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The authenticated instrument is OMB’s September 2006 Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys, subsequently identified as Statistical Policy Directive No. 2, together with its adopted 2016 Standards and Guidelines for Cognitive Interviews addendum. The main instrument contains 20 standards in seven sections and a definitions appendix. The addendum contains seven additional standards and expressly supplements rather than replaces the main instrument. The complete parsed bodies of both were read for this pass. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+3
Currentness is qualified. Accessible official agency pages continue to link the main instrument and addendum. Several current White House document endpoints failed, however, and the successful copies do not provide a consolidated amendment-through date. This pass authenticates the adopted bodies, their material application provisions, and the supporting authorities identified below; it does not certify an exhaustive later-law, rescission, amendment, or judicial history. One supporting statutory provision, 44 U.S.C. §3506(e), was readable in the original enactment and the official 2024 edition, but a current section body was not successfully retrieved. That limitation is retained rather than concealed.
Actual access/check date: October 27, 2026, America/Los_Angeles. The observed UTC access window was October 28, 2026, approximately 06:50–06:59 UTC.
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| Source ID | Issuer, title and complete literal HTTPS URL | Version, status and application | Exact read bounds and limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| R085-P1-S001 | OMB, Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys. Official archival copy: https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/statpolicy/standards_stat_surveys.pdf. Official agency copies: https://www.bls.gov/bls/statistical-policy-directive-2.pdf; https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/attachments/data-quality-act/standards_and_guidelines_for_statistical_surveys_-omb-_sept_2006.pdf. | Cover: September 2006. Final OMB agency standards and accompanying guidelines, authenticated through S002. No consolidated later-amendment cutoff displayed in the instrument. Federal scope. | Complete archival parsed body: cover/contents, pp. i–iv, introduction pp. 1–4, substantive pp. 5–28, appendix pp. 29–36; PDF indices 0–40. BLS copy: selected contents and substantive/glossary passages; FTC copy: selected front matter/introduction. Reordered text and formula extraction limitations are identified below. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+3 |
| R085-P1-S002 | OMB, Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys—Notice of decision, 71 FR 55522–55523. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2006-09-22/pdf/06-8044.pdf. | Published September 22, 2006; issues the standards as final and identifies their authority and replacement of the earlier directives. No separate delayed effective date is stated in this notice. | Complete OMB notice, pp. 55522–55523, PDF indices 0–1. Adjacent unrelated notices on those pages were excluded. Earlier directives and underlying comments were not investigated. govinfo.gov |
| R085-P1-S003 | OMB, Statistical Policy Directive No. 2 Addendum: Standards and Guidelines for Cognitive Interviews. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/inforeg/directive2/final_addendum_to_stat_policy_dir_2.pdf. Official agency copy: https://www.bls.gov/bls/statistical-policy-directive-2-addendum.pdf. | Final addendum authenticated by S004; complements the main instrument. Federal cognitive-interview scope. The PDF’s publication identity is established by the final notice, not a host timestamp. | Complete archival parsed body: pp. i–ii and 1–8, PDF indices 0–9, including introduction, all A.1–A.7 provisions, guidelines and Table A.1. BLS copy opened as a selected official alternate. Numbering/count discrepancies retained. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov+3 |
| R085-P1-S004 | OMB, Statistical Policy Directive No. 2 … Addendum …—Notice of final decision, 81 FR 70586–70587. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-10-12/pdf/2016-24607.pdf. | Published October 12, 2016; expressly effective immediately. Final adoption, not the earlier proposal. | Complete selected notice, pp. 70586–70587, PDF indices 0–1, including authority, scope, effective statement and adoption paragraph. Proposed text and comments were not used as operative authority. govinfo.gov |
| R085-P1-S005 | Congress; OLRC, 44 U.S.C. §3504, Authority and functions of Director. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-124/t44/s3504/. | Displayed laws in effect through Public Law 119-124, October 15, 2026. Current accessible statutory compilation; not an exhaustive session-law audit. | Complete §3504(e)(1)–(10) and selected source/amendment notes read. Reliance here principally on (e)(1), (3)–(5). Other functions, the geographic-delineation incorporation in (e)(10), and unrelated regimes are not analyzed. HTML; no PDF pagination. uscode.house.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-S006 | Congress; OLRC, 31 U.S.C. §1104, Budget and appropriations authority of the President. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-124/t31/s1104/. | Displayed through October 15, 2026, Public Law 119-124. | Complete subsection (d); surrounding (a)–(e) and selected revision notes read. Reliance confined to the statistical-information authority exercised through the OIRA Administrator. No whole historical delegation dossier. HTML. uscode.house.gov |
| R085-P1-S007 | Congress; OLRC, 44 U.S.C. §3502, Definitions. Latest readable version: https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t44/s3502/. Earlier retrieved version: https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-124/t44/s3502/. | Latest displayed cutoff Public Law 119-134, October 20, 2026; earlier version October 15. | Section body read, with selected source notes. Material complete definitions: (1) agency, (2) burden, (3) collection, (4) Director, (5) independent regulatory agency, (10) person, (11) practical utility, (12) public information, (13) recordkeeping, (19) metadata. Unrelated incorporated technology/open-data regimes not completed. HTML. uscode.house.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-S008 | Congress; OLRC, 44 U.S.C. §3518, Effect on existing laws and regulations. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t44/s3518/. | Latest successfully read section body displayed Public Law 119-121, October 9, 2026. Later-cutoff endpoints failed. | Complete (a)–(e) and selected references notes read; substantive reliance on (c)(1)–(2). Separate antitrust, intelligence, telecommunications and information-security incorporations are held. HTML. uscode.house.gov |
| R085-P1-S009 | OMB; OFR/GPO eCFR, 5 CFR Part 1320, Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-5/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-1320. Section views: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-5/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-1320/section-1320.3; https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-5/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-1320/section-1320.4; https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-5/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-1320/section-1320.5; https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-5/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-1320/section-1320.8. | Whole-Part view current through October 26, 2026; successful individual views through October 23; Title 5 last-amended banner October 22 is title-wide. eCFR describes itself as authoritative but not the official legal edition. | Complete §§1320.1–.4, §1320.5 and §1320.8(a)–(c) read; reliance limited to definitions, coverage, necessary clearance distinctions and respondent notifications. Remaining Part 1320 procedures not fully read. Standalone .5 redirected to an access gate; its body was read from the ordinary whole-Part publication, without interacting with the gate. ecfr.gov+5 |
| R085-P1-S010 | Congress, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-104publ13/pdf/PLAW-104publ13.pdf. | Enacted May 22, 1995. General effective date and transition are in §4; historical original enactment, not a current consolidated statute. | Complete selected enacted §3504(e), 109 Stat. 168–169, indices 5–6; §3506(e), 109 Stat. 175, index 12; and §4(a)–(c), 109 Stat. 185, index 22. Not the whole 23-page Act. govinfo.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-S011 | OMB, Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public; Regulatory Changes Reflecting Recodification of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 60 FR 44978. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1995-08-29/pdf/95-21235.pdf. | Final rule published August 29, 1995; effective October 1, 1995, subject to adopted §1320.2 transition. | DATES p. 44978, index 0; complete revision instruction/authority p. 44984, index 6; complete §1320.2, p. 44985, index 7; §1320.3(d), pp. 44985–44986, indices 7–8; §1320.8(b)(3)–(c), p. 44990, index 12. Other retrieved passages were selected context, not a whole 19-page review. govinfo.gov+3 |
| R085-P1-S012 | Congress; GPO, United States Code, 2024 edition, Title 44, Chapter 35, selected §3506(e). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title44/html/USCODE-2024-title44-chap35.htm. | Official 2024 annual edition. Historical/currentness-limited supporting text; not represented as a successful 2026 current-body retrieval. | Complete §3506(e)(1)–(6) read. The remainder of the chapter was not investigated as a substantive body. HTML, no PDF page/index. PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS |
| R085-P1-S013 | Official publication/discovery pages. https://www.bls.gov/bls/statistical-policy-directives.htm; https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/; https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-resources/; https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-resources/guidance/; https://statspolicy.gov/policies/. | Official indexes/navigation, not adoption instruments or exhaustive currentness certifications. | Selected resource-navigation portions and SPD-2/addendum links read. No agency program, personnel, performance or implementation investigation. BLS links support continuing official publication availability only. bls.gov+3 |
| R085-P1-S014 | Archived OMB background-document index. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/inforeg_backgrd_stat_surveys/. | Page expressly identifies itself as historical material frozen in time. Discovery/status evidence only. | Archival warning and standards-background list read. Proposed documents, individual comments and earlier directives linked there were not treated as current bodies or opened for participant research. The White House |
These rows are part of the source register. They support only the access record, not substantive methodological propositions.
The page/index relationships below refer to S001 and S003. The accompanying guideline ranges identify the provisions actually present, including all substantive guidelines read.
| Instrument provision | Actual subject | Guidelines present | Printed pages / PDF indices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main introduction | Scope, quality concepts, agency requirements and application | Introductory instructions and notes | pp. 1–4 / indices 5–8 |
| 1.1 | Survey planning | 1.1.1–1.1.3 | pp. 5–6 / 9–10 |
| 1.2 | Survey design | 1.2.1–1.2.7 | pp. 7–8 / 11–12 |
| 1.3 | Survey response rates | 1.3.1–1.3.5 | p. 8 / 12 |
| 1.4 | Pretesting survey systems | 1.4.1–1.4.2 | p. 9 / 13 |
| 2.1 | Developing sampling frames | 2.1.1–2.1.4 | pp. 9–10 / 13–14 |
| 2.2 | Required notifications to potential respondents | 2.2.1 | pp. 10–11 / 14–15 |
| 2.3 | Data collection methodology | 2.3.1–2.3.4 | pp. 11–12 / 15–16 |
| 3.1 | Data editing | 3.1.1–3.1.3 | p. 13 / 17 |
| 3.2 | Nonresponse analysis and response-rate calculation | 3.2.1–3.2.15 | pp. 14–17 / 18–21 |
| 3.3 | Coding | 3.3.1–3.3.3 | pp. 17–18 / 21–22 |
| 3.4 | Data protection | 3.4.1–3.4.3 | pp. 18–19 / 22–23 |
| 3.5 | Evaluation | 3.5.1–3.5.2 | pp. 19–20 / 23–24 |
| 4.1 | Developing estimates and projections | 4.1.1–4.1.6 | pp. 20–21 / 24–25 |
| 5.1 | Analysis and report planning | 5.1.1–5.1.2 | pp. 21–22 / 25–26 |
| 5.2 | Inference and comparisons | 5.2.1–5.2.7 | pp. 22–23 / 26–27 |
| 6.1 | Review of information products | 6.1.1–6.1.3 | pp. 23–24 / 27–28 |
| 7.1 | Releasing information | 7.1.1–7.1.7 | pp. 24–25 / 28–29 |
| 7.2 | Disclosure avoidance for dissemination | 7.2.1–7.2.2 | p. 25 / 29 |
| 7.3 | Survey documentation | 7.3.1–7.3.4 | pp. 26–27 / 30–31 |
| 7.4 | Documentation and release of public-use microdata | 7.4.1–7.4.6 | pp. 27–28 / 31–32 |
| Main appendix | Definitions of key terms | Complete appendix | pp. 29–36 / 33–40 |
| Addendum introduction | Cognitive-interview scope, qualitative purpose, standards/guidelines distinction | Introductory requirements | pp. 1–3 / 2–4 |
| A.1 | Methodological plan | No separately numbered guideline | p. 4 / 5 |
| A.2 | Sample selection | A.2.1–A.2.3 | p. 4 / 5 |
| A.3 | Interview guide | A.3.1–A.3.3 | pp. 4–5 / 5–6 |
| A.4 | Analysis of cognitive interviews; list labels it systematic analysis | A.4.1–A.4.2 | pp. 5–6 / 6–7 |
| A.5 | Transparent analysis | A.5.1 | p. 6 / 7 |
| A.6 | Final reports; body labels the standard A.6.1 | A.6.1–A.6.2; Table A.1 | pp. 6–7 / 7–8 |
| A.7 | Reporting results | A.7.1 | pp. 7–8 / 8–9 |
The main and addendum inventories are supported by their complete contents and bodies; the addendum’s numbering irregularities are preserved in C087. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+4
| Claim ID | Supported finding, with scope and qualifications | Exact authority |
|---|---|---|
| R085-P1-C001 | The main instrument contains 20 standards organized into seven substantive sections, plus introductory requirements and a definitions appendix. Its 41-page PDF is the September 2006 instrument, not a newly dated 2026 edition. | S001, cover/contents, introduction p. 1, entire body; S002. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C002 | The instrument distinguishes required standards from accompanying recommended best-practice guidelines. The addendum expressly says guidelines are not necessities or requirements. Mandatory wording in a standard must not be flattened into the same status as an illustrative guideline. | S001, introduction pp. 1, 4; S003, introduction p. 1. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-C003 | The September 22, 2006 notice issues the instrument as final and says it replaces the earlier Statistical Policy Directives Nos. 1 and 2. The notice does not supply a separate delayed effective date. This authenticates that adoption, not every earlier or later historical event. | S002, complete notice, pp. 55522–55523. govinfo.gov |
| R085-P1-C004 | The 2016 cognitive-interview addendum adds seven standards, removes or replaces none of the main standards, and became effective immediately under its October 12, 2016 final notice. Its scope is cognitive interviews conducted by or on behalf of the Federal Government for statistical purposes, including evaluation of survey questions, instruments or collection methods. | S003, introduction p. 1; S004, DATES, Scope and adoption paragraphs. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C005 | Currentness remains bounded: the instruments are still linked on an accessible official agency index; current White House endpoints failed; the instruments lack consolidated amendment cutoffs. Supporting statutes display different October 2026 cutoffs, and the CFR views display October 23/26 cutoffs. These are publication/access facts, not proof of an exhaustive current legal chain. | S001–S019, especially S013 and failures; access log. bls.gov+4 |
| R085-P1-C006 | Section 3504(e)(3) authorizes government-wide statistical policies, principles, standards and guidelines covering collection, classification, presentation/dissemination, timely release and statistical sources needed for federal programs. Section 1104(d) directs statistical-information improvement through the OIRA Administrator. Neither provision itself validates an actual study. | S005, §3504(e)(3)(A)–(E), adjacent (e)(1), (4)–(5); S006, §1104(d). uscode.house.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C007 | PRA “agency” covers the specified executive-branch and independent regulatory categories, with express exclusions for the Government Accountability Office, Federal Election Commission, specified territorial/DC governments, and government-owned contractor-operated facilities. The older regulation retains some older institutional names. No actual agency classification or silent updating of those names is made. | S007, §3502(1), (5); S009, §1320.3(a), (g). uscode.house.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C008 | PRA collection coverage depends on information obtained, caused to be obtained, solicited or required by or for an agency, the specified identical-question/reporting/recordkeeping branch, or the separate federal-agency/employee general-statistical-purpose branch. The “ten or more” language is a PRA collection predicate, not a universal minimum sample size for methodological quality. “Person” includes the listed individual, organizational and governmental legal categories. | S007, §3502(3), (10); S009, §1320.3(c), (k); S001, introduction p. 4 and G.1.1.1. uscode.house.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-C009 | The regulatory count concerns addressees within any 12-month period and independently situated expected onward recipients. Specified employees and compliance contractors are excluded from that count; former federal employees are included. General-applicability requirements are deemed to involve ten or more persons, and collections addressed to all or a substantial majority of an industry are presumed to do so. The separate general-statistical-purpose federal branch must also be considered. | S009, complete §1320.3(c)(3)–(4); S007, §3502(3)(A)(ii). ecfr.gov |
| R085-P1-C010 | Agency sponsorship includes direct collection, causing another agency to collect, collection contracts/cooperative agreements, required third-party disclosure and analogous collection by or for an agency. A federal grant recipient’s collection is sponsored under this definition only if specifically requested by the agency or the grant terms require specific agency approval of the collection or its procedures. A funding label alone does not settle coverage. | S009, complete §1320.3(d); S011, adopted same paragraph. ecfr.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C011 | Section 1320.3(h) generally excludes specified minimal identification/acknowledgment instruments, physical samples, direct observation/nonstandardized accompanying oral communications, qualifying general public comments, specified clinical/treatment information, a single-person request, aptitude/knowledge examinations, hearing/meeting information, qualifying nonstandardized clarification follow-ups, and OMB-designated like items. Each has its own qualifications; OMB may determine a specific item is information. These are not a blanket exemption for research or interviews. | S009, complete §1320.3(h)(1)–(10), read with (c). ecfr.gov |
| R085-P1-C012 | PRA coverage has specified criminal, particular civil/administrative, antitrust-compulsory-process and intelligence/cryptologic exceptions. General investigations of a category or industry remain covered, subject to the stated antitrust exception. The regulation’s particular-party administrative exception requires an opened case file or equivalent. The separate incorporated antitrust/intelligence bodies were not completed, so no actual exclusion is established. | S008, §3518(c)(1)–(2); S009, complete §1320.4. uscode.house.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C013 | The main instrument requires federal agencies to adhere to applicable standards for existing and new surveys, including previously OMB-approved surveys. Agencies should assess compliance, establish improvement goals, use major revisions to address deficiencies, explain infeasible standards/options in ICR submissions and publicly document reasons and corrective actions. Funding constraints do not create an automatic exemption. The addendum directs agencies to seek OMB guidance when contingencies make adherence infeasible. | S001, introduction pp. 3–4, including note 3; S003, Requirements for Agencies pp. 2–3. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C014 | Covered statistical purposes include description, estimation or analysis of group, segment, activity or geographic characteristics across the specified subject areas. The instrument also covers supporting methods/resources, qualifying surveys in research or program evaluations, and—to the extent applicable—statistics compiled from administrative records. It does not turn every activity called research into the same kind of survey. | S001, introduction p. 1; S002, scope. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C015 | PRA clearance and methodological compliance are distinct. The regulation states review/submission/notice and control-number conditions, and identifies approval, specified inferred approval and specified independent-agency override routes. Section 1320.5(d)(2)(v) also addresses valid, reliable generalizable survey design, subject to its statutory-requirement/substantial-need qualification. The incorporated clearance, emergency and override procedures were not completed; no actual approval or waiver is inferred. | S009, §1320.5(a)–(b), (d)(2) introductory clause and (v); S001, introduction p. 4. ecfr.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-C016 | The instrument describes quality through objectivity, utility and integrity: accurate/reliable/unbiased content and presentation; usefulness to intended users; and protection against unauthorized access or revision. These are methodological and information-quality objectives, not demonstrated properties of an actual publication. The full separate Information Quality Guidelines regime remains unexamined. | S001, introduction pp. 2–3. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| Claim ID | Supported finding, with qualifications | Exact authority |
|---|---|---|
