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: 19 records · all use cases in the current filter

Reported in placeReported in progressNot applicableOther or ambiguous answerNo answer reported

Pre-deployment testing

Pre-deployment testing
Reported in place: 9 (47.4%)Pre-deployment testing
Reported in progress: 5 (26.3%)Pre-deployment testing
No answer reported: 5 (26.3%)

AI impact assessment

AI impact assessment
Reported in place: 8 (42.1%)AI impact assessment
Reported in progress: 6 (31.6%)AI impact assessment
No answer reported: 5 (26.3%)

Independent review

Independent review
Reported in place: 9 (47.4%)Independent review
Reported in progress: 5 (26.3%)Independent review
No answer reported: 5 (26.3%)

Ongoing monitoring

Ongoing monitoring
Reported in place: 9 (47.4%)Ongoing monitoring
Reported in progress: 5 (26.3%)Ongoing monitoring
No answer reported: 5 (26.3%)

Operator training

Operator training
Reported in place: 9 (47.4%)Operator training
Reported in progress: 5 (26.3%)Operator training
No answer reported: 5 (26.3%)

Fail-safe

Fail-safe
Reported in place: 12 (63.2%)Fail-safe
Not applicable: 2 (10.5%)Fail-safe
No answer reported: 5 (26.3%)

Appeal process

Appeal process
Reported in place: 7 (36.8%)Appeal process
Reported in progress: 1 (5.3%)Appeal process
Not applicable: 6 (31.6%)Appeal process
No answer reported: 5 (26.3%)

User and public consultation

User and public consultation
Reported in place: 1 (5.3%)User and public consultation
Reported in progress: 5 (26.3%)User and public consultation
Other or ambiguous answer: 8 (42.1%)User and public consultation
No answer reported: 5 (26.3%)

Practice	In scope	In place	In progress	N/A	Other	No answer	Answered	In place of applicable
Pre-deployment testing	19	9	5	0	0	5	74%	47% of 19
AI impact assessment	19	8	6	0	0	5	74%	42% of 19
Independent review	19	9	5	0	0	5	74%	47% of 19
Ongoing monitoring	19	9	5	0	0	5	74%	47% of 19
Operator training	19	9	5	0	0	5	74%	47% of 19
Fail-safe	19	12	0	2	0	5	74%	71% of 17
Appeal process	19	7	1	6	0	5	74%	54% of 13
User and public consultation	19	1	5	0	8	5	74%	5% of 19

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	89%	78%	89%	89%	89%	88%	88%	11%	9
SBA	17%	17%	17%	17%	17%	100%	0%	0%	6
FHFA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
DOJ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
EPA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
SSA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	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

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

Use case	Stage	Test	AIA	Review	Monitor	Train	Fail-safe	Appeal	Consult
ServiceNow Predictive Intelligence DOE · DOE-430	Deployed	Reported in place	Reported in progress	Reported in place	Reported in place	Reported in place	Not applicable	Not applicable	Reported in place
ServiceNow Virtual Agent Natural Language Understanding DOE · DOE-507	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
ServiceNow DOJ · DOJ-0107	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Helpdesk chat assistant for common data system tasks EPA · 39	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Workflow automation and predictive analytics using ServiceNow FHFA · FHFA-13	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Enterprise Ticketing System (ETS) SSA · R3123	Deployed	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported	No answer reported
Employee Center AI Search SBA · SBA-20	Pre-deployment	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Not applicable	Reported in progress	Reported in progress
AI Incident Summarization SBA · SBA-35	Pre-deployment	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress
AI Resolution Notes Generation SBA · SBA-36	Pre-deployment	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress
AI Vulnerability Ticket Deduplication SBA · SBA-37	Pre-deployment	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress
AI Vulnerability Remediation Assistance SBA · SBA-38	Pre-deployment	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in progress	Reported in place	Not applicable	Reported in progress

Unanswered analytical questions

Generated from the data; for follow-up with agencies

6 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.