What the Federal AI Inventory Leaves Unstated
The 2025 federal inventory lists 3,611 agency-reported AI use cases and 445 designated high-impact systems. For 318 high-impact records, the agency left pre-deployment testing unstated; only 16 report an established appeal process. The blanks are disclosure facts, not proof a safeguard is absent — and the inventory spans every lifecycle stage, not only deployed systems.