| R085-P1-C017 | A target population is the group of potential sampling units or other entities of interest. A statistical survey may enumerate that population or collect a sample. The target is not automatically the frame, respondents or analyzed cases. | S001, appendix, “Statistical survey,” “Target population,” p. 35; §§1.2, 2.1, 3.2. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C018 | A frame maps population elements to a finite list; the frame population is what can be enumerated before selection. Coverage concerns membership and inclusion once on the frame. Undercoverage omits target units; overcoverage includes duplication or erroneous enumeration. Coverage error concerns differences between frame-population and target-population statistics. | S001, appendix pp. 29, 31; G.2.1.1. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-C019 | Sampling units are the basic frame components; strata partition the frame into generally more homogeneous groups. An eligible sample unit is selected and confirmed as belonging to the target population. Selection, eligibility, response and analysis are separate classifications. | S001, appendix pp. 30, 34–35; G.3.2.2. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-C020 | Probability sampling gives each target-population member a known, nonzero selection probability. The appendix distinguishes it from convenience, judgment, quota and snowball sampling. Cut-off and model-based methods are separately described; their use is not prohibited categorically, but Std.1.2’s justification/error-measurement conditions apply. | S001, Std.1.2; appendix pp. 30, 32–33. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-C021 | Bias is systematic deviation from the population value. Nonsampling error includes measurement, nonresponse, coverage and processing errors. Nonresponse error includes both variance and bias components. Sampling-error reporting therefore does not establish freedom from every error source. | S001, appendix pp. 29, 33–35; G.1.2.6–.7 and §3.5. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-C022 | Precision is described relative to a complete count conducted using the same techniques; validity concerns truth and freedom from systematic error. The design effect and effective sample size address design-dependent variance/sample equivalence, not a universal quality score. The appendix expressly says no single design effect applies universally to a survey or analysis. | S001, appendix pp. 30, 33, 36. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-C023 | Estimation uses survey or other information to estimate unknown population parameters or ranges. Models formalize assumed generating processes; projections concern future values and forecasts select a believed likely projection. These terms describe methods/products, not proven predictive success. | S001, appendix pp. 30–32, 34; §4.1. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-C024 | Imputation supplies a value where an item response is missing or unusable. Weights reflect selection probabilities or specified establishment contributions and may be adjusted for nonresponse. Neither an imputed value nor a weight is an additional observed response. | S001, appendix pp. 31, 36; G.3.2.12–.15. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-C025 | Unit nonresponse concerns failure to supply the required response items; item nonresponse concerns a missing relevant item. The minimum required-item set determines whether a case counts as a respondent, allowing sufficient partials under the rate rules. A valid skip is treated differently from a missing requested item. | S001, appendix pp. 31, 34–35; G.3.2.2, .6. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+3 |
| R085-P1-C026 | The appendix distinguishes missing-at-random and missing-completely-at-random concepts. These are assumptions about the missingness process, not labels established by a response percentage. The unit and item bias guidelines call for different corresponding assessments. | S001, appendix p. 32; G.3.2.9–.10. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C027 | Cross-sectional and longitudinal designs differ in time structure; a wave is a round of longitudinal collection. Longitudinal analysis uses repeated measurements. These definitions do not establish an adequate follow-up duration, successful retention or a long-term outcome. | S001, appendix pp. 29, 32, 36; G.3.2.5. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-C028 | A “completed case or sufficient partial” in a response-rate numerator is a survey-response classification. It is not defined as completion of a service, satisfaction of a debt, or attainment of an outcome. | S001, G.3.2.2 and appendix “Required response items”; scope-limited comparison. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| Claim ID | Supported standard/guideline finding | Exact authority |
|---|---|---|
| R085-P1-C029 | Std.1.1: a new survey or major revision requires a written justification covering objectives, users, decisions, key estimates, required precision, planned outputs, related/prior surveys, duplication avoidance, timing/frequency and required detail in tables and data products. | S001, p. 5. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C030 | G.1.1.1–.2: planning addresses PRA compliance, user needs, hypotheses/key-variable definitions, existing information, applicable privacy/confidentiality law, item justification/measurement evidence, pretesting, quality assurance and contingencies, evaluation, analysis and substantively important effects, resources, dissemination, and preservation/disposition. These are planning categories, not an operational plan produced here. | S001, pp. 5–6. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C031 | G.1.1.3: recurring collections should preserve consistency; proposed changes require consideration of usefulness and information needs, with bridge/crosswalk or other adjustments and information about their effects on trends. A changed series is not automatically comparable. | S001, p. 6; appendix “Bridge study,” “Crosswalk study.” trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-C032 | Std.1.2: the design must define the target population, sampling plan, instruments/methods, realistic timetable/cost, accepted selection methods, and sample size/design appropriate to needed detail and precision; decisions must be documented. Nonprobability methods require statistical justification and an ability to measure estimation error. | S001, pp. 7–8. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C033 | G.1.2.1–.2: design documentation should address response goals, timing/mode, frame adequacy, each sampling stage/unit, strata/clustering, selection probabilities, reporting domains, suitable power/effective-size analysis, weighting, variance methods and expected precision. No universal sample size or power target is supplied. | S001, p. 7. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C034 | G.1.2.3: nonprobability documentation should explain alternatives and the chosen design, potential bias, error-measurement methodology and selection process, including objective grounds for impartial exclusion of nonsampled units. This is not automatic permission to attach a probability-sample margin of error. | S001, p. 7. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C035 | G.1.2.4–.7: collection planning addresses applicable confidentiality/instructions, respondent flow, timing, training and costs including pretests/follow-up/evaluation. Where possible it addresses total mean-square error and comparison with other sources; probability designs estimate sampling error, nonprobability designs estimation error, and potential nonsampling effects should be assessed where possible. | S001, pp. 7–8. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C036 | Std.1.3: design seeks the highest practical response rates, balanced with importance of uses, burden and collection costs. Bias analysis is required when response rates or other factors indicate potential bias. The standard does not make a particular percentage proof of representativeness. | S001, p. 8. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C037 | G.1.3.1, .3: sample-survey unit response rates are calculated without substitutions, and expected rates should be identified for each collection stage, considering content, use, mode and survey type. | S001, p. 8. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C038 | G.1.3.2: a collection intended to supply a frame for other surveys has a target unit-response rate at least 95%, or a justification for a lower anticipated rate. This is a frame-producing collection’s response target, not the frame-coverage percentage in G.2.1.3. | S001, p. 8. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C039 | G.1.3.4–.5: before collection, plan unit nonresponse-bias analysis if expected unit response is below 80%; plan item analysis if expected response is below 70% for an item used in a report. These are planning triggers in guidelines, not automatic findings of bias. | S001, p. 8. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C040 | Std.1.4/G.1.4.1–.2: all components must function as intended and measurement error be controlled through pretesting or successful previous fielding. New components should be tested; field tests are appropriate when prior work does not demonstrate components, using realistic and difficult conditions. A full rehearsal may be desirable for highly influential surveys; it is not universally specified. | S001, p. 9. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C041 | Std.2.1/G.2.1.1, .4: frames must suit the design and be evaluated against the target. Documentation should cover construction/maintenance, exclusions, under/over/multiple coverage, data quality, adjustments, timeliness, accuracy and other limitations. Frame enhancements are options, not proof that coverage error has been removed. | S001, pp. 9–10. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C042 | G.2.1.2: recurring-survey frames should undergo periodic coverage evaluations; at least every five years is an example, not an independently stated universal fixed interval. | S001, p. 10. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C043 | G.2.1.3: coverage in excess of 95%, overall and for each major stratum, is desirable; coverage below 85% calls for evaluation of potential bias. These strict boundaries differ from the inclusive frame-response target in C038. Neither establishes an absence of bias at other values. | S001, p. 10. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C044 | Std.2.2: the instrument must state collection reasons and agency uses, voluntary/mandatory status with authority, confidentiality and authority if any, estimated average burden and opportunity for burden comments, the control number, and the required control-number notice. The incorporated regulation additionally expressly distinguishes benefit-required responses. | S001, pp. 10–11; S009, §1320.8(b)(3)(i)–(vi). trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C045 | The incorporated notification rules distinguish paper, electronic and Federal Register formats; certain alternative means require an advance written OMB special-circumstances determination. G.2.2.1’s suggested informational materials are examples. No notice, service event or valid control number is established here. | S009, §1320.3(f), §1320.5(b)(2), §1320.8(c); S001, G.2.2.1. ecfr.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-C046 | Std.2.3/G.2.3.1, .3: collection design balances data quality/measurement error against burden/cost. Guidelines address understandable questions, navigable skips, reasonable length, prior success or testing, mode suitability, timing, staff protocols/training, falsification controls, validation and measurement-error assessment. These are source requirements/recommendations, not an implemented collection protocol. | S001, pp. 11–12. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C047 | G.2.3.2: adequate collection duration, advance information where possible, adequate contact effort and staff skills are suggested response-support measures. The guideline says incentives are not typically used but may be considered when believed necessary for sufficient quality for intended uses. It sets no universal contact count, incentive amount or recruitment schedule. | S001, p. 11. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C048 | G.2.3.4: monitoring should address progress, response, quality, costs and reasons for nonresponse, including low-response subgroups. If fuller follow-up is impossible, a probability subsample of nonrespondents is an option. Required response items can support minimum unit-response classification and later analysis/imputation. None of these steps proves actual bias correction. | S001, p. 12. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| Claim ID | Supported standard/guideline finding | Exact authority |
|---|---|---|
| R085-P1-C049 | Std.3.1/G.3.1.1–.3: editing must appropriately address detectable errors using available information. Checks include range, consistency, contradictions/skips, fillable omissions, duplicate/omitted records and outside-source inconsistencies. Possible resolutions include correction, verification, review, imputation or override; edit actions should be coded and/or original data retained. Editing uses assumptions and does not establish known truth. | S001, p. 13. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C050 | Std.3.2: agencies must measure, adjust for, report and analyze unit and item nonresponse, using standard rate formulas as indicators of possible nonresponse bias. Reporting a response rate alone does not fulfill the entire standard. | S001, p. 14. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C051 | G.3.2.1: rates should be calculated both unweighted and weighted. Additional rates may be reported if the specified rates are also reported and additional definitions are clear. Selection-weighted and key-characteristic-weighted rates have different interpretations. | S001, p. 14. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C052 | G.3.2.2: the unweighted unit-response numerator is completed cases or sufficient partials. The denominator includes those cases, eligible refusals, eligible noncontacts, other eligible nonrespondents and the estimated eligible portion of unknown-eligibility cases. Unknown eligibility is not automatically excluded or automatically treated as entirely eligible. | S001, p. 14. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C053 | G.3.2.3: selection-weighted rates apply inverse-selection-probability weights to the corresponding response/eligibility categories. Economic-survey alternatives weight a key characteristic; the text distinguishes this from a genuine frame-coverage rate and allows the stated alternative denominator from a prior population total or administrative records. No actual denominator or weight is supplied. | S001, pp. 14–15. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C054 | G.3.2.4: overall cross-sectional unit response combines the relevant stage-level rates by their product when there are multiple stages. Size-weighted stage rates can improve interpretation for probability-proportional-to-size designs, especially where nonresponse relates to size. A final-stage rate alone is not the overall rate. | S001, p. 15. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C055 | G.3.2.5: longitudinal rates should be calculated for each wave; special procedures apply when earlier nonrespondents can enter later waves. The overall rate used for longitudinal analysis reflects respondents common to all included waves and all relevant collection stages, with the specified initial-wave eligibility accounting. It is not a mandate that every analysis discard all incomplete longitudinal records. | S001, pp. 15–16; read with G.3.2.14. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C056 | G.3.2.6: item response is based on in-scope answers divided by respondents asked the item, excluding valid skips from that denominator. Questions removed from an abbreviated refusal-conversion questionnaire count as item nonresponse, not valid skips. | S001, p. 16. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C057 | G.3.2.7: total response for an item combines the overall unit-response rate and that item’s response rate by multiplication. An item rate among respondents alone does not measure all sample-level missingness. | S001, p. 16. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C058 | G.3.2.8: added supplemental cases are included with original cases in reported rates, while substitutions selected during initial sample selection are excluded from the unit-rate calculation in the specified replacement situation. Supplementation and substitution must not be conflated. | S001, p. 16. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C059 | G.3.2.9: an overall unit-response rate below 80% triggers the guideline’s bias analysis, including assessment of complete randomness of missingness. Bias depends on both nonresponse and respondent/nonrespondent differences. Multistage/wave analysis should attend to each stage, especially problem stages, using suitable available comparisons/modeling. The threshold is not a universal bias boundary. | S001, pp. 16–17; Std.1.3. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C060 | G.3.2.10–.11: an item-response rate below 70% calls for item-level nonresponse analysis, at least for affected items, including whether missingness is random at that level. If it is not, potential bias should inform whether individual items are published. No automatic publication ban or approval is supplied. | S001, p. 17. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C061 | G.3.2.12–.15: sampled collections should adjust weights for unit nonresponse unless unit imputation is used. Item adjustment/imputation depends on use, anticipated bias, prior experience and analysis; methods should be theoretically/empirically grounded and appropriate, preserve multivariate relationships where relevant, and identify imputed values. Longitudinal imputations may use cross-wave or cross-sectional information. | S001, p. 17. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C062 | Std.3.3/G.3.3.1, .3: quality-related codes must support proper analysis; missing and structurally unrequested items should be distinguished. The guideline rejects blanks/zeros as missing-value codes because of confusion with actual data. Manual coding should have a verification quality process. This is not an instruction to create or alter a dataset here. | S001, pp. 17–18. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C063 | G.3.3.2: use standardized classifications where available/applicable and crosswalk legacy codes. The instrument references geographic, industry, occupation, race/ethnicity and statistical-area classifications. Their current editions and later amendments were not authenticated; the 2006 citations cannot certify present operational coding requirements. | S001, p. 18. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C064 | Std.3.4/G.3.4.1–.3: safeguards extend through production, use, storage, transmission and disposition, with protection of identifiable data, systems security, controlled access and periodic review. The separate privacy/security laws mentioned by the instrument are not completed in this pass. | S001, pp. 18–19. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C065 | Std.3.5/G.3.5.1–.2: data quality must be evaluated and evaluations made public. Plans should address coverage, nonresponse, measurement and processing errors; sampling/nonsampling measurement; total error; mitigation; post-collection assessment; independent comparisons when available; and appropriate estimates/bounds for error sources. | S001, pp. 19–20. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C066 | Std.4.1/G.4.1.1: estimates and projections require accepted methods, error estimates and quality evaluation. Direct estimates should use design-appropriate weights or an evaluated acceptable alternative; variance estimation should reflect selection, stratification, clustering and relevant adjustments/design effects. A standard error is not a guarantee against all bias. | S001, pp. 20–21. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C067 | G.4.1.2–.6: model estimates/projections should disclose assumptions/specifications and undergo sensitivity, validation and reproducibility assessment. Release-error criteria should be set before estimates are produced. Methods/models should be documented and archived so results can be reproduced. No particular model is endorsed or validated here. | S001, p. 21. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| Claim ID | Supported standard/guideline finding | Exact authority |
|---|---|---|
| R085-P1-C068 | Std.5.1/G.5.1.1–.2: a plan must precede the specific analysis. Recommended contents include purpose/question, relevant literature, data sources and limitations, key variables, analysis type, significance level, planned tables/figures, technical-note framework, missing-data/weighting/error methods, resources, timing and risks. | S001, pp. 21–22. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C069 | Std.5.2/G.5.2.1–.2: comparisons and conclusions must use acceptable statistical practice. The significance criterion should be set before tests. Population-difference statements based on sample estimates require appropriate comparison methods, generally including standard errors and covariance where estimates are not independent. | S001, p. 22. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C070 | G.5.2.3–.5: multiple-comparison reporting should state whether/how the Type I criterion was adjusted; comparisons should be substantively meaningful. Failure to obtain statistical significance supports saying the data do not establish a difference—not that the populations are equivalent. Apparent differences with large standard errors should be acknowledged. | S001, pp. 22–23. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C071 | G.5.2.6–.7: monotonic trend statements require appropriate tests accounting for relevant seasonality, irregularities, special causes and changing trends. Revised historical series should have an appropriate overlap of old/new series. No fixed universal overlap period is given. | S001, p. 23. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C072 | Std.6.1/G.6.1.1–.3: agencies must institute subject-matter, statistical and methodological review. Guidelines address factual accuracy, logical presentation, unsupported/anomalous findings, assumptions, methods, calculations, disclosure risk, documentation and limitations, plus accessibility review. The standard does not by itself establish external independence or absence of sponsor influence. | S001, pp. 23–24; incorporated accessibility regime held. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C073 | Std.7.1/G.7.1.1–.3: public releases require a dissemination plan providing equivalent timely access and explaining policies, including revisions. Guidelines address release schedules/modes, prerelease protection, anticipated revisions and preliminary labeling. These do not establish an actual release schedule or permission to disclose protected material. | S001, pp. 24–25. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C074 | G.7.1.4: an unscheduled-correction policy may use thresholds. Its examples of a change exceeding 1% nationally or 5% regionally are illustrative policy options, not universal correction thresholds. | S001, p. 24. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C075 | G.7.1.5–.7: releases should make available variable definitions, source/method information, quality limitations, variance documentation, covered period/units, alternative sources, access/contact/software information where applicable, update date and dissemination policies. Model-derived products should be identified and methods/evaluations accessible. Policies should identify circumstances for nonrelease, including insufficient quality. | S001, pp. 24–25. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C076 | Std.7.2/G.7.2.1–.2: dissemination must comply with confidentiality pledges and applicable law; protective mechanisms are required where confidential information is involved. The guideline says disclosure-limitation parameters should not be publicly revealed. Transparency is therefore not an unconditional right to underlying identifiable data. | S001, p. 25. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C077 | Std.7.3/G.7.3.1: documentation must permit proper analysis and replication/evaluation, subject to necessary confidentiality restrictions. The guideline’s contents cover the ICR, record/variable descriptions, design, instruments and inputs, modifications/constructed variables, layouts/frequencies, weights, variance methods, edits/imputation and evaluations, anomalies/corrections, sampling/nonsampling error, available independent comparisons, and weighted/unweighted unit and item rates with applicable bias analyses. | S001, pp. 26–27. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C078 | G.7.3.2–.4: internal archives should preserve planning/design decisions, testing, frame/sample, item rationales/instructions, collection and processing plans, deviations, weighting/imputation/edit specifications, evaluations/models, analysis plans, revision schedules and public documentation. Recurring surveys should have periodic error evaluations. Retention follows applicable federal records policy; no universal retention period is supplied here. | S001, p. 27. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C079 | Std.7.4/G.7.4.1–.6: when public-use microdata are released, construction/metadata documentation must be accessible. Guidelines address full file/variable descriptions, generally available software, imputation identification, release as soon as practicable and appropriate archiving. This conditional documentation duty is not a requirement to release every raw record or an exception to confidentiality. | S001, pp. 27–28; appendix p. 34. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+2 |
