Evidence before interpretation.

Verification ladder

Single verification

One directly accessible source supports the claim. Single-verified records remain research inputs and are not eligible for the public intelligence feed.

Double verification

Two event-specific sources support the material claim, with an authoritative or primary source preferred. Public facts must meet at least this level.

Triple verification

Three event-specific sources independently support a material or disputed claim. Contradictions remain visible rather than being collapsed into certainty.

Market heat

Heat summarizes verified procurement, award, transition, deadline, exit, and portfolio activity. It is not a prediction of the winning bidder or award outcome.

Freshness

Monitoring verification records when source checks completed and which states were actually verified. Content freshness changes only when a substantive public fact changes.

Corrections

Source-linked corrections are evaluated against the underlying public record. A response-time commitment and correction-submission workflow are pending owner approval and will not be represented as active before that approval.