Editorial standards
What you can expect from everything we publish, and what we will not do.
Accuracy and sourcing
Everything we publish is drawn from public federal records and official documents. Every factual claim links to the document it came from, so it can be checked rather than taken on trust. Figures come from the record, never from estimation or guesswork.
Human review
We use modern tools, including automation and AI, to gather and organize a large volume of public information. A person reviews and approves every issue before it is sent. If something cannot be confirmed, it does not run.
What we will not print
- Claims about a named company that the public record does not support.
- Speculation about why a company won or lost, or who will win next.
- The names of private individuals.
- Sensitive details about law-enforcement or defense facilities.
- Unnamed sources, or another publication's reporting passed off as our own.
Independence
No ads, no sponsored content, no affiliate links, and no money from any firm we cover. The publication is funded by readers who buy data products and subscriptions. Where an item would touch a conflict of interest for the publisher, we leave it out.
Corrections
When we get something wrong, we say so. Corrections run at the top of the next issue and are logged at /corrections. Nothing is silently edited.
Reaching a person
Every message sent through the contact section is read and answered by a person — including corrections, complaints and legal notices.