| Claim ID | Supported finding, with qualifications | Exact authority |
|---|---|---|
| R085-P1-C080 | A.1: a methodological plan must precede a cognitive-interview study and address at least objectives, sampling, recruitment, location, interview guide and analysis. The addendum concerns question performance, not a population outcome estimate. No plan or recruitment material is created here. | S003, introduction pp. 1–2; A.1 p. 4. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C081 | A.2/G.A.2.1–.3: selection must purposefully provide the characteristics needed for the study objectives. Subgroups depend on relevant heterogeneity; sample goals may change as analysis identifies saturation or additional issues. No fixed minimum size is stated. The introduction expressly says cognitive interviews do not yield statistically generalizable findings. | S003, pp. 2, 4. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C082 | A.3/G.A.3.1–.3: a guide must elicit interpretation, response processes and difficulties. Guidelines address iterative evaluation, interviewer methodological knowledge and assessment of context/framing/mode effects before transferring a tested question to another use. An expert’s belief that wording is clear is not equivalent to actual cognitive-interview findings. | S003, pp. 4–5; read with G.A.4.1. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C083 | A.4/G.A.4.1–.2: systematic analysis must examine within-interview, across-interview/question and appropriate subgroup patterns without overemphasizing a case. Analyses/conclusions are based on interview data; expert reviews are not such data. The guideline describes synthesis, comparisons, conclusions and recommendations, with a counting inconsistency preserved in C087. | S003, pp. 5–6. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C084 | A.5/G.A.5.1: findings must be traceable to original interview data through transparent documented analysis. The guideline discusses a records schedule, identity/confidentiality safeguards and an audit trail. Traceability does not itself authorize public disclosure of protected raw interviews. | S003, p. 6; S001, §§3.4, 7.2. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C085 | A.6: methods, results and conclusions must be documented in a final report. Guidelines/Table A.1 address objectives/rationale, target and achieved samples, collection and changes, analysis, findings/themes, counterexamples, coverage, credibility/transferability and limitations; report formats may vary. No actual cognitive report is evaluated. | S003, pp. 6–7, Table A.1. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C086 | A.7: a final cognitive report must be public if its results are referenced in publications or collection documentation. G.A.7.1 recommends linking reports to survey documentation. That conditional requirement differs from a universal duty to publish every interview or every unfinished study. | S003, pp. 7–8. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C087 | Source anomalies remain unresolved: the main glossary’s parsed significance definition uses “exceeds”; some displayed equations have extraction/layout problems, including the ratio-estimation expression. The addendum describes five incremental analytic steps but enumerates six, and its final-report standard is labeled A.6 in the list but A.6.1 in the body. No silent correction or calculation rule is derived from these passages. | S001, appendix pp. 34–35 and formula passages pp. 14–17; S003, G.A.4.2 and A.6, pp. 5–6. bls.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-C088 | The original PRA’s general commencement was October 1, 1995, except its appropriations-authorization provision commenced on enactment. For a collection with a control number in effect September 30, 1995, §4(c) tied application to the earlier subsequent renewal/modification or expiration, retaining prior law until then. This historical transition does not grandfather a survey out of the 2006 standards. | S010, complete §4(a)–(c); S001 introduction p. 4. govinfo.gov+1 |
| R085-P1-C089 | The 1995 Part 1320 final rule was published August 29 and generally effective October 1, with the complete §1320.2 existing-control-number transition. Its publication, effectiveness and collection-specific historical application trigger are distinct. | S011, DATES and §1320.2; S009, current §1320.2. govinfo.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-C090 | The original enactment and 2024 edition of §3506(e) expressly address statistical quality, accurate sponsor/purpose/use information, privacy/confidentiality, federal standards, timely publication with limitations and data availability. Current 2026 section-body verification failed, so this pass does not use the 2024 publication or search text to certify the clause’s complete current chain. | S010, enacted §3506(e); S012, §3506(e)(1)–(6); S017/S019 failures. |
| R085-P1-C091 | The selected instrument supplies objectivity, documentation and review expectations, but no complete rule for distinguishing independent from industry-funded research, disclosing every conflict, or proving freedom from sponsor influence. Federal sponsorship under PRA is a separate coverage question. | S001, introduction, §§1.1, 6.1, 7.3; S009, §1320.3(d); bounded absence/inference. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+3 |
| R085-P1-C092 | The instrument requires clear objectives, variables, methods and response denominators, but does not define debt-relief “success,” an all-enrolled outcome rate, or a service-completer outcome rate. Survey-response denominators cannot be substituted for those outcome definitions. | S001, §§1.1, 3.2, 5.1, 7.3; scope boundary. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+3 |
| R085-P1-C093 | The sampling and comparison standards do not establish a complete causal-identification framework, treatment assignment, a valid counterfactual, or an actual treatment effect. Statistical comparisons must satisfy §5.2, but satisfying a sampling instruction alone does not establish causation. | S001, §§1.2, 5.2; introduction p. 2 expressly disclaims replacing the broader methods literature. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-C094 | No selected standard supplies empirical debt-relief results, unresolved-balance treatment, fee/tax rules, a net-financial-benefit calculation, or a prescribed long-term follow-up horizon. Those require separately scoped substantive and empirical work. | S001/S003 complete scopes; §§1.1, 5.1, 7.3 and longitudinal definitions. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+2 |
| R085-P1-C095 | A published methodological requirement is not evidence that an actual collection complied, was approved, produced valid results or supports a provider recommendation. No actual adherence, study quality, misconduct, outcome or A085 acceptance is determined. | S001, introduction and §§3.5, 6.1, 7.3; research scope limitation. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+3 |
| R085-P1-C096 | The selected bodies do not supply a universal rounding rule, fixed sample size, fixed contact count, guaranteed bias-free response rate, universal significance cutoff, universal cognitive saturation count, or fixed long-term outcome period. Source examples and contextual judgments must remain examples/judgments. No statistical or financial model is calculated here. | S001, §§1.2–1.3, 2.3, 3.2, 5.2, 7.1; S003, G.A.2.2. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov+4 |
| Comparison | Supported distinction and qualifications | Claims / sources |
|---|---|---|
| Target / frame / selected / responding / analyzed populations | Target defines the intended inference domain; frame defines available selection elements; selected units undergo eligibility/response classification; the analysis uses specified records/variables/waves. The instrument does not make these populations identical or define one universal “analyzed population.” | C017–C019, C025–C028, C055; S001 §§1.2, 2.1, 3.2, 5.1, 7.3 |
| Unit / item nonresponse | Unit classification depends on the required response set; item missingness concerns relevant requested answers. Sufficient partials, valid skips and abbreviated questionnaires require separate handling. | C025, C028, C052, C056–C057; S001 §3.2 |
| Missingness / dropout / bias | Missingness is an observation pattern; longitudinal dropout is a possible process across waves; bias depends on relevant differences, not the missing count alone. Reentry and imputation further prevent a simple permanent-dropout assumption. | C026–C027, C055, C059–C061; S001 §3.2 and appendix |
| Response rate / evidence about bias | Rates describe represented portions under specified denominators. Bias analysis asks whether missingness changes relevant estimates. Thresholds prompt assessment; they do not quantify actual bias or certify high-rate results. | C036–C039, C050–C060; S001 §§1.3, 3.2 |
| Precision / validity | Repeated-sample or census-comparison precision does not settle systematic error or whether the intended concept was measured. Design-sensitive variance and nonsampling evaluation are both needed. | C021–C022, C065–C067; S001 §§3.5, 4.1 and appendix |
| Observed values / editing / imputation / weighting | Editing resolves detectable problems using information and assumptions; imputation supplies missing/unusable values; weighting changes contributions to estimation. Documentation and flags prevent these from being mistaken for untouched observations. | C024, C049, C061–C062, C077; S001 §§3.1–3.3, 7.3 |
| Probability sampling / purposive cognitive interviewing | Main survey inference requires justified design and measurable error. Cognitive interviewing purposefully studies question interpretation and does not produce statistically generalizable population findings. The two methodological purposes are expressly different. | C020, C032–C035, C080–C083; S001 §1.2; S003 introduction/A.2 |
| Descriptive comparisons / causal findings | The instrument governs estimates and defensible comparisons. It does not establish treatment assignment, exchangeability, a counterfactual or an actual causal effect. | C069–C071, C093; S001 §5.2 |
| Standards / guidelines | Standards are required within their scope. Guidelines supply recommended practices and examples; contextual thresholds must retain that status. The underlying standard may still require action when a particular guideline’s numeric trigger is not crossed. | C002, C013, C036, C059; S001 introduction; S003 introduction |
| Federal / agency-sponsored / private study | Federal and qualifying sponsored activity falls within the relevant public framework. A private investigator’s identity or an industry-funding label does not alone establish PRA sponsorship. A grant has its specific request/approval conditions. | C007–C015, C091; S002; S009 §1320.3 |
| Reported success / net financial outcome | Defined variables and transparent denominators are methodological requirements. They do not define success, establish financial net benefit or resolve balances, fees and taxes. | C029, C068, C077, C092–C094; S001 |
| Documentation / unrestricted disclosure | Reproducibility and accessible documentation coexist with confidentiality restrictions. Internal frame/sample archives and identifiable raw interviews are not automatically public-release material. | C064, C076–C079, C084–C086; S001 §§3.4, 7.2–7.4; S003 A.5–A.7 |
| Published policy / actual adherence | Adoption and official publication establish what the instruction says. They do not establish that a particular study followed it, or that an agency approved a particular departure. | C005, C013, C015, C095; S001–S004, S009 |
| Publication / effective date / application / currentness | The 2006 final issuance, 2016 immediate-effect statement, historical PRA transitions, present compilation cutoffs and access date perform different functions. None can substitute for another. | C003–C005, C088–C090; S002, S004–S012 |
| A085 issue | What this instrument contributes | What remains outside or unresolved |
|---|---|---|
| Independent versus industry funding | Objectivity, review, documentation and federal-sponsorship distinctions. | No complete funding-independence test or real sponsor assessment. C091. |
| Conflicts and sponsor influence | Review of unsupported conclusions, assumptions and limitations. | No complete conflict-disclosure or sponsor-control regime. Current §3506(e) body gap remains. C072, C090–C091. |
| Selection | Target/frame definition, design justification, coverage and error assessment. | No actual frame, sample or selection-bias finding. C017–C020, C032–C043. |
| Missingness and dropout | Unit/item/wave definitions, rate denominators, bias analysis, adjustments and documentation. | No actual missingness mechanism, dropout rate or corrected outcome. C025–C028, C050–C061. |
| Success and all-enrolled/completer denominators | Advance objectives/key variables and transparent analysis/documentation. | No debt-relief success definition or approved outcome denominator. C092. |
| Unresolved balances, fees and taxes | Requirement to identify variables, units and limitations when they are part of a covered study. | Their substantive financial/legal meaning and any net calculation. C094. |
| Comparison groups | Appropriate comparison testing, covariance, multiplicity and substantive meaning. | Adequacy of a comparison group for causal identification or actual effectiveness. C069–C071, C093. |
| Long-term outcomes | Timing needs, recurring-series comparability and longitudinal methods. | Required duration, adequate retention or actual long-term benefit. C027, C031, C055, C094. |
This register contains the quantities relied upon in the findings. Page numbers and section numbers remain source locators. Numbers appearing incidentally in unrelated retrieved provisions, or in unused illustrative calculations, are not adopted as substantive rules.
No actual inputs or calculations are supplied. Where rounding, eligibility estimation, timing or implementation conventions are not specified, that gap remains.
| Measure | Quantity, unit/base and actor | Trigger, boundary, conditions and exceptions | Authority / absent application evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| M01 | Access/check date: October 27, 2026, America/Los_Angeles | Research-access fact, not legal commencement or study event. | Access record; C005. |
| M02 | Main edition September 2006; 20 standards, seven sections, 41 PDF pages | Document identity/inventory, not a quality score or sampling threshold. | C001; S001 cover/introduction/contents. |
| M03 | Final issuance September 22, 2006 | Notice issues final standards; no separate delayed commencement stated there. | C003; S002. |
| M04 | Addendum: seven standards, 10 PDF pages | Additional cognitive-interview provisions; main standards retained. | C004; S003. |
| M05 | Addendum publication/effect: October 12, 2016, immediate | Effective statement in final notice. No actual study’s application event supplied. | C004; S004 DATES. |
| M06 | Statutory cutoffs October 9, 15 and 20, 2026 | Respectively S008, S005/S006, latest S007. Compilation cutoffs, not enactment dates for every clause. | C005; source register. |
| M07 | eCFR cutoffs October 23/26, 2026; title-wide amendment banner October 22 | Individual versus whole-Part views; not proof Part 1320 changed on October 22. | C005; S009. |
| M08 | 2024 annual edition of §3506(e) | Historical supporting publication. Current 2026 body remains unverified through successful open. | C090; S012/S017/S019. |
| M09 | PRA count ten or more persons | Inclusive count in specified collection branch; requires agency relationship and defined collection; separate federal general-statistical-purpose branch exists. | C008–C009; S007 §3502(3); S009 §1320.3(c). No collection facts. |
| M10 | Any 12-month period | Addressees and expected independent onward recipients within the period; specified employee/contractor exclusions, deemed/presumed counts. No actual period computed. | C009; S009 §1320.3(c)(4). |
| M11 | Known nonzero selection probability | Probability-sampling definition applies to each target-population member; no probability values supplied. | C020; S001 appendix p. 33. |
| M12 | Frame-producing collection response target ≥95% | Guideline permits justification for a lower anticipated rate. This is a unit-response target. | C038; G.1.3.2. Eligibility/count evidence absent. |
| M13 | Expected unit response <80% | Precollection planning trigger for bias analysis; equality does not satisfy “below,” but Std.1.3’s other-factor requirement remains. | C039; G.1.3.4. No expected rate. |
| M14 | Expected item response <70% | Applies to an item used in a report; planning trigger, not empirical bias amount. | C039; G.1.3.5. No item/use/rate. |
| M15 | Frame evaluation example: at least every five years | Example of periodic evaluation for recurring frames; not stated as a universal fixed deadline. | C042; G.2.1.2. No recurring frame/calendar. |
| M16 | Desirable frame coverage >95% | Strictly above; applies overall and for each major stratum. Different from M12’s inclusive response target. | C043; G.2.1.3. No frame/target totals. |
| M17 | Coverage <85% | Guideline trigger for evaluation of potential bias. Does not certify other coverage values. | C043; G.2.1.3. No coverage evidence. |
| M18 | Unweighted unit-response proportion | Numerator: completed/sufficient partial cases. Denominator: those cases + eligible refusals + eligible noncontacts + other eligible nonrespondents + estimated eligible share of unknowns. | C052; G.3.2.2. Eligibility estimator and classifications absent; no rounding rule adopted. |
| M19 | Selection-weighted unit-response proportion | Same categorical accounting weighted by inverse selection probabilities. | C053; G.3.2.3. Weights and eligibility evidence absent. |
| M20 | Key-characteristic-weighted response | Responding weighted characteristic contribution relative to corresponding total; specified alternative denominator may use prior population total or administrative records. Not ordinary frame coverage. | C053; G.3.2.3. Characteristic/base/time absent. |
| M21 | Overall cross-sectional response across two or more stages | Product of relevant unit-stage rates; PPS qualification concerning size-weighted rates. | C054; G.3.2.4. Stages/design absent; no calculation. |
| M22 | Longitudinal each-wave and overall response | Overall analysis concerns common respondents in included waves and all applicable stages; initial-wave eligibility accounting and reentry qualifications apply. | C055; G.3.2.5. Wave/stage definitions absent; typeset formula not operationalized. |
| M23 | Item-response proportion | In-scope answers / respondents asked the item; denominator removes valid skips. Removed refusal-conversion questions remain item nonresponse. | C056; G.3.2.6. Item disposition evidence absent. |
| M24 | Total item response | Overall unit rate multiplied by relevant item rate. | C057; G.3.2.7. Neither rate supplied; no rounding rule adopted. |
| M25 | Observed overall unit response <80% | Guideline bias-analysis trigger, including MCAR assessment; stages and relevant respondent differences matter. Not a universal “bias begins here” threshold. | C059; G.3.2.9 and Std.1.3. |
| M26 | Observed item response <70% | Item-bias analysis at least for affected items; random-missingness assessment; potential bias informs publication. | C060; G.3.2.10–.11. |
| M27 | Design effect/effective size | Appendix compares complex-design variance with simple-random-sample variance for the same case count; effective size is design equivalence. No universal value. | C022; appendix p. 30. No variance/design inputs. |
| M28 | Significance criterion and multiplicity | Criterion specified before testing; adjustment status/method disclosed for multiple comparisons. No universal numeric significance level selected here. | C068–C070; G.5.1.1, 5.2.1–.3. |
| M29 | Correction examples >1% national / >5% regional | Illustrative possible policy thresholds for unscheduled corrections, not generally binding triggers. The applicable total/base must be specified in any actual policy. | C074; G.7.1.4. No policy or value. |
| M30 | Cognitive sample goal/saturation | Goal at onset; final size informed by ongoing information and subgroup/objective needs; may be below or above initial goal. No fixed count. | C081; G.A.2.2. No interviews/data. |
| M31 | Addendum says five analytic steps but lists six | Source inconsistency, not a mandated five-step or six-step algorithm supplied by this report. | C083/C087; G.A.4.2. |
| M32 | PRA enactment May 22, 1995; general effect October 1, 1995 | §4(b)’s then-appropriations authorization effective on enactment; otherwise §4(a), subject to (c). Historical only. | C088; S010 §4. |
| M33 | Transition reference September 30, 1995 | Control number in effect then; earlier subsequent renewal/modification or expiration triggers new Act’s application; prior law applies until that event. | C088; S010 §4(c). No actual collection chronology. |
| M34 | Rule publication August 29, 1995; effect October 1, 1995 | Adopted §1320.2 uses its specified earlier extension/modification/expiration transition for then-existing control numbers. | C089; S011/S009 §1320.2. |
| M35 | Nonfixed frequencies/timing | Highest practical response, adequate collection/contact effort, periodic reviews, suitable series overlap, timely access and release as soon as practicable are contextual expressions. | C036, C047, C064, C071, C073, C078–C079; no universal duration/frequency inferred. |
| M36 | Burden, precision, error and resource measures | Source concepts include time/financial resources, required precision, sampling/nonsampling error and planned resources; units/bases must suit the purpose. No amount, rate, sample size, effect or cost is supplied. | C016, C022, C029–C035, C065–C067, C096. |
A calculation would require defined target/frame populations, eligibility classifications, design probabilities, stage/wave structures, item dispositions, analysis objectives and selected methods. None is supplied. The instrument also does not furnish a universal rounding convention, and some PDF equations have unresolved rendering or wording issues. The register therefore reports source-prescribed measurement relationships without inventing a dataset, statistical result or financial example. C052–C061, C087 and C096.
