This reviewer-facing page defines SMART-D details for the Democracy requirement group: Transparency and Open Government.
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-FUN-020: Transparency and Open Government Requirement: The system shall make congressional votes, sponsorships, cosponsorships, bill actions, committee activity, amendments, and legislative timelines traceable to official sources. Verification: Congress.gov data, official vote data, ETL audit, public evidence links. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate transparency, open-government, source-traceability, and public-records 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 Potential source families include FOIA.gov, agency open-data inventories, USAspending.gov, Federal Register, Congress.gov, and public meeting/hearing records. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Allows citizens to see decisions, sources, spending, votes, and performance instead of relying on slogans. | 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-FUN-021: Transparency and Open Government Requirement: The system shall link democratic accountability to federal spending, program objectives, and measurable public outcomes where relevant. Verification: Spending datasets, performance datasets, audit reports, metrics source registry. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate transparency, open-government, source-traceability, and public-records 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 Potential source families include FOIA.gov, agency open-data inventories, USAspending.gov, Federal Register, Congress.gov, and public meeting/hearing records. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Allows citizens to see decisions, sources, spending, votes, and performance instead of relying on slogans. | 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-FUN-022: Transparency and Open Government Requirement: The system shall not present public grades, conclusions, or claims without evidence links, source notes, review status, and confidence labels. Verification: Evidence audit, public page quality review, source coverage review. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate transparency, open-government, source-traceability, and public-records 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 Potential source families include FOIA.gov, agency open-data inventories, USAspending.gov, Federal Register, Congress.gov, and public meeting/hearing records. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Allows citizens to see decisions, sources, spending, votes, and performance instead of relying on slogans. | 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. |