 75% of 4 |
| Appeal process | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92% | 0% of 1 |
| User and public consultation | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 83% | 8% of 12 |
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.
| Testing | Impact assess. | Indep. review | Monitoring | Training | Fail-safe | Appeal | Consultation | n | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOE | 0% | 0% | 9% | 0% | 0% | 67% | 0% | 9% | 11 |
| DHS | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 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
12 records with at least one practice unanswered or in progressOpen in explorer| Use case | Stage | Test | AIA | Review | Monitor | Train | Fail-safe | Appeal | Consult |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLIR 280 HD DHS · DHS-2745 | Pilot | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | Reported in place | Not applicable | Other or ambiguous answer |
| AI Chat Bot for IT User Services DOE · DOE-463 | Pilot | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | No answer reported | No answer reported | No answer reported | No answer reported | No answer reported | No answer reported |
| Bernie-AI: Infrastructure Planning Support POC DOE · DOE-514 | Pilot | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | No answer reported | No answer reported | No answer reported | Not applicable | Not applicable | Other or ambiguous answer |
| OpenAI ChatGPT Pilot DOE · DOE-526 | Pilot | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | No answer reported | No answer reported | No answer reported | Not applicable | Not applicable | Other or ambiguous answer |
| NIF Shot Analytics & Predictive Maintenance Support Pilot DOE · DOE-529 | Pilot | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | No answer reported | No answer reported | No answer reported | Not applicable | Not applicable | Other or ambiguous answer |
| Drone Imagery Analysis DOE · DOE-539 | Pilot | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | Reported in place | Not applicable | Reported in place |
| xAI Grok Pilot DOE · DOE-601 | Pilot | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | No answer reported | No answer reported | No answer reported | Not applicable | Not applicable | Other or ambiguous answer |
| Microsoft Copilot (Pilot) DOE · DOE-603 | Pilot | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | Reported in place | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | Reported in place | Not applicable | Reported in progress |
| LISA Chatbot Pilot DOE · DOE-671 | Pilot | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | No answer reported | No answer reported | No answer reported | Not applicable | Not applicable | Other or ambiguous answer |
| Microsoft Copilot Pilot DOE · DOE-676 | Pilot | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | No answer reported | No answer reported | No answer reported | Not applicable | Not applicable | Other or ambiguous answer |
| Anthropic Claude Pilot DOE · DOE-703 | Pilot | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | No answer reported | No answer reported | No answer reported | Not applicable | Not applicable | Other or ambiguous answer |
| CoPilot DOE · DOE-734 | Pilot | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | No answer reported | Reported in progress | Reported in progress | Not applicable | Not applicable | No answer reported |
Unanswered analytical questions
Generated from the data; for follow-up with agencies- 1 high-impact use cases mark an appeal process as not applicable. On what basis was each individual outcome judged not contestable?
These are questions the inventory raises but cannot answer. They are not findings of non-compliance.