“Answered” below means the generic conditional instruction is supported. It does not mean an actual study’s application has been answered. Missing factual predicates are recorded as absent and are not requested.
| Branch / status | Supported condition and exact link | Missing evidence or authority | Adverse inference to avoid | Next permissible generic public-instruction inquiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B01 — Partial: current version | Use authenticated S001 plus adopted S003; no exhaustive later chain. C001–C005. | Consolidated current OMB revision/withdrawal history. | A recent crawl or agency link proves all currentness. | Seek an official SPD-2 amendment/errata or rescission instrument, without program/party queries. |
| B02 — Answered: standard/guideline | Required standards and recommended guidelines retain different status. C002; S001 intro; S003 intro. | Any additional applicable agency policy. | Every example is a universal mandate, or every standard is optional. | Reconcile a claimed requirement with the exact Std./G. label and introductory status language. |
| B03 — Partial: agency category | PRA agency definition and exclusions govern the relevant scope. C007–C008; S007/S009. | Any actual category; later institutional-name amendment chain where material. | A governmental-sounding label establishes coverage. | Read the current statutory definition and any specifically necessary successor provision. |
| B04 — Answered: sponsorship | Contracts/cooperative arrangements and the grant’s specific-request/approval alternatives are distinct. C010; S009 §1320.3(d). | No sponsorship facts. | Any federal funding necessarily equals sponsorship. | Examine the generic meaning of each alternative in §1320.3(d). |
| B05 — Answered: private/industry study | Purely private status or industry funding alone does not establish this federal instruction’s applicability. C010, C091. | Federal nexus and separate governing rules. | The standards automatically bind every private survey. | Ask whether a separately scoped public rule extends equivalent duties beyond federal sponsorship. |
| B06 — Partial: PRA count | Defined collection and 12-month counting rules precede use of the ten-person predicate. C008–C009; S007/S009. | Collection/category/counting facts; full clearance route. | Ten is a statistical adequacy minimum or applies to every branch. | Read §3502(3) alongside §1320.3(c)(3)–(4). |
| B07 — Partial: exclusions | Information/coverage exceptions have specified limits; general industry investigations remain distinct. C011–C012. | Any indispensable antitrust/intelligence incorporation. | A research, interview or investigation label supplies an automatic exemption. | Complete only the particular generic incorporated definition needed for the proposed category. |
| B08 — Answered: approval versus quality | Earlier OMB approval does not excuse standards compliance. C013/C015; S001 p. 4. | No approval or compliance facts. | A control number certifies scientific validity. | Compare the instrument’s compliance language with the bounded PRA clearance provisions. |
| B09 — Answered: infeasibility | Contingencies call for explanation, documentation and OMB guidance as stated, not automatic waiver. C013. | No contingency or agency determination. | Budget difficulty suspends standards. | Read the main and addendum Requirements for Agencies together. |
| B10 — Answered: population transitions | Target, frame, selected, responding and analyzed sets must be distinguished. C017–C019, C025–C028. | No population/design/analysis definitions. | Respondents necessarily represent every intended target unit. | Trace §§1.2, 2.1, 3.2 and 7.3’s documentation of each transition. |
| B11 — Answered: probability/nonprobability | Probability has known nonzero selection probabilities; nonprobability requires justification and error measurement. C020, C032–C035. | No design or error method. | A convenience sample automatically supports ordinary sampling-error claims. | Read Std.1.2 and G.1.2.3, .6 with appendix definitions. |
| B12 — Answered: size/precision | Size/design depend on precision, domains and purposes; no universal count. C022, C033. | No objective, domain or required detectable effect. | A large sample alone removes bias. | Examine the instrument’s distinction between effective size, design effect and nonsampling error. |
| B13 — Answered: pretesting | Pretest or successful prior fielding supports components; new/untested components have further testing guidance. C040. | No prior fielding or component evidence. | Familiar wording proves valid measurement. | Read §1.4 and the addendum’s question-evaluation boundary. |
| B14 — Answered: cognitive purpose | Purposeful cognitive selection examines question interpretation, not statistically generalizable population outcomes. C080–C082. | No cognitive-study facts. | A purposive question-testing sample estimates prevalence or effectiveness. | Read S003 introduction and A.2’s objective/saturation qualifications. |
| B15 — Answered: response target | Highest practical response is contextual; bias analysis can be needed for reasons other than percentages. C036–C039. | No intended use/burden/cost/rate. | A single percentage guarantees quality. | Distinguish Std.1.3 from its planning guidelines. |
| B16 — Answered: frame metrics | Frame-producing response, frame coverage and periodic evaluation have different measures. C038, C041–C043. | No eligible counts, frame or strata. | The three percentage thresholds are interchangeable. | Compare G.1.3.2 with G.2.1.2–.3 and appendix coverage definitions. |
| B17 — Answered: unit missingness | Required items and sufficient partials govern unit response. C025, C028, C052. | No required-item/disposition rules. | Any partial response is either always complete or always nonresponse. | Read the appendix and G.3.2.2 together. |
| B18 — Answered: item missingness | Asked-item denominator excludes valid skips; abbreviated omissions remain nonresponse. C056–C057. | No item/skip classifications. | Missing questions can be dropped from the denominator indiscriminately. | Read G.3.2.6–.7. |
| B19 — Answered: weighting | Unweighted, selection-weighted and characteristic-weighted rates differ. C051–C053. | No design weights or characteristic total. | Weighted participation equals ordinary headcount response or frame coverage. | Read G.3.2.1–.3’s alternative bases. |
| B20 — Answered: stages/waves | Overall rates account for relevant stages/waves; reentry may require special procedures. C054–C055. | No stage/wave or eligibility structure. | A last-wave rate represents original-sample retention. | Read G.3.2.4–.5 and the wave/stage definitions. |
| B21 — Answered: supplementation | Added samples and initial substitutions have different response-rate treatment. C037/C058. | No selection procedure. | Replacements erase original nonresponse. | Compare G.1.3.1 and G.3.2.8. |
| B22 — Answered: bias thresholds | Below-80 unit and below-70 item guidelines trigger specified analyses, not empirical bias conclusions. C059–C060. | No rate or respondent/nonrespondent comparison. | Above-threshold data are necessarily unbiased. | Read Std.1.3’s other-factor condition alongside G.3.2.9–.11. |
| B23 — Partial: missingness mechanism | MAR/MCAR are process assumptions requiring assessment. C026, C059–C061. | No evidence about the process; fuller methods literature. | A low rate proves nonrandomness or a high rate proves randomness. | Examine the appendix’s definitions and the corresponding bias-analysis instructions. |
| B24 — Answered: collection methods | Method, training, validation and monitoring address measurement and response quality. C046–C048. | No actual implementation. | A contact procedure proves representativeness or respondent understanding. | Read G.2.3.1–.4 as categories, without creating a contact plan. |
| B25 — Answered: editing | Detectable-error correction uses information/assumptions and requires traceability. C049. | No edit rules or values. | Corrected means known true. | Read G.3.1.1–.3’s alternatives and provenance provisions. |
| B26 — Answered: imputation/adjustment | Unit weights or imputation and conditional item treatment require suitable methods and identification. C061. | No missingness analysis or intended use. | Imputation creates new observations or invariably removes bias. | Read G.3.2.12–.15 with §7.3 documentation. |
| B27 — Partial: coding standards | Standardized coding and legacy crosswalks are called for; current classification editions remain unchecked. C062–C063. | Current applicable classification authority. | A 2006 citation establishes every present coding rule. | Authenticate the particular current public classification standard before relying on its categories. |
| B28 — Partial: confidentiality | Protection and disclosure restrictions coexist with transparency. C064/C076. | Complete applicable privacy, confidentiality and accessibility regimes. | Replication requirements authorize access to protected records. | Read only the necessary public confidentiality/accessibility provision in a separately bounded inquiry. |
| B29 — Answered: evaluation | Quality evaluation includes multiple error sources and publication of evaluation information. C065. | No evaluation or error evidence. | A reported standard error completes total-quality assessment. | Read §3.5’s full error-source and evaluation list. |
| B30 — Answered: estimation/models | Design-sensitive variance, model assumptions, sensitivity, validation and release criteria are distinct duties/practices. C066–C067. | No model, design or validation evidence. | Reproducible output is necessarily valid. | Read §4.1 and appendix model/validation definitions. |
| B31 — Answered: comparisons | Prespecified criteria, appropriate uncertainty/covariance and meaningful tests are required/recommended as stated. C068–C070. | No estimands or comparison design. | Nonsignificance proves equality, or significance proves importance. | Read G.5.2.1–.5. |
| B32 — Answered: trends | Trend tests and method-change overlap address comparability. C031/C071. | No series/change information. | A changed series establishes a real outcome change. | Read G.1.1.3 and G.5.2.6–.7. |
| B33 — Partial: review independence | Subject and methodological review are specified; external independence is not established by that label. C072/C091. | Separate applicable independence/conflict policy. | “Reviewed” proves sponsor independence. | Examine the exact review standard before separately scoping public conflict/independence guidance. |
| B34 — Answered: release/correction | Release plans and correction policies must retain context; percentage examples are illustrative. C073–C075. | No actual policy or release. | Example thresholds authorize leaving all smaller errors uncorrected. | Read G.7.1.3–.7 and distinguish examples from selected policy. |
| B35 — Answered: documentation/microdata | Public documentation, internal archives and conditionally released microdata have different obligations. C077–C079. | No actual documentation or release authority. | All internal records must be public. | Read §§7.2–7.4 cumulatively. |
| B36 — Answered: cognitive analysis/reporting | Systematic empirical analysis, traceability, final reporting and conditional publication are distinct. C083–C086. | No interviews, analysis or referenced findings. | Expert opinion is interview data, or every raw interview must be published. | Read A.4–A.7 and Table A.1 together. |
| B37 — Partial: statutory source gap | §3506(e) was authenticated historically/annually, not through a successful current section body. C090. | Readable current official body and relevant later history. | A search result or annual heading certifies 2026 text. | Obtain a readable current official §3506(e) publication without querying records. |
| B38 — Unresolved: source wording/formulas | Apparent glossary/formula/counting anomalies are preserved. C087. | Official clarification/erratum or visually verified authoritative rendering. | Silently “repairing” the source supplies adopted text. | Seek an official OMB correction or clarification confined to the identified passages. |
| B39 — Partial: funder influence | Objectivity/review requirements do not establish an exhaustive funding-independence test. C091. | Separately scoped public conflict/sponsor-control standards. | Industry funding proves invalidity, or federal sponsorship proves independence. | Ask what generic official instruction expressly addresses sponsor influence beyond SPD-2. |
| B40 — Partial: success/denominator | Objectives and response denominators must be clear; debt-relief success/all-enrolled/completer outcomes are undefined here. C092. | Separate outcome definitions and empirical-method authority. | Survey completers equal service successes. | Separately scope public guidance on outcome-definition and analysis-population choices. |
| B41 — Excluded: financial/legal net outcome | This instrument does not supply balance, fee, tax or net-benefit rules. C094. | Separate financial/legal regimes and empirical evidence, all held. | Methodological compliance establishes savings or tax treatment. | Define a separately authorized public-law/method component before examining those concepts. |
| B42 — Partial: causal inference | §5.2 governs comparisons; a full causal framework is absent. C093. | Causal identification assumptions and appropriate public methodological authority. | Random sampling or a comparison test proves treatment effect. | Separately scope official guidance on causal identification; do not evaluate a study here. |
| B43 — Partial: long-term outcomes | Longitudinal concepts and timing needs exist, but no fixed horizon or result is prescribed. C027/C094. | Outcome-specific duration/retention authority and evidence. | A longitudinal label proves durable benefit. | Ask what additional generic methodology is needed to define a meaningful follow-up horizon. |
| B44 — Excluded: actual findings/parent | Standards do not establish actual adherence or any provider/debt-relief result. C095. | Every actual study and remaining A085 component. | This pass accepts A085 or rates a provider. | Continue only through separately scoped public-methodology components. |
Every authority-entry, evidence-entry, analysis and result cell below is intentionally empty. The labels are categories only. This is not an intake, study-rating, data-collection or decision instrument.
| Analytical field label | Authority entry | Evidence entry | Analysis | Result |
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| Missingness/bias distinction | ||||
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| Cognitive-interview provision | ||||
| History/application gap | ||||
| Concept versus actual finding | ||||
| Other-regime/parent limit | ||||
| Missing authority | ||||
| Next permissible public-instruction inquiry |
“Answered” is confined to the authenticated generic instruction. “Partial” identifies a remaining authority/currentness boundary. Actual study application is excluded throughout.
