This reviewer-facing page defines SMART-D details for the Democracy requirement group: Performance Requirements.
Phase Boundary: Requirements review only. Metrics scoring, report-card use, legislative mapping, issue grades, member grades, rollups, leaderboards, and action tools are disabled for this reviewer-facing page.
Red text = bad current value, bad trend, missing critical data, or unfavorable gap. Green text = favorable value or improving trend. Amber text = context-dependent, incomplete, or source-method review needed. Neutral/gray text = descriptive value that is not inherently good or bad.
| Requirement | Metric / Measurement | Top Countries / Sources | Value to the American People | Gap / Target / Timeframe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEM-PER-001: Performance Requirements Requirement: Each public Democracy requirement shall be measurable or explicitly labeled as qualitative, developmental, or pending source definition. Verification: Requirements-to-metrics traceability matrix. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate democratic-governance performance and outcome indicator set; source-method review required. Current Value: Not yet approved for scoring. Current Trend: Not yet approved for scoring. Automation Feasibility: To be assessed during metrics development. Trend Meaning: No trend should be interpreted until the source, formula, baseline period, and limitations are approved. |
Source-Method Review: Required Source families and approved datasets must be selected during source-method review before public scoring. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Connects democratic principles to measurable public outcomes, not just political promises. | Gap: No approved public baseline yet. Target: Approved requirement text, approved metric candidate, source registry entry, formula, limitations, update frequency, and review decision before scoring. Timeframe: Complete during requirements and metrics review before public report-card promotion. |
| DEM-PER-002: Performance Requirements Requirement: At least 80 percent of active public Democracy metrics shall have identified source definitions before the issue is labeled public-beta ready. Verification: Metrics source definition audit. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate democratic-governance performance and outcome indicator set; source-method review required. Current Value: Not yet approved for scoring. Current Trend: Not yet approved for scoring. Automation Feasibility: To be assessed during metrics development. Trend Meaning: No trend should be interpreted until the source, formula, baseline period, and limitations are approved. |
Source-Method Review: Required Source families and approved datasets must be selected during source-method review before public scoring. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Connects democratic principles to measurable public outcomes, not just political promises. | Gap: No approved public baseline yet. Target: Approved requirement text, approved metric candidate, source registry entry, formula, limitations, update frequency, and review decision before scoring. Timeframe: Complete during requirements and metrics review before public report-card promotion. |
| DEM-PER-003: Performance Requirements Requirement: At least 80 percent of public Democracy report-card scoring factors shall include evidence records before member grades are publicly presented as more than preliminary. Verification: Report card audit export. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate democratic-governance performance and outcome indicator set; source-method review required. Current Value: Not yet approved for scoring. Current Trend: Not yet approved for scoring. Automation Feasibility: To be assessed during metrics development. Trend Meaning: No trend should be interpreted until the source, formula, baseline period, and limitations are approved. |
Source-Method Review: Required Source families and approved datasets must be selected during source-method review before public scoring. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Connects democratic principles to measurable public outcomes, not just political promises. | Gap: No approved public baseline yet. Target: Approved requirement text, approved metric candidate, source registry entry, formula, limitations, update frequency, and review decision before scoring. Timeframe: Complete during requirements and metrics review before public report-card promotion. |
| DEM-PER-004: Performance Requirements Requirement: The system shall define update frequency for each Democracy metric, including daily, weekly, monthly, annual, election-cycle, or manual-review cadence. Verification: Metrics catalog audit. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate democratic-governance performance and outcome indicator set; source-method review required. Current Value: Not yet approved for scoring. Current Trend: Not yet approved for scoring. Automation Feasibility: To be assessed during metrics development. Trend Meaning: No trend should be interpreted until the source, formula, baseline period, and limitations are approved. |
Source-Method Review: Required Source families and approved datasets must be selected during source-method review before public scoring. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Connects democratic principles to measurable public outcomes, not just political promises. | Gap: No approved public baseline yet. Target: Approved requirement text, approved metric candidate, source registry entry, formula, limitations, update frequency, and review decision before scoring. Timeframe: Complete during requirements and metrics review before public report-card promotion. |
| DEM-PER-005: Performance Requirements Requirement: Where official source data is available, public Democracy dashboards shall show the source date, last refreshed date, and review status. Verification: Dashboard quality review, JSON output review. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate democratic-governance performance and outcome indicator set; source-method review required. Current Value: Not yet approved for scoring. Current Trend: Not yet approved for scoring. Automation Feasibility: To be assessed during metrics development. Trend Meaning: No trend should be interpreted until the source, formula, baseline period, and limitations are approved. |
Source-Method Review: Required Source families and approved datasets must be selected during source-method review before public scoring. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Connects democratic principles to measurable public outcomes, not just political promises. | Gap: No approved public baseline yet. Target: Approved requirement text, approved metric candidate, source registry entry, formula, limitations, update frequency, and review decision before scoring. Timeframe: Complete during requirements and metrics review before public report-card promotion. |
| DEM-PER-006: Performance Requirements Requirement: Democracy legislation shall be traceable from bill identification through issue classification, requirement mapping, member activity, evidence status, and scoring status. Verification: ETL audit, bill classification review, report card evidence export. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate democratic-governance performance and outcome indicator set; source-method review required. Current Value: Not yet approved for scoring. Current Trend: Not yet approved for scoring. Automation Feasibility: To be assessed during metrics development. Trend Meaning: No trend should be interpreted until the source, formula, baseline period, and limitations are approved. |
Source-Method Review: Required Source families and approved datasets must be selected during source-method review before public scoring. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Connects democratic principles to measurable public outcomes, not just political promises. | Gap: No approved public baseline yet. Target: Approved requirement text, approved metric candidate, source registry entry, formula, limitations, update frequency, and review decision before scoring. Timeframe: Complete during requirements and metrics review before public report-card promotion. |
| DEM-PER-007: Performance Requirements Requirement: Every public grade, metric, or conclusion shall display an appropriate status such as Draft, Candidate, Preliminary, Public Beta, Final Pending Approval, or Final Approved. Verification: Public page quality review, status field audit. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate democratic-governance performance and outcome indicator set; source-method review required. Current Value: Not yet approved for scoring. Current Trend: Not yet approved for scoring. Automation Feasibility: To be assessed during metrics development. Trend Meaning: No trend should be interpreted until the source, formula, baseline period, and limitations are approved. |
Source-Method Review: Required Source families and approved datasets must be selected during source-method review before public scoring. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Connects democratic principles to measurable public outcomes, not just political promises. | Gap: No approved public baseline yet. Target: Approved requirement text, approved metric candidate, source registry entry, formula, limitations, update frequency, and review decision before scoring. Timeframe: Complete during requirements and metrics review before public report-card promotion. |
| DEM-PER-008: Performance Requirements Requirement: Public pages shall provide enough plain-English explanation for a non-expert citizen to understand the issue, the score, the evidence, and the recommended action. Verification: Readability review, page review checklist. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate democratic-governance performance and outcome indicator set; source-method review required. Current Value: Not yet approved for scoring. Current Trend: Not yet approved for scoring. Automation Feasibility: To be assessed during metrics development. Trend Meaning: No trend should be interpreted until the source, formula, baseline period, and limitations are approved. |
Source-Method Review: Required Source families and approved datasets must be selected during source-method review before public scoring. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Connects democratic principles to measurable public outcomes, not just political promises. | Gap: No approved public baseline yet. Target: Approved requirement text, approved metric candidate, source registry entry, formula, limitations, update frequency, and review decision before scoring. Timeframe: Complete during requirements and metrics review before public report-card promotion. |