| Question/material subquestion | Coverage | Finding / claim / source / branch links | Exact missing element and next permissible inquiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 — Exact instrument and organization | Answered | C001–C004; S001–S004; inventory; B01–B02 | No missing body section in the main/addendum parsed read. |
| 1 — Complete standards, guidelines, introduction, appendix | Answered with rendering limits | C016–C087; S001/S003 | Formula/pixel issues remain; seek official clarification for C087 only. |
| 1 — Mandatory versus explanatory/recommended | Answered | C002/C013; B02/B09 | Separate agency policies could add requirements; none investigated. |
| 1 — Current operative version certification | Partial | C005; S013–S019; B01 | No consolidated later-history certification; examine official revision/withdrawal instruments if available. |
| 2 — Issuing authority | Answered within read clauses | C006; S005/S006/S010 | Full delegation/amendment histories excluded; no actual actor determination. |
| 2 — Agency/person/collection definitions | Answered with incorporated boundaries | C007–C012; S007–S009; B03/B06/B07 | Antitrust/intelligence and unrelated statutory incorporations held. |
| 2 — Federal, sponsored, grant and private activity | Answered conditionally | C010/C014/C091; B04/B05 | No sponsorship facts sought; next inquiry remains §1320.3(d)’s generic conditions. |
| 2 — Approval, existing surveys, exceptions | Partial | C013/C015; B08/B09 | Complete PRA emergency/inferred-approval/override procedures not read; no application result. |
| 3 — Objectives and concepts | Answered | C017/C029–C031; S001 §1.1 | No study objectives supplied; actual application excluded. |
| 3 — Target, frame and coverage | Answered | C017–C019/C041–C043; B10/B16 | No target/frame facts; current special classifications held. |
| 3 — Selection, probability/nonprobability | Answered | C020/C032–C035; B11 | No actual sampling design; broader methodological sufficiency not adjudicated. |
| 3 — Size, precision, testing and design documentation | Answered | C022/C033/C040; B12/B13 | No universal numerical size; no component testing evidence. |
| 4 — Collection/contact/follow-up categories | Answered | C044–C048; B24 | No operational plan, notice or contact action created. |
| 4 — Unit/item rates and denominators | Answered at source-definition level | C025/C028/C050–C058; M18–M24; B17–B21 | No case dispositions/weights; no calculation or unresolved formula repair. |
| 4 — Bias thresholds and qualifications | Answered | C036–C039/C059–C060; M12–M17/M25–M26; B22 | Thresholds do not establish actual bias; no empirical inputs. |
| 4 — Missingness/dropout mechanisms | Partial for application | C026–C027/C055/C061; B20/B23 | No mechanism evidence; fuller methods inquiry separate. |
| 5 — Editing and coding | Answered; current classifications partial | C049/C062–C063; B25/B27 | Authenticate any particular current coding standard before operational use. |
| 5 — Imputation and weights | Answered | C024/C061; B26 | No values, assumptions or method selected. |
| 5 — Estimation and variance | Answered | C065–C066; B29/B30 | No error estimates or design facts. |
| 5 — Models, validation and release criteria | Answered | C067; B30 | No model or validation result; glossary equation gaps held. |
| 6 — Analysis and comparison | Answered | C068–C071; B31/B32 | No statistical test or causal result computed. |
| 6 — Review | Answered within SPD-2 | C072; B33 | Full independence/conflict/accessibility regimes excluded. |
| 6 — Documentation and changes | Answered | C075/C077–C079; B35 | No actual documentation assessed; preservation schedules separate. |
| 6 — Disclosure and dissemination | Answered with legal incorporations held | C064/C073–C079; B28/B34/B35 | Applicable confidentiality/access laws not completed. |
| 7 — Funding independence/conflicts/sponsor influence | Partial | C090–C091; A085 mapping; B33/B37/B39 | No complete governing independence regime; current §3506(e) body gap. |
| 7 — Selection/missingness/dropout | Answered as methodology; application excluded | C017–C028/C032–C061 | No empirical finding about a study. |
| 7 — Success/all-enrolled/completer denominators | Partial | C028/C092; B40 | Outcome definitions absent from instrument; separate generic methods inquiry needed. |
| 7 — Balances/fees/taxes/net outcome | Excluded—outside instrument | C094; B41 | Separate public legal and financial-methodology components required. |
| 7 — Comparison groups/causality | Partial | C069–C071/C093; B42 | Complete causal-design framework not supplied. |
| 7 — Long-term outcomes | Partial | C027/C031/C055/C094; B43 | No required duration or outcome evidence. |
| 8 — Main adoption and addendum adoption/effect | Answered | C003–C004; S002/S004 | Earlier proposed bodies not treated as final. |
| 8 — Necessary original statutory/regulatory transition | Answered within selected clauses | C088–C089; S010/S011; M32–M34 | Full intervening statutory/regulatory history not audited. |
| 8 — Currentness, failures and alternatives | Partial and explicit | C005/C087/C090; failure register/log | Readable latest §3506(e), fuller revision history and official errata remain open. |
| 9 — Population, nonresponse, bias, precision comparisons | Answered | Comparison table rows 1–5; C017–C027/C050–C061 | Actual population transitions remain absent. |
| 9 — Adjustment, causality and qualitative inference | Answered with causal scope held | Comparison rows 6–8; C024/C049/C061/C081/C093 | No model, treatment effect or data evaluation. |
| 9 — Standard/guideline; agency/private | Answered conditionally | Comparison rows 9–10; C002/C007–C015 | No actual legal classification. |
| 9 — Success/net outcome; adherence | Partial/excluded as specified | Comparison rows 11–14; C092–C095 | Outcome and compliance facts not supplied or sought. |
| 10 — Complete relied-on measurement register | Answered | M01–M36; C001–C005/C008–C009/C022/C038–C043/C052–C060/C074/C081/C087–C089 | No rounding, inputs or deadlines invented. |
| 10 — Optional calculation/model | Excluded—unnecessary and unsupported by inputs | C087/C096; explanation after register | No model required to explain the categories. |
| 11 — Conditional branches | Answered | B01–B44, each with its own status, claims, missing predicate and next inquiry | Partial/excluded branch reasons preserved individually. |
| 11 — Blank worksheet | Answered | Section 7 | Every entry, analysis and result cell empty. |
| 11 — Parent and actual-study limits | Excluded by scope | C091–C096; B39–B44 | Separate authorization and generic research components required; no actual record inquiry proposed. |
| Read operation | What was actually completed | Failure/limit and consequence |
|---|---|---|
| Main instrument | Complete parsed front matter, introduction, 20 standards, all accompanying guidelines and entire definitions appendix. | No pixel inspection. Reordered extraction and identified equations/wording are not certified for computation. |
| Cognitive addendum | Complete parsed front matter, introduction, A.1–A.7, all guidelines and Table A.1. | Internal numbering/count discrepancies retained. |
| Final adoption notices | Complete selected 2006 OMB notice and complete 2016 notice. | Adjacent notices and individual comments excluded; older proposal links were discovery only. |
| Current-host retrieval | Tested the specific White House originals/alternate paths in S015. | Failed bodies retained in the register; ordinary official archives and agency copies used with explicit status limits. |
| Supporting statutory authority | Complete selected §3504(e), §1104(d), relevant §3502 definitions and §3518 body. | Different displayed cutoffs; no exhaustive session-law audit or application of unexamined incorporated regimes. |
| §3506(e) | Complete original enacted clause and complete 2024 annual clause. | Current OLRC and attempted 2025 bodies failed. Search text was not promoted to body evidence. |
| PRA regulations | Complete selected definitions/coverage and necessary notification/clearance distinctions from current eCFR. | Standalone .5 access gate was not interacted with. Ordinary whole-Part publication supplied the body. Remaining procedures held. |
| Original PRA enactment | Complete selected statistical-authority clauses and §4 transition. | Not whole-Act historical certification. |
| Original PRA final rule | Complete selected adoption/effect, sponsorship and notification clauses. | Not whole-rule preamble or complete amendment-chain review. |
| Official indices | Selected current and archival resource pages used to locate documents and check publication availability. | An index’s presence or omission does not establish operative status, repeal or lack of later authority. |
| Screenshot attempts | Requested main PDF indices 18, 21 and 39. | Returned textual placeholders only; no image pixels inspected or claimed. |
| Scope control | Public generic laws/instructions only. | No actual studies, participants, providers, raw data, identifying records, comments by named participants, contacts or operational actions. |
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Exact instrument identified before relying on its contents | Completed, with adopted addendum included |
| Complete main parsed body read | Completed |
| Complete addendum parsed body read | Completed |
| Standards distinguished from guidelines and examples | Completed |
| Currentness stated separately from publication/access dates | Completed, with explicit remaining gaps |
| Unit/item/frame/stage/wave denominators kept distinct | Completed |
| Strict versus inclusive percentage boundaries preserved | Completed |
| High response rate not treated as proof against bias | Completed |
| Sampling not treated as causal identification | Completed |
| Editing/imputation not treated as observed truth | Completed |
| Documentation not treated as unrestricted disclosure | Completed |
| Source anomalies and access failures retained | Completed |
| No actual study, participant, provider or dataset investigated | Maintained |
| No recruitment, notice, questionnaire, release or operational document drafted | Maintained |
| Blank worksheet entry/analysis/result cells empty | Maintained |
| No invented statistical, financial or calendar example | Maintained |
| Independent review claimed | No |
| Component, A085, operational or publication acceptance claimed | No |
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Source ID · Issuer, title and complete literal HTTPS URL · Version, status and application · 14 data rows
| Source ID | Issuer, title and complete literal HTTPS URL | Version, status and application | Exact read bounds and limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| R085-P1-S001 | OMB, Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys. Official archival copy: https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/statpolicy/standards_stat_surveys.pdf. Official agency copies: https://www.bls.gov/bls/statistical-policy-directive-2.pdf; https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/attachments/data-quality-act/standards_and_guidelines_for_statistical_surveys_-omb-_sept_2006.pdf. | Cover: September 2006. Final OMB agency standards and accompanying guidelines, authenticated through S002. No consolidated later-amendment cutoff displayed in the instrument. Federal scope. | Complete archival parsed body: cover/contents, pp. i–iv, introduction pp. 1–4, substantive pp. 5–28, appendix pp. 29–36; PDF indices 0–40. BLS copy: selected contents and substantive/glossary passages; FTC copy: selected front matter/introduction. Reordered text and formula extraction limitations are identified below. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +3 |
| R085-P1-S002 | OMB, Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys—Notice of decision, 71 FR 55522–55523. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2006-09-22/pdf/06-8044.pdf. | Published September 22, 2006; issues the standards as final and identifies their authority and replacement of the earlier directives. No separate delayed effective date is stated in this notice. | Complete OMB notice, pp. 55522–55523, PDF indices 0–1. Adjacent unrelated notices on those pages were excluded. Earlier directives and underlying comments were not investigated. govinfo.gov |
| R085-P1-S003 | OMB, Statistical Policy Directive No. 2 Addendum: Standards and Guidelines for Cognitive Interviews. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/inforeg/directive2/final_addendum_to_stat_policy_dir_2.pdf. Official agency copy: https://www.bls.gov/bls/statistical-policy-directive-2-addendum.pdf. | Final addendum authenticated by S004; complements the main instrument. Federal cognitive-interview scope. The PDF’s publication identity is established by the final notice, not a host timestamp. | Complete archival parsed body: pp. i–ii and 1–8, PDF indices 0–9, including introduction, all A.1–A.7 provisions, guidelines and Table A.1. BLS copy opened as a selected official alternate. Numbering/count discrepancies retained. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov +3 |
| R085-P1-S004 | OMB, Statistical Policy Directive No. 2 … Addendum …—Notice of final decision, 81 FR 70586–70587. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-10-12/pdf/2016-24607.pdf. | Published October 12, 2016; expressly effective immediately. Final adoption, not the earlier proposal. | Complete selected notice, pp. 70586–70587, PDF indices 0–1, including authority, scope, effective statement and adoption paragraph. Proposed text and comments were not used as operative authority. govinfo.gov |
| R085-P1-S005 | Congress; OLRC, 44 U.S.C. §3504, Authority and functions of Director. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-124/t44/s3504/. | Displayed laws in effect through Public Law 119-124, October 15, 2026. Current accessible statutory compilation; not an exhaustive session-law audit. | Complete §3504(e)(1)–(10) and selected source/amendment notes read. Reliance here principally on (e)(1), (3)–(5). Other functions, the geographic-delineation incorporation in (e)(10), and unrelated regimes are not analyzed. HTML; no PDF pagination. uscode.house.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-S006 | Congress; OLRC, 31 U.S.C. §1104, Budget and appropriations authority of the President. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-124/t31/s1104/. | Displayed through October 15, 2026, Public Law 119-124. | Complete subsection (d); surrounding (a)–(e) and selected revision notes read. Reliance confined to the statistical-information authority exercised through the OIRA Administrator. No whole historical delegation dossier. HTML. uscode.house.gov |
| R085-P1-S007 | Congress; OLRC, 44 U.S.C. §3502, Definitions. Latest readable version: https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t44/s3502/. Earlier retrieved version: https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-124/t44/s3502/. | Latest displayed cutoff Public Law 119-134, October 20, 2026; earlier version October 15. | Section body read, with selected source notes. Material complete definitions: (1) agency, (2) burden, (3) collection, (4) Director, (5) independent regulatory agency, (10) person, (11) practical utility, (12) public information, (13) recordkeeping, (19) metadata. Unrelated incorporated technology/open-data regimes not completed. HTML. uscode.house.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-S008 | Congress; OLRC, 44 U.S.C. §3518, Effect on existing laws and regulations. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t44/s3518/. | Latest successfully read section body displayed Public Law 119-121, October 9, 2026. Later-cutoff endpoints failed. | Complete (a)–(e) and selected references notes read; substantive reliance on (c)(1)–(2). Separate antitrust, intelligence, telecommunications and information-security incorporations are held. HTML. uscode.house.gov |
| R085-P1-S009 | OMB; OFR/GPO eCFR, 5 CFR Part 1320, Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-5/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-1320. Section views: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-5/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-1320/section-1320.3; https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-5/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-1320/section-1320.4; https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-5/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-1320/section-1320.5; https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-5/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-1320/section-1320.8. | Whole-Part view current through October 26, 2026; successful individual views through October 23; Title 5 last-amended banner October 22 is title-wide. eCFR describes itself as authoritative but not the official legal edition. | Complete §§1320.1–.4, §1320.5 and §1320.8(a)–(c) read; reliance limited to definitions, coverage, necessary clearance distinctions and respondent notifications. Remaining Part 1320 procedures not fully read. Standalone .5 redirected to an access gate; its body was read from the ordinary whole-Part publication, without interacting with the gate. ecfr.gov +5 |
| R085-P1-S010 | Congress, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-104publ13/pdf/PLAW-104publ13.pdf. | Enacted May 22, 1995. General effective date and transition are in §4; historical original enactment, not a current consolidated statute. | Complete selected enacted §3504(e), 109 Stat. 168–169, indices 5–6; §3506(e), 109 Stat. 175, index 12; and §4(a)–(c), 109 Stat. 185, index 22. Not the whole 23-page Act. govinfo.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-S011 | OMB, Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public; Regulatory Changes Reflecting Recodification of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 60 FR 44978. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1995-08-29/pdf/95-21235.pdf. | Final rule published August 29, 1995; effective October 1, 1995, subject to adopted §1320.2 transition. | DATES p. 44978, index 0; complete revision instruction/authority p. 44984, index 6; complete §1320.2, p. 44985, index 7; §1320.3(d), pp. 44985–44986, indices 7–8; §1320.8(b)(3)–(c), p. 44990, index 12. Other retrieved passages were selected context, not a whole 19-page review. govinfo.gov +3 |
| R085-P1-S012 | Congress; GPO, United States Code, 2024 edition, Title 44, Chapter 35, selected §3506(e). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title44/html/USCODE-2024-title44-chap35.htm. | Official 2024 annual edition. Historical/currentness-limited supporting text; not represented as a successful 2026 current-body retrieval. | Complete §3506(e)(1)–(6) read. The remainder of the chapter was not investigated as a substantive body. HTML, no PDF page/index. PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS |
| R085-P1-S013 | Official publication/discovery pages. https://www.bls.gov/bls/statistical-policy-directives.htm; https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/; https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-resources/; https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-resources/guidance/; https://statspolicy.gov/policies/. | Official indexes/navigation, not adoption instruments or exhaustive currentness certifications. | Selected resource-navigation portions and SPD-2/addendum links read. No agency program, personnel, performance or implementation investigation. BLS links support continuing official publication availability only. bls.gov +3 |
| R085-P1-S014 | Archived OMB background-document index. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/inforeg_backgrd_stat_surveys/. | Page expressly identifies itself as historical material frozen in time. Discovery/status evidence only. | Archival warning and standards-background list read. Proposed documents, individual comments and earlier directives linked there were not treated as current bodies or opened for participant research. The White House |
Source ID · Issuer and complete attempted HTTPS URLs · Actual result and evidentiary limit · 5 data rows
Instrument provision · Actual subject · Guidelines present · 30 data rows
| Instrument provision | Actual subject | Guidelines present | Printed pages / PDF indices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main introduction | Scope, quality concepts, agency requirements and application | Introductory instructions and notes | pp. 1–4 / indices 5–8 |
| 1.1 | Survey planning | 1.1.1–1.1.3 | pp. 5–6 / 9–10 |
| 1.2 | Survey design | 1.2.1–1.2.7 | pp. 7–8 / 11–12 |
| 1.3 | Survey response rates | 1.3.1–1.3.5 | p. 8 / 12 |
| 1.4 | Pretesting survey systems | 1.4.1–1.4.2 | p. 9 / 13 |
| 2.1 | Developing sampling frames | 2.1.1–2.1.4 | pp. 9–10 / 13–14 |
| 2.2 | Required notifications to potential respondents | 2.2.1 | pp. 10–11 / 14–15 |
| 2.3 | Data collection methodology | 2.3.1–2.3.4 | pp. 11–12 / 15–16 |
| 3.1 | Data editing | 3.1.1–3.1.3 | p. 13 / 17 |
| 3.2 | Nonresponse analysis and response-rate calculation | 3.2.1–3.2.15 | pp. 14–17 / 18–21 |
| 3.3 | Coding | 3.3.1–3.3.3 | pp. 17–18 / 21–22 |
| 3.4 | Data protection | 3.4.1–3.4.3 | pp. 18–19 / 22–23 |
| 3.5 | Evaluation | 3.5.1–3.5.2 | pp. 19–20 / 23–24 |
| 4.1 | Developing estimates and projections | 4.1.1–4.1.6 | pp. 20–21 / 24–25 |
| 5.1 | Analysis and report planning | 5.1.1–5.1.2 | pp. 21–22 / 25–26 |
| 5.2 | Inference and comparisons | 5.2.1–5.2.7 | pp. 22–23 / 26–27 |
| 6.1 | Review of information products | 6.1.1–6.1.3 | pp. 23–24 / 27–28 |
| 7.1 | Releasing information | 7.1.1–7.1.7 | pp. 24–25 / 28–29 |
| 7.2 | Disclosure avoidance for dissemination | 7.2.1–7.2.2 | p. 25 / 29 |
| 7.3 | Survey documentation | 7.3.1–7.3.4 | pp. 26–27 / 30–31 |
| 7.4 | Documentation and release of public-use microdata | 7.4.1–7.4.6 | pp. 27–28 / 31–32 |
| Main appendix | Definitions of key terms | Complete appendix | pp. 29–36 / 33–40 |
| Addendum introduction | Cognitive-interview scope, qualitative purpose, standards/guidelines distinction | Introductory requirements | pp. 1–3 / 2–4 |
| A.1 | Methodological plan | No separately numbered guideline | p. 4 / 5 |
| A.2 | Sample selection | A.2.1–A.2.3 | p. 4 / 5 |
| A.3 | Interview guide | A.3.1–A.3.3 | pp. 4–5 / 5–6 |
| A.4 | Analysis of cognitive interviews; list labels it systematic analysis | A.4.1–A.4.2 | pp. 5–6 / 6–7 |
| A.5 | Transparent analysis | A.5.1 | p. 6 / 7 |
| A.6 | Final reports; body labels the standard A.6.1 | A.6.1–A.6.2; Table A.1 | pp. 6–7 / 7–8 |
| A.7 | Reporting results | A.7.1 | pp. 7–8 / 8–9 |
Claim ID · Supported finding, with scope and qualifications · Exact authority · 16 data rows
| Claim ID | Supported finding, with scope and qualifications | Exact authority |
|---|---|---|
| R085-P1-C001 | The main instrument contains 20 standards organized into seven substantive sections, plus introductory requirements and a definitions appendix. Its 41-page PDF is the September 2006 instrument, not a newly dated 2026 edition. | S001, cover/contents, introduction p. 1, entire body; S002. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C002 | The instrument distinguishes required standards from accompanying recommended best-practice guidelines. The addendum expressly says guidelines are not necessities or requirements. Mandatory wording in a standard must not be flattened into the same status as an illustrative guideline. | S001, introduction pp. 1, 4; S003, introduction p. 1. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-C003 | The September 22, 2006 notice issues the instrument as final and says it replaces the earlier Statistical Policy Directives Nos. 1 and 2. The notice does not supply a separate delayed effective date. This authenticates that adoption, not every earlier or later historical event. | S002, complete notice, pp. 55522–55523. govinfo.gov |
| R085-P1-C004 | The 2016 cognitive-interview addendum adds seven standards, removes or replaces none of the main standards, and became effective immediately under its October 12, 2016 final notice. Its scope is cognitive interviews conducted by or on behalf of the Federal Government for statistical purposes, including evaluation of survey questions, instruments or collection methods. | S003, introduction p. 1; S004, DATES, Scope and adoption paragraphs. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C005 | Currentness remains bounded: the instruments are still linked on an accessible official agency index; current White House endpoints failed; the instruments lack consolidated amendment cutoffs. Supporting statutes display different October 2026 cutoffs, and the CFR views display October 23/26 cutoffs. These are publication/access facts, not proof of an exhaustive current legal chain. | S001–S019, especially S013 and failures; access log. bls.gov +4 |
| R085-P1-C006 | Section 3504(e)(3) authorizes government-wide statistical policies, principles, standards and guidelines covering collection, classification, presentation/dissemination, timely release and statistical sources needed for federal programs. Section 1104(d) directs statistical-information improvement through the OIRA Administrator. Neither provision itself validates an actual study. | S005, §3504(e)(3)(A)–(E), adjacent (e)(1), (4)–(5); S006, §1104(d). uscode.house.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C007 | PRA “agency” covers the specified executive-branch and independent regulatory categories, with express exclusions for the Government Accountability Office, Federal Election Commission, specified territorial/DC governments, and government-owned contractor-operated facilities. The older regulation retains some older institutional names. No actual agency classification or silent updating of those names is made. | S007, §3502(1), (5); S009, §1320.3(a), (g). uscode.house.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C008 | PRA collection coverage depends on information obtained, caused to be obtained, solicited or required by or for an agency, the specified identical-question/reporting/recordkeeping branch, or the separate federal-agency/employee general-statistical-purpose branch. The “ten or more” language is a PRA collection predicate, not a universal minimum sample size for methodological quality. “Person” includes the listed individual, organizational and governmental legal categories. | S007, §3502(3), (10); S009, §1320.3(c), (k); S001, introduction p. 4 and G.1.1.1. uscode.house.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-C009 | The regulatory count concerns addressees within any 12-month period and independently situated expected onward recipients. Specified employees and compliance contractors are excluded from that count; former federal employees are included. General-applicability requirements are deemed to involve ten or more persons, and collections addressed to all or a substantial majority of an industry are presumed to do so. The separate general-statistical-purpose federal branch must also be considered. | S009, complete §1320.3(c)(3)–(4); S007, §3502(3)(A)(ii). ecfr.gov |
| R085-P1-C010 | Agency sponsorship includes direct collection, causing another agency to collect, collection contracts/cooperative agreements, required third-party disclosure and analogous collection by or for an agency. A federal grant recipient’s collection is sponsored under this definition only if specifically requested by the agency or the grant terms require specific agency approval of the collection or its procedures. A funding label alone does not settle coverage. | S009, complete §1320.3(d); S011, adopted same paragraph. ecfr.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C011 | Section 1320.3(h) generally excludes specified minimal identification/acknowledgment instruments, physical samples, direct observation/nonstandardized accompanying oral communications, qualifying general public comments, specified clinical/treatment information, a single-person request, aptitude/knowledge examinations, hearing/meeting information, qualifying nonstandardized clarification follow-ups, and OMB-designated like items. Each has its own qualifications; OMB may determine a specific item is information. These are not a blanket exemption for research or interviews. | S009, complete §1320.3(h)(1)–(10), read with (c). ecfr.gov |
| R085-P1-C012 | PRA coverage has specified criminal, particular civil/administrative, antitrust-compulsory-process and intelligence/cryptologic exceptions. General investigations of a category or industry remain covered, subject to the stated antitrust exception. The regulation’s particular-party administrative exception requires an opened case file or equivalent. The separate incorporated antitrust/intelligence bodies were not completed, so no actual exclusion is established. | S008, §3518(c)(1)–(2); S009, complete §1320.4. uscode.house.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C013 | The main instrument requires federal agencies to adhere to applicable standards for existing and new surveys, including previously OMB-approved surveys. Agencies should assess compliance, establish improvement goals, use major revisions to address deficiencies, explain infeasible standards/options in ICR submissions and publicly document reasons and corrective actions. Funding constraints do not create an automatic exemption. The addendum directs agencies to seek OMB guidance when contingencies make adherence infeasible. | S001, introduction pp. 3–4, including note 3; S003, Requirements for Agencies pp. 2–3. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C014 | Covered statistical purposes include description, estimation or analysis of group, segment, activity or geographic characteristics across the specified subject areas. The instrument also covers supporting methods/resources, qualifying surveys in research or program evaluations, and—to the extent applicable—statistics compiled from administrative records. It does not turn every activity called research into the same kind of survey. | S001, introduction p. 1; S002, scope. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C015 | PRA clearance and methodological compliance are distinct. The regulation states review/submission/notice and control-number conditions, and identifies approval, specified inferred approval and specified independent-agency override routes. Section 1320.5(d)(2)(v) also addresses valid, reliable generalizable survey design, subject to its statutory-requirement/substantial-need qualification. The incorporated clearance, emergency and override procedures were not completed; no actual approval or waiver is inferred. | S009, §1320.5(a)–(b), (d)(2) introductory clause and (v); S001, introduction p. 4. ecfr.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-C016 | The instrument describes quality through objectivity, utility and integrity: accurate/reliable/unbiased content and presentation; usefulness to intended users; and protection against unauthorized access or revision. These are methodological and information-quality objectives, not demonstrated properties of an actual publication. The full separate Information Quality Guidelines regime remains unexamined. | S001, introduction pp. 2–3. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
Claim ID · Supported finding, with qualifications · Exact authority · 12 data rows
| Claim ID | Supported finding, with qualifications | Exact authority |
|---|---|---|
| R085-P1-C017 | A target population is the group of potential sampling units or other entities of interest. A statistical survey may enumerate that population or collect a sample. The target is not automatically the frame, respondents or analyzed cases. | S001, appendix, “Statistical survey,” “Target population,” p. 35; §§1.2, 2.1, 3.2. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C018 | A frame maps population elements to a finite list; the frame population is what can be enumerated before selection. Coverage concerns membership and inclusion once on the frame. Undercoverage omits target units; overcoverage includes duplication or erroneous enumeration. Coverage error concerns differences between frame-population and target-population statistics. | S001, appendix pp. 29, 31; G.2.1.1. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-C019 | Sampling units are the basic frame components; strata partition the frame into generally more homogeneous groups. An eligible sample unit is selected and confirmed as belonging to the target population. Selection, eligibility, response and analysis are separate classifications. | S001, appendix pp. 30, 34–35; G.3.2.2. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-C020 | Probability sampling gives each target-population member a known, nonzero selection probability. The appendix distinguishes it from convenience, judgment, quota and snowball sampling. Cut-off and model-based methods are separately described; their use is not prohibited categorically, but Std.1.2’s justification/error-measurement conditions apply. | S001, Std.1.2; appendix pp. 30, 32–33. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-C021 | Bias is systematic deviation from the population value. Nonsampling error includes measurement, nonresponse, coverage and processing errors. Nonresponse error includes both variance and bias components. Sampling-error reporting therefore does not establish freedom from every error source. | S001, appendix pp. 29, 33–35; G.1.2.6–.7 and §3.5. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-C022 | Precision is described relative to a complete count conducted using the same techniques; validity concerns truth and freedom from systematic error. The design effect and effective sample size address design-dependent variance/sample equivalence, not a universal quality score. The appendix expressly says no single design effect applies universally to a survey or analysis. | S001, appendix pp. 30, 33, 36. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-C023 | Estimation uses survey or other information to estimate unknown population parameters or ranges. Models formalize assumed generating processes; projections concern future values and forecasts select a believed likely projection. These terms describe methods/products, not proven predictive success. | S001, appendix pp. 30–32, 34; §4.1. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-C024 | Imputation supplies a value where an item response is missing or unusable. Weights reflect selection probabilities or specified establishment contributions and may be adjusted for nonresponse. Neither an imputed value nor a weight is an additional observed response. | S001, appendix pp. 31, 36; G.3.2.12–.15. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-C025 | Unit nonresponse concerns failure to supply the required response items; item nonresponse concerns a missing relevant item. The minimum required-item set determines whether a case counts as a respondent, allowing sufficient partials under the rate rules. A valid skip is treated differently from a missing requested item. | S001, appendix pp. 31, 34–35; G.3.2.2, .6. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +3 |
| R085-P1-C026 | The appendix distinguishes missing-at-random and missing-completely-at-random concepts. These are assumptions about the missingness process, not labels established by a response percentage. The unit and item bias guidelines call for different corresponding assessments. | S001, appendix p. 32; G.3.2.9–.10. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C027 | Cross-sectional and longitudinal designs differ in time structure; a wave is a round of longitudinal collection. Longitudinal analysis uses repeated measurements. These definitions do not establish an adequate follow-up duration, successful retention or a long-term outcome. | S001, appendix pp. 29, 32, 36; G.3.2.5. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-C028 | A “completed case or sufficient partial” in a response-rate numerator is a survey-response classification. It is not defined as completion of a service, satisfaction of a debt, or attainment of an outcome. | S001, G.3.2.2 and appendix “Required response items”; scope-limited comparison. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
Claim ID · Supported standard/guideline finding · Exact authority · 20 data rows
| Claim ID | Supported standard/guideline finding | Exact authority |
|---|---|---|
| R085-P1-C029 | Std.1.1: a new survey or major revision requires a written justification covering objectives, users, decisions, key estimates, required precision, planned outputs, related/prior surveys, duplication avoidance, timing/frequency and required detail in tables and data products. | S001, p. 5. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C030 | G.1.1.1–.2: planning addresses PRA compliance, user needs, hypotheses/key-variable definitions, existing information, applicable privacy/confidentiality law, item justification/measurement evidence, pretesting, quality assurance and contingencies, evaluation, analysis and substantively important effects, resources, dissemination, and preservation/disposition. These are planning categories, not an operational plan produced here. | S001, pp. 5–6. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C031 | G.1.1.3: recurring collections should preserve consistency; proposed changes require consideration of usefulness and information needs, with bridge/crosswalk or other adjustments and information about their effects on trends. A changed series is not automatically comparable. | S001, p. 6; appendix “Bridge study,” “Crosswalk study.” trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-C032 | Std.1.2: the design must define the target population, sampling plan, instruments/methods, realistic timetable/cost, accepted selection methods, and sample size/design appropriate to needed detail and precision; decisions must be documented. Nonprobability methods require statistical justification and an ability to measure estimation error. | S001, pp. 7–8. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C033 | G.1.2.1–.2: design documentation should address response goals, timing/mode, frame adequacy, each sampling stage/unit, strata/clustering, selection probabilities, reporting domains, suitable power/effective-size analysis, weighting, variance methods and expected precision. No universal sample size or power target is supplied. | S001, p. 7. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C034 | G.1.2.3: nonprobability documentation should explain alternatives and the chosen design, potential bias, error-measurement methodology and selection process, including objective grounds for impartial exclusion of nonsampled units. This is not automatic permission to attach a probability-sample margin of error. | S001, p. 7. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C035 | G.1.2.4–.7: collection planning addresses applicable confidentiality/instructions, respondent flow, timing, training and costs including pretests/follow-up/evaluation. Where possible it addresses total mean-square error and comparison with other sources; probability designs estimate sampling error, nonprobability designs estimation error, and potential nonsampling effects should be assessed where possible. | S001, pp. 7–8. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C036 | Std.1.3: design seeks the highest practical response rates, balanced with importance of uses, burden and collection costs. Bias analysis is required when response rates or other factors indicate potential bias. The standard does not make a particular percentage proof of representativeness. | S001, p. 8. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C037 | G.1.3.1, .3: sample-survey unit response rates are calculated without substitutions, and expected rates should be identified for each collection stage, considering content, use, mode and survey type. | S001, p. 8. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C038 | G.1.3.2: a collection intended to supply a frame for other surveys has a target unit-response rate at least 95%, or a justification for a lower anticipated rate. This is a frame-producing collection’s response target, not the frame-coverage percentage in G.2.1.3. | S001, p. 8. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C039 | G.1.3.4–.5: before collection, plan unit nonresponse-bias analysis if expected unit response is below 80%; plan item analysis if expected response is below 70% for an item used in a report. These are planning triggers in guidelines, not automatic findings of bias. | S001, p. 8. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C040 | Std.1.4/G.1.4.1–.2: all components must function as intended and measurement error be controlled through pretesting or successful previous fielding. New components should be tested; field tests are appropriate when prior work does not demonstrate components, using realistic and difficult conditions. A full rehearsal may be desirable for highly influential surveys; it is not universally specified. | S001, p. 9. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C041 | Std.2.1/G.2.1.1, .4: frames must suit the design and be evaluated against the target. Documentation should cover construction/maintenance, exclusions, under/over/multiple coverage, data quality, adjustments, timeliness, accuracy and other limitations. Frame enhancements are options, not proof that coverage error has been removed. | S001, pp. 9–10. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C042 | G.2.1.2: recurring-survey frames should undergo periodic coverage evaluations; at least every five years is an example, not an independently stated universal fixed interval. | S001, p. 10. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C043 | G.2.1.3: coverage in excess of 95%, overall and for each major stratum, is desirable; coverage below 85% calls for evaluation of potential bias. These strict boundaries differ from the inclusive frame-response target in C038. Neither establishes an absence of bias at other values. | S001, p. 10. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C044 | Std.2.2: the instrument must state collection reasons and agency uses, voluntary/mandatory status with authority, confidentiality and authority if any, estimated average burden and opportunity for burden comments, the control number, and the required control-number notice. The incorporated regulation additionally expressly distinguishes benefit-required responses. | S001, pp. 10–11; S009, §1320.8(b)(3)(i)–(vi). trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C045 | The incorporated notification rules distinguish paper, electronic and Federal Register formats; certain alternative means require an advance written OMB special-circumstances determination. G.2.2.1’s suggested informational materials are examples. No notice, service event or valid control number is established here. | S009, §1320.3(f), §1320.5(b)(2), §1320.8(c); S001, G.2.2.1. ecfr.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-C046 | Std.2.3/G.2.3.1, .3: collection design balances data quality/measurement error against burden/cost. Guidelines address understandable questions, navigable skips, reasonable length, prior success or testing, mode suitability, timing, staff protocols/training, falsification controls, validation and measurement-error assessment. These are source requirements/recommendations, not an implemented collection protocol. | S001, pp. 11–12. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C047 | G.2.3.2: adequate collection duration, advance information where possible, adequate contact effort and staff skills are suggested response-support measures. The guideline says incentives are not typically used but may be considered when believed necessary for sufficient quality for intended uses. It sets no universal contact count, incentive amount or recruitment schedule. | S001, p. 11. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C048 | G.2.3.4: monitoring should address progress, response, quality, costs and reasons for nonresponse, including low-response subgroups. If fuller follow-up is impossible, a probability subsample of nonrespondents is an option. Required response items can support minimum unit-response classification and later analysis/imputation. None of these steps proves actual bias correction. | S001, p. 12. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
Claim ID · Supported standard/guideline finding · Exact authority · 19 data rows
| Claim ID | Supported standard/guideline finding | Exact authority |
|---|---|---|
| R085-P1-C049 | Std.3.1/G.3.1.1–.3: editing must appropriately address detectable errors using available information. Checks include range, consistency, contradictions/skips, fillable omissions, duplicate/omitted records and outside-source inconsistencies. Possible resolutions include correction, verification, review, imputation or override; edit actions should be coded and/or original data retained. Editing uses assumptions and does not establish known truth. | S001, p. 13. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C050 | Std.3.2: agencies must measure, adjust for, report and analyze unit and item nonresponse, using standard rate formulas as indicators of possible nonresponse bias. Reporting a response rate alone does not fulfill the entire standard. | S001, p. 14. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C051 | G.3.2.1: rates should be calculated both unweighted and weighted. Additional rates may be reported if the specified rates are also reported and additional definitions are clear. Selection-weighted and key-characteristic-weighted rates have different interpretations. | S001, p. 14. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C052 | G.3.2.2: the unweighted unit-response numerator is completed cases or sufficient partials. The denominator includes those cases, eligible refusals, eligible noncontacts, other eligible nonrespondents and the estimated eligible portion of unknown-eligibility cases. Unknown eligibility is not automatically excluded or automatically treated as entirely eligible. | S001, p. 14. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C053 | G.3.2.3: selection-weighted rates apply inverse-selection-probability weights to the corresponding response/eligibility categories. Economic-survey alternatives weight a key characteristic; the text distinguishes this from a genuine frame-coverage rate and allows the stated alternative denominator from a prior population total or administrative records. No actual denominator or weight is supplied. | S001, pp. 14–15. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C054 | G.3.2.4: overall cross-sectional unit response combines the relevant stage-level rates by their product when there are multiple stages. Size-weighted stage rates can improve interpretation for probability-proportional-to-size designs, especially where nonresponse relates to size. A final-stage rate alone is not the overall rate. | S001, p. 15. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C055 | G.3.2.5: longitudinal rates should be calculated for each wave; special procedures apply when earlier nonrespondents can enter later waves. The overall rate used for longitudinal analysis reflects respondents common to all included waves and all relevant collection stages, with the specified initial-wave eligibility accounting. It is not a mandate that every analysis discard all incomplete longitudinal records. | S001, pp. 15–16; read with G.3.2.14. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C056 | G.3.2.6: item response is based on in-scope answers divided by respondents asked the item, excluding valid skips from that denominator. Questions removed from an abbreviated refusal-conversion questionnaire count as item nonresponse, not valid skips. | S001, p. 16. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C057 | G.3.2.7: total response for an item combines the overall unit-response rate and that item’s response rate by multiplication. An item rate among respondents alone does not measure all sample-level missingness. | S001, p. 16. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C058 | G.3.2.8: added supplemental cases are included with original cases in reported rates, while substitutions selected during initial sample selection are excluded from the unit-rate calculation in the specified replacement situation. Supplementation and substitution must not be conflated. | S001, p. 16. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C059 | G.3.2.9: an overall unit-response rate below 80% triggers the guideline’s bias analysis, including assessment of complete randomness of missingness. Bias depends on both nonresponse and respondent/nonrespondent differences. Multistage/wave analysis should attend to each stage, especially problem stages, using suitable available comparisons/modeling. The threshold is not a universal bias boundary. | S001, pp. 16–17; Std.1.3. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C060 | G.3.2.10–.11: an item-response rate below 70% calls for item-level nonresponse analysis, at least for affected items, including whether missingness is random at that level. If it is not, potential bias should inform whether individual items are published. No automatic publication ban or approval is supplied. | S001, p. 17. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C061 | G.3.2.12–.15: sampled collections should adjust weights for unit nonresponse unless unit imputation is used. Item adjustment/imputation depends on use, anticipated bias, prior experience and analysis; methods should be theoretically/empirically grounded and appropriate, preserve multivariate relationships where relevant, and identify imputed values. Longitudinal imputations may use cross-wave or cross-sectional information. | S001, p. 17. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C062 | Std.3.3/G.3.3.1, .3: quality-related codes must support proper analysis; missing and structurally unrequested items should be distinguished. The guideline rejects blanks/zeros as missing-value codes because of confusion with actual data. Manual coding should have a verification quality process. This is not an instruction to create or alter a dataset here. | S001, pp. 17–18. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C063 | G.3.3.2: use standardized classifications where available/applicable and crosswalk legacy codes. The instrument references geographic, industry, occupation, race/ethnicity and statistical-area classifications. Their current editions and later amendments were not authenticated; the 2006 citations cannot certify present operational coding requirements. | S001, p. 18. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C064 | Std.3.4/G.3.4.1–.3: safeguards extend through production, use, storage, transmission and disposition, with protection of identifiable data, systems security, controlled access and periodic review. The separate privacy/security laws mentioned by the instrument are not completed in this pass. | S001, pp. 18–19. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C065 | Std.3.5/G.3.5.1–.2: data quality must be evaluated and evaluations made public. Plans should address coverage, nonresponse, measurement and processing errors; sampling/nonsampling measurement; total error; mitigation; post-collection assessment; independent comparisons when available; and appropriate estimates/bounds for error sources. | S001, pp. 19–20. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C066 | Std.4.1/G.4.1.1: estimates and projections require accepted methods, error estimates and quality evaluation. Direct estimates should use design-appropriate weights or an evaluated acceptable alternative; variance estimation should reflect selection, stratification, clustering and relevant adjustments/design effects. A standard error is not a guarantee against all bias. | S001, pp. 20–21. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C067 | G.4.1.2–.6: model estimates/projections should disclose assumptions/specifications and undergo sensitivity, validation and reproducibility assessment. Release-error criteria should be set before estimates are produced. Methods/models should be documented and archived so results can be reproduced. No particular model is endorsed or validated here. | S001, p. 21. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
Claim ID · Supported standard/guideline finding · Exact authority · 12 data rows
| Claim ID | Supported standard/guideline finding | Exact authority |
|---|---|---|
| R085-P1-C068 | Std.5.1/G.5.1.1–.2: a plan must precede the specific analysis. Recommended contents include purpose/question, relevant literature, data sources and limitations, key variables, analysis type, significance level, planned tables/figures, technical-note framework, missing-data/weighting/error methods, resources, timing and risks. | S001, pp. 21–22. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C069 | Std.5.2/G.5.2.1–.2: comparisons and conclusions must use acceptable statistical practice. The significance criterion should be set before tests. Population-difference statements based on sample estimates require appropriate comparison methods, generally including standard errors and covariance where estimates are not independent. | S001, p. 22. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C070 | G.5.2.3–.5: multiple-comparison reporting should state whether/how the Type I criterion was adjusted; comparisons should be substantively meaningful. Failure to obtain statistical significance supports saying the data do not establish a difference—not that the populations are equivalent. Apparent differences with large standard errors should be acknowledged. | S001, pp. 22–23. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C071 | G.5.2.6–.7: monotonic trend statements require appropriate tests accounting for relevant seasonality, irregularities, special causes and changing trends. Revised historical series should have an appropriate overlap of old/new series. No fixed universal overlap period is given. | S001, p. 23. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C072 | Std.6.1/G.6.1.1–.3: agencies must institute subject-matter, statistical and methodological review. Guidelines address factual accuracy, logical presentation, unsupported/anomalous findings, assumptions, methods, calculations, disclosure risk, documentation and limitations, plus accessibility review. The standard does not by itself establish external independence or absence of sponsor influence. | S001, pp. 23–24; incorporated accessibility regime held. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C073 | Std.7.1/G.7.1.1–.3: public releases require a dissemination plan providing equivalent timely access and explaining policies, including revisions. Guidelines address release schedules/modes, prerelease protection, anticipated revisions and preliminary labeling. These do not establish an actual release schedule or permission to disclose protected material. | S001, pp. 24–25. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C074 | G.7.1.4: an unscheduled-correction policy may use thresholds. Its examples of a change exceeding 1% nationally or 5% regionally are illustrative policy options, not universal correction thresholds. | S001, p. 24. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C075 | G.7.1.5–.7: releases should make available variable definitions, source/method information, quality limitations, variance documentation, covered period/units, alternative sources, access/contact/software information where applicable, update date and dissemination policies. Model-derived products should be identified and methods/evaluations accessible. Policies should identify circumstances for nonrelease, including insufficient quality. | S001, pp. 24–25. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C076 | Std.7.2/G.7.2.1–.2: dissemination must comply with confidentiality pledges and applicable law; protective mechanisms are required where confidential information is involved. The guideline says disclosure-limitation parameters should not be publicly revealed. Transparency is therefore not an unconditional right to underlying identifiable data. | S001, p. 25. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C077 | Std.7.3/G.7.3.1: documentation must permit proper analysis and replication/evaluation, subject to necessary confidentiality restrictions. The guideline’s contents cover the ICR, record/variable descriptions, design, instruments and inputs, modifications/constructed variables, layouts/frequencies, weights, variance methods, edits/imputation and evaluations, anomalies/corrections, sampling/nonsampling error, available independent comparisons, and weighted/unweighted unit and item rates with applicable bias analyses. | S001, pp. 26–27. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C078 | G.7.3.2–.4: internal archives should preserve planning/design decisions, testing, frame/sample, item rationales/instructions, collection and processing plans, deviations, weighting/imputation/edit specifications, evaluations/models, analysis plans, revision schedules and public documentation. Recurring surveys should have periodic error evaluations. Retention follows applicable federal records policy; no universal retention period is supplied here. | S001, p. 27. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C079 | Std.7.4/G.7.4.1–.6: when public-use microdata are released, construction/metadata documentation must be accessible. Guidelines address full file/variable descriptions, generally available software, imputation identification, release as soon as practicable and appropriate archiving. This conditional documentation duty is not a requirement to release every raw record or an exception to confidentiality. | S001, pp. 27–28; appendix p. 34. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +2 |
Claim ID · Supported finding, with qualifications · Exact authority · 17 data rows
| Claim ID | Supported finding, with qualifications | Exact authority |
|---|---|---|
| R085-P1-C080 | A.1: a methodological plan must precede a cognitive-interview study and address at least objectives, sampling, recruitment, location, interview guide and analysis. The addendum concerns question performance, not a population outcome estimate. No plan or recruitment material is created here. | S003, introduction pp. 1–2; A.1 p. 4. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C081 | A.2/G.A.2.1–.3: selection must purposefully provide the characteristics needed for the study objectives. Subgroups depend on relevant heterogeneity; sample goals may change as analysis identifies saturation or additional issues. No fixed minimum size is stated. The introduction expressly says cognitive interviews do not yield statistically generalizable findings. | S003, pp. 2, 4. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C082 | A.3/G.A.3.1–.3: a guide must elicit interpretation, response processes and difficulties. Guidelines address iterative evaluation, interviewer methodological knowledge and assessment of context/framing/mode effects before transferring a tested question to another use. An expert’s belief that wording is clear is not equivalent to actual cognitive-interview findings. | S003, pp. 4–5; read with G.A.4.1. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C083 | A.4/G.A.4.1–.2: systematic analysis must examine within-interview, across-interview/question and appropriate subgroup patterns without overemphasizing a case. Analyses/conclusions are based on interview data; expert reviews are not such data. The guideline describes synthesis, comparisons, conclusions and recommendations, with a counting inconsistency preserved in C087. | S003, pp. 5–6. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C084 | A.5/G.A.5.1: findings must be traceable to original interview data through transparent documented analysis. The guideline discusses a records schedule, identity/confidentiality safeguards and an audit trail. Traceability does not itself authorize public disclosure of protected raw interviews. | S003, p. 6; S001, §§3.4, 7.2. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C085 | A.6: methods, results and conclusions must be documented in a final report. Guidelines/Table A.1 address objectives/rationale, target and achieved samples, collection and changes, analysis, findings/themes, counterexamples, coverage, credibility/transferability and limitations; report formats may vary. No actual cognitive report is evaluated. | S003, pp. 6–7, Table A.1. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C086 | A.7: a final cognitive report must be public if its results are referenced in publications or collection documentation. G.A.7.1 recommends linking reports to survey documentation. That conditional requirement differs from a universal duty to publish every interview or every unfinished study. | S003, pp. 7–8. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov |
| R085-P1-C087 | Source anomalies remain unresolved: the main glossary’s parsed significance definition uses “exceeds”; some displayed equations have extraction/layout problems, including the ratio-estimation expression. The addendum describes five incremental analytic steps but enumerates six, and its final-report standard is labeled A.6 in the list but A.6.1 in the body. No silent correction or calculation rule is derived from these passages. | S001, appendix pp. 34–35 and formula passages pp. 14–17; S003, G.A.4.2 and A.6, pp. 5–6. bls.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-C088 | The original PRA’s general commencement was October 1, 1995, except its appropriations-authorization provision commenced on enactment. For a collection with a control number in effect September 30, 1995, §4(c) tied application to the earlier subsequent renewal/modification or expiration, retaining prior law until then. This historical transition does not grandfather a survey out of the 2006 standards. | S010, complete §4(a)–(c); S001 introduction p. 4. govinfo.gov +1 |
| R085-P1-C089 | The 1995 Part 1320 final rule was published August 29 and generally effective October 1, with the complete §1320.2 existing-control-number transition. Its publication, effectiveness and collection-specific historical application trigger are distinct. | S011, DATES and §1320.2; S009, current §1320.2. govinfo.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-C090 | The original enactment and 2024 edition of §3506(e) expressly address statistical quality, accurate sponsor/purpose/use information, privacy/confidentiality, federal standards, timely publication with limitations and data availability. Current 2026 section-body verification failed, so this pass does not use the 2024 publication or search text to certify the clause’s complete current chain. | S010, enacted §3506(e); S012, §3506(e)(1)–(6); S017/S019 failures. |
| R085-P1-C091 | The selected instrument supplies objectivity, documentation and review expectations, but no complete rule for distinguishing independent from industry-funded research, disclosing every conflict, or proving freedom from sponsor influence. Federal sponsorship under PRA is a separate coverage question. | S001, introduction, §§1.1, 6.1, 7.3; S009, §1320.3(d); bounded absence/inference. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +3 |
| R085-P1-C092 | The instrument requires clear objectives, variables, methods and response denominators, but does not define debt-relief “success,” an all-enrolled outcome rate, or a service-completer outcome rate. Survey-response denominators cannot be substituted for those outcome definitions. | S001, §§1.1, 3.2, 5.1, 7.3; scope boundary. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +3 |
| R085-P1-C093 | The sampling and comparison standards do not establish a complete causal-identification framework, treatment assignment, a valid counterfactual, or an actual treatment effect. Statistical comparisons must satisfy §5.2, but satisfying a sampling instruction alone does not establish causation. | S001, §§1.2, 5.2; introduction p. 2 expressly disclaims replacing the broader methods literature. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-C094 | No selected standard supplies empirical debt-relief results, unresolved-balance treatment, fee/tax rules, a net-financial-benefit calculation, or a prescribed long-term follow-up horizon. Those require separately scoped substantive and empirical work. | S001/S003 complete scopes; §§1.1, 5.1, 7.3 and longitudinal definitions. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +2 |
| R085-P1-C095 | A published methodological requirement is not evidence that an actual collection complied, was approved, produced valid results or supports a provider recommendation. No actual adherence, study quality, misconduct, outcome or A085 acceptance is determined. | S001, introduction and §§3.5, 6.1, 7.3; research scope limitation. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +3 |
| R085-P1-C096 | The selected bodies do not supply a universal rounding rule, fixed sample size, fixed contact count, guaranteed bias-free response rate, universal significance cutoff, universal cognitive saturation count, or fixed long-term outcome period. Source examples and contextual judgments must remain examples/judgments. No statistical or financial model is calculated here. | S001, §§1.2–1.3, 2.3, 3.2, 5.2, 7.1; S003, G.A.2.2. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov +4 |
Comparison · Supported distinction and qualifications · Claims / sources · 14 data rows
| Comparison | Supported distinction and qualifications | Claims / sources |
|---|---|---|
| Target / frame / selected / responding / analyzed populations | Target defines the intended inference domain; frame defines available selection elements; selected units undergo eligibility/response classification; the analysis uses specified records/variables/waves. The instrument does not make these populations identical or define one universal “analyzed population.” | C017–C019, C025–C028, C055; S001 §§1.2, 2.1, 3.2, 5.1, 7.3 |
| Unit / item nonresponse | Unit classification depends on the required response set; item missingness concerns relevant requested answers. Sufficient partials, valid skips and abbreviated questionnaires require separate handling. | C025, C028, C052, C056–C057; S001 §3.2 |
| Missingness / dropout / bias | Missingness is an observation pattern; longitudinal dropout is a possible process across waves; bias depends on relevant differences, not the missing count alone. Reentry and imputation further prevent a simple permanent-dropout assumption. | C026–C027, C055, C059–C061; S001 §3.2 and appendix |
| Response rate / evidence about bias | Rates describe represented portions under specified denominators. Bias analysis asks whether missingness changes relevant estimates. Thresholds prompt assessment; they do not quantify actual bias or certify high-rate results. | C036–C039, C050–C060; S001 §§1.3, 3.2 |
| Precision / validity | Repeated-sample or census-comparison precision does not settle systematic error or whether the intended concept was measured. Design-sensitive variance and nonsampling evaluation are both needed. | C021–C022, C065–C067; S001 §§3.5, 4.1 and appendix |
| Observed values / editing / imputation / weighting | Editing resolves detectable problems using information and assumptions; imputation supplies missing/unusable values; weighting changes contributions to estimation. Documentation and flags prevent these from being mistaken for untouched observations. | C024, C049, C061–C062, C077; S001 §§3.1–3.3, 7.3 |
| Probability sampling / purposive cognitive interviewing | Main survey inference requires justified design and measurable error. Cognitive interviewing purposefully studies question interpretation and does not produce statistically generalizable population findings. The two methodological purposes are expressly different. | C020, C032–C035, C080–C083; S001 §1.2; S003 introduction/A.2 |
| Descriptive comparisons / causal findings | The instrument governs estimates and defensible comparisons. It does not establish treatment assignment, exchangeability, a counterfactual or an actual causal effect. | C069–C071, C093; S001 §5.2 |
| Standards / guidelines | Standards are required within their scope. Guidelines supply recommended practices and examples; contextual thresholds must retain that status. The underlying standard may still require action when a particular guideline’s numeric trigger is not crossed. | C002, C013, C036, C059; S001 introduction; S003 introduction |
| Federal / agency-sponsored / private study | Federal and qualifying sponsored activity falls within the relevant public framework. A private investigator’s identity or an industry-funding label does not alone establish PRA sponsorship. A grant has its specific request/approval conditions. | C007–C015, C091; S002; S009 §1320.3 |
| Reported success / net financial outcome | Defined variables and transparent denominators are methodological requirements. They do not define success, establish financial net benefit or resolve balances, fees and taxes. | C029, C068, C077, C092–C094; S001 |
| Documentation / unrestricted disclosure | Reproducibility and accessible documentation coexist with confidentiality restrictions. Internal frame/sample archives and identifiable raw interviews are not automatically public-release material. | C064, C076–C079, C084–C086; S001 §§3.4, 7.2–7.4; S003 A.5–A.7 |
| Published policy / actual adherence | Adoption and official publication establish what the instruction says. They do not establish that a particular study followed it, or that an agency approved a particular departure. | C005, C013, C015, C095; S001–S004, S009 |
| Publication / effective date / application / currentness | The 2006 final issuance, 2016 immediate-effect statement, historical PRA transitions, present compilation cutoffs and access date perform different functions. None can substitute for another. | C003–C005, C088–C090; S002, S004–S012 |
A085 issue · What this instrument contributes · What remains outside or unresolved · 8 data rows
| A085 issue | What this instrument contributes | What remains outside or unresolved |
|---|---|---|
| Independent versus industry funding | Objectivity, review, documentation and federal-sponsorship distinctions. | No complete funding-independence test or real sponsor assessment. C091. |
| Conflicts and sponsor influence | Review of unsupported conclusions, assumptions and limitations. | No complete conflict-disclosure or sponsor-control regime. Current §3506(e) body gap remains. C072, C090–C091. |
| Selection | Target/frame definition, design justification, coverage and error assessment. | No actual frame, sample or selection-bias finding. C017–C020, C032–C043. |
| Missingness and dropout | Unit/item/wave definitions, rate denominators, bias analysis, adjustments and documentation. | No actual missingness mechanism, dropout rate or corrected outcome. C025–C028, C050–C061. |
| Success and all-enrolled/completer denominators | Advance objectives/key variables and transparent analysis/documentation. | No debt-relief success definition or approved outcome denominator. C092. |
| Unresolved balances, fees and taxes | Requirement to identify variables, units and limitations when they are part of a covered study. | Their substantive financial/legal meaning and any net calculation. C094. |
| Comparison groups | Appropriate comparison testing, covariance, multiplicity and substantive meaning. | Adequacy of a comparison group for causal identification or actual effectiveness. C069–C071, C093. |
| Long-term outcomes | Timing needs, recurring-series comparability and longitudinal methods. | Required duration, adequate retention or actual long-term benefit. C027, C031, C055, C094. |
Measure · Quantity, unit/base and actor · Trigger, boundary, conditions and exceptions · 36 data rows
| Measure | Quantity, unit/base and actor | Trigger, boundary, conditions and exceptions | Authority / absent application evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| M01 | Access/check date: October 27, 2026, America/Los_Angeles | Research-access fact, not legal commencement or study event. | Access record; C005. |
| M02 | Main edition September 2006; 20 standards, seven sections, 41 PDF pages | Document identity/inventory, not a quality score or sampling threshold. | C001; S001 cover/introduction/contents. |
| M03 | Final issuance September 22, 2006 | Notice issues final standards; no separate delayed commencement stated there. | C003; S002. |
| M04 | Addendum: seven standards, 10 PDF pages | Additional cognitive-interview provisions; main standards retained. | C004; S003. |
| M05 | Addendum publication/effect: October 12, 2016, immediate | Effective statement in final notice. No actual study’s application event supplied. | C004; S004 DATES. |
| M06 | Statutory cutoffs October 9, 15 and 20, 2026 | Respectively S008, S005/S006, latest S007. Compilation cutoffs, not enactment dates for every clause. | C005; source register. |
| M07 | eCFR cutoffs October 23/26, 2026; title-wide amendment banner October 22 | Individual versus whole-Part views; not proof Part 1320 changed on October 22. | C005; S009. |
| M08 | 2024 annual edition of §3506(e) | Historical supporting publication. Current 2026 body remains unverified through successful open. | C090; S012/S017/S019. |
| M09 | PRA count ten or more persons | Inclusive count in specified collection branch; requires agency relationship and defined collection; separate federal general-statistical-purpose branch exists. | C008–C009; S007 §3502(3); S009 §1320.3(c). No collection facts. |
| M10 | Any 12-month period | Addressees and expected independent onward recipients within the period; specified employee/contractor exclusions, deemed/presumed counts. No actual period computed. | C009; S009 §1320.3(c)(4). |
| M11 | Known nonzero selection probability | Probability-sampling definition applies to each target-population member; no probability values supplied. | C020; S001 appendix p. 33. |
| M12 | Frame-producing collection response target ≥95% | Guideline permits justification for a lower anticipated rate. This is a unit-response target. | C038; G.1.3.2. Eligibility/count evidence absent. |
| M13 | Expected unit response <80% | Precollection planning trigger for bias analysis; equality does not satisfy “below,” but Std.1.3’s other-factor requirement remains. | C039; G.1.3.4. No expected rate. |
| M14 | Expected item response <70% | Applies to an item used in a report; planning trigger, not empirical bias amount. | C039; G.1.3.5. No item/use/rate. |
| M15 | Frame evaluation example: at least every five years | Example of periodic evaluation for recurring frames; not stated as a universal fixed deadline. | C042; G.2.1.2. No recurring frame/calendar. |
| M16 | Desirable frame coverage >95% | Strictly above; applies overall and for each major stratum. Different from M12’s inclusive response target. | C043; G.2.1.3. No frame/target totals. |
| M17 | Coverage <85% | Guideline trigger for evaluation of potential bias. Does not certify other coverage values. | C043; G.2.1.3. No coverage evidence. |
| M18 | Unweighted unit-response proportion | Numerator: completed/sufficient partial cases. Denominator: those cases + eligible refusals + eligible noncontacts + other eligible nonrespondents + estimated eligible share of unknowns. | C052; G.3.2.2. Eligibility estimator and classifications absent; no rounding rule adopted. |
| M19 | Selection-weighted unit-response proportion | Same categorical accounting weighted by inverse selection probabilities. | C053; G.3.2.3. Weights and eligibility evidence absent. |
| M20 | Key-characteristic-weighted response | Responding weighted characteristic contribution relative to corresponding total; specified alternative denominator may use prior population total or administrative records. Not ordinary frame coverage. | C053; G.3.2.3. Characteristic/base/time absent. |
| M21 | Overall cross-sectional response across two or more stages | Product of relevant unit-stage rates; PPS qualification concerning size-weighted rates. | C054; G.3.2.4. Stages/design absent; no calculation. |
| M22 | Longitudinal each-wave and overall response | Overall analysis concerns common respondents in included waves and all applicable stages; initial-wave eligibility accounting and reentry qualifications apply. | C055; G.3.2.5. Wave/stage definitions absent; typeset formula not operationalized. |
| M23 | Item-response proportion | In-scope answers / respondents asked the item; denominator removes valid skips. Removed refusal-conversion questions remain item nonresponse. | C056; G.3.2.6. Item disposition evidence absent. |
| M24 | Total item response | Overall unit rate multiplied by relevant item rate. | C057; G.3.2.7. Neither rate supplied; no rounding rule adopted. |
| M25 | Observed overall unit response <80% | Guideline bias-analysis trigger, including MCAR assessment; stages and relevant respondent differences matter. Not a universal “bias begins here” threshold. | C059; G.3.2.9 and Std.1.3. |
| M26 | Observed item response <70% | Item-bias analysis at least for affected items; random-missingness assessment; potential bias informs publication. | C060; G.3.2.10–.11. |
| M27 | Design effect/effective size | Appendix compares complex-design variance with simple-random-sample variance for the same case count; effective size is design equivalence. No universal value. | C022; appendix p. 30. No variance/design inputs. |
| M28 | Significance criterion and multiplicity | Criterion specified before testing; adjustment status/method disclosed for multiple comparisons. No universal numeric significance level selected here. | C068–C070; G.5.1.1, 5.2.1–.3. |
| M29 | Correction examples >1% national / >5% regional | Illustrative possible policy thresholds for unscheduled corrections, not generally binding triggers. The applicable total/base must be specified in any actual policy. | C074; G.7.1.4. No policy or value. |
| M30 | Cognitive sample goal/saturation | Goal at onset; final size informed by ongoing information and subgroup/objective needs; may be below or above initial goal. No fixed count. | C081; G.A.2.2. No interviews/data. |
| M31 | Addendum says five analytic steps but lists six | Source inconsistency, not a mandated five-step or six-step algorithm supplied by this report. | C083/C087; G.A.4.2. |
| M32 | PRA enactment May 22, 1995; general effect October 1, 1995 | §4(b)’s then-appropriations authorization effective on enactment; otherwise §4(a), subject to (c). Historical only. | C088; S010 §4. |
| M33 | Transition reference September 30, 1995 | Control number in effect then; earlier subsequent renewal/modification or expiration triggers new Act’s application; prior law applies until that event. | C088; S010 §4(c). No actual collection chronology. |
| M34 | Rule publication August 29, 1995; effect October 1, 1995 | Adopted §1320.2 uses its specified earlier extension/modification/expiration transition for then-existing control numbers. | C089; S011/S009 §1320.2. |
| M35 | Nonfixed frequencies/timing | Highest practical response, adequate collection/contact effort, periodic reviews, suitable series overlap, timely access and release as soon as practicable are contextual expressions. | C036, C047, C064, C071, C073, C078–C079; no universal duration/frequency inferred. |
| M36 | Burden, precision, error and resource measures | Source concepts include time/financial resources, required precision, sampling/nonsampling error and planned resources; units/bases must suit the purpose. No amount, rate, sample size, effect or cost is supplied. | C016, C022, C029–C035, C065–C067, C096. |
Branch / status · Supported condition and exact link · Missing evidence or authority · 44 data rows
| Branch / status | Supported condition and exact link | Missing evidence or authority | Adverse inference to avoid | Next permissible generic public-instruction inquiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B01 — Partial: current version | Use authenticated S001 plus adopted S003; no exhaustive later chain. C001–C005. | Consolidated current OMB revision/withdrawal history. | A recent crawl or agency link proves all currentness. | Seek an official SPD-2 amendment/errata or rescission instrument, without program/party queries. |
| B02 — Answered: standard/guideline | Required standards and recommended guidelines retain different status. C002; S001 intro; S003 intro. | Any additional applicable agency policy. | Every example is a universal mandate, or every standard is optional. | Reconcile a claimed requirement with the exact Std./G. label and introductory status language. |
| B03 — Partial: agency category | PRA agency definition and exclusions govern the relevant scope. C007–C008; S007/S009. | Any actual category; later institutional-name amendment chain where material. | A governmental-sounding label establishes coverage. | Read the current statutory definition and any specifically necessary successor provision. |
| B04 — Answered: sponsorship | Contracts/cooperative arrangements and the grant’s specific-request/approval alternatives are distinct. C010; S009 §1320.3(d). | No sponsorship facts. | Any federal funding necessarily equals sponsorship. | Examine the generic meaning of each alternative in §1320.3(d). |
| B05 — Answered: private/industry study | Purely private status or industry funding alone does not establish this federal instruction’s applicability. C010, C091. | Federal nexus and separate governing rules. | The standards automatically bind every private survey. | Ask whether a separately scoped public rule extends equivalent duties beyond federal sponsorship. |
| B06 — Partial: PRA count | Defined collection and 12-month counting rules precede use of the ten-person predicate. C008–C009; S007/S009. | Collection/category/counting facts; full clearance route. | Ten is a statistical adequacy minimum or applies to every branch. | Read §3502(3) alongside §1320.3(c)(3)–(4). |
| B07 — Partial: exclusions | Information/coverage exceptions have specified limits; general industry investigations remain distinct. C011–C012. | Any indispensable antitrust/intelligence incorporation. | A research, interview or investigation label supplies an automatic exemption. | Complete only the particular generic incorporated definition needed for the proposed category. |
| B08 — Answered: approval versus quality | Earlier OMB approval does not excuse standards compliance. C013/C015; S001 p. 4. | No approval or compliance facts. | A control number certifies scientific validity. | Compare the instrument’s compliance language with the bounded PRA clearance provisions. |
| B09 — Answered: infeasibility | Contingencies call for explanation, documentation and OMB guidance as stated, not automatic waiver. C013. | No contingency or agency determination. | Budget difficulty suspends standards. | Read the main and addendum Requirements for Agencies together. |
| B10 — Answered: population transitions | Target, frame, selected, responding and analyzed sets must be distinguished. C017–C019, C025–C028. | No population/design/analysis definitions. | Respondents necessarily represent every intended target unit. | Trace §§1.2, 2.1, 3.2 and 7.3’s documentation of each transition. |
| B11 — Answered: probability/nonprobability | Probability has known nonzero selection probabilities; nonprobability requires justification and error measurement. C020, C032–C035. | No design or error method. | A convenience sample automatically supports ordinary sampling-error claims. | Read Std.1.2 and G.1.2.3, .6 with appendix definitions. |
| B12 — Answered: size/precision | Size/design depend on precision, domains and purposes; no universal count. C022, C033. | No objective, domain or required detectable effect. | A large sample alone removes bias. | Examine the instrument’s distinction between effective size, design effect and nonsampling error. |
| B13 — Answered: pretesting | Pretest or successful prior fielding supports components; new/untested components have further testing guidance. C040. | No prior fielding or component evidence. | Familiar wording proves valid measurement. | Read §1.4 and the addendum’s question-evaluation boundary. |
| B14 — Answered: cognitive purpose | Purposeful cognitive selection examines question interpretation, not statistically generalizable population outcomes. C080–C082. | No cognitive-study facts. | A purposive question-testing sample estimates prevalence or effectiveness. | Read S003 introduction and A.2’s objective/saturation qualifications. |
| B15 — Answered: response target | Highest practical response is contextual; bias analysis can be needed for reasons other than percentages. C036–C039. | No intended use/burden/cost/rate. | A single percentage guarantees quality. | Distinguish Std.1.3 from its planning guidelines. |
| B16 — Answered: frame metrics | Frame-producing response, frame coverage and periodic evaluation have different measures. C038, C041–C043. | No eligible counts, frame or strata. | The three percentage thresholds are interchangeable. | Compare G.1.3.2 with G.2.1.2–.3 and appendix coverage definitions. |
| B17 — Answered: unit missingness | Required items and sufficient partials govern unit response. C025, C028, C052. | No required-item/disposition rules. | Any partial response is either always complete or always nonresponse. | Read the appendix and G.3.2.2 together. |
| B18 — Answered: item missingness | Asked-item denominator excludes valid skips; abbreviated omissions remain nonresponse. C056–C057. | No item/skip classifications. | Missing questions can be dropped from the denominator indiscriminately. | Read G.3.2.6–.7. |
| B19 — Answered: weighting | Unweighted, selection-weighted and characteristic-weighted rates differ. C051–C053. | No design weights or characteristic total. | Weighted participation equals ordinary headcount response or frame coverage. | Read G.3.2.1–.3’s alternative bases. |
| B20 — Answered: stages/waves | Overall rates account for relevant stages/waves; reentry may require special procedures. C054–C055. | No stage/wave or eligibility structure. | A last-wave rate represents original-sample retention. | Read G.3.2.4–.5 and the wave/stage definitions. |
| B21 — Answered: supplementation | Added samples and initial substitutions have different response-rate treatment. C037/C058. | No selection procedure. | Replacements erase original nonresponse. | Compare G.1.3.1 and G.3.2.8. |
| B22 — Answered: bias thresholds | Below-80 unit and below-70 item guidelines trigger specified analyses, not empirical bias conclusions. C059–C060. | No rate or respondent/nonrespondent comparison. | Above-threshold data are necessarily unbiased. | Read Std.1.3’s other-factor condition alongside G.3.2.9–.11. |
| B23 — Partial: missingness mechanism | MAR/MCAR are process assumptions requiring assessment. C026, C059–C061. | No evidence about the process; fuller methods literature. | A low rate proves nonrandomness or a high rate proves randomness. | Examine the appendix’s definitions and the corresponding bias-analysis instructions. |
| B24 — Answered: collection methods | Method, training, validation and monitoring address measurement and response quality. C046–C048. | No actual implementation. | A contact procedure proves representativeness or respondent understanding. | Read G.2.3.1–.4 as categories, without creating a contact plan. |
| B25 — Answered: editing | Detectable-error correction uses information/assumptions and requires traceability. C049. | No edit rules or values. | Corrected means known true. | Read G.3.1.1–.3’s alternatives and provenance provisions. |
| B26 — Answered: imputation/adjustment | Unit weights or imputation and conditional item treatment require suitable methods and identification. C061. | No missingness analysis or intended use. | Imputation creates new observations or invariably removes bias. | Read G.3.2.12–.15 with §7.3 documentation. |
| B27 — Partial: coding standards | Standardized coding and legacy crosswalks are called for; current classification editions remain unchecked. C062–C063. | Current applicable classification authority. | A 2006 citation establishes every present coding rule. | Authenticate the particular current public classification standard before relying on its categories. |
| B28 — Partial: confidentiality | Protection and disclosure restrictions coexist with transparency. C064/C076. | Complete applicable privacy, confidentiality and accessibility regimes. | Replication requirements authorize access to protected records. | Read only the necessary public confidentiality/accessibility provision in a separately bounded inquiry. |
| B29 — Answered: evaluation | Quality evaluation includes multiple error sources and publication of evaluation information. C065. | No evaluation or error evidence. | A reported standard error completes total-quality assessment. | Read §3.5’s full error-source and evaluation list. |
| B30 — Answered: estimation/models | Design-sensitive variance, model assumptions, sensitivity, validation and release criteria are distinct duties/practices. C066–C067. | No model, design or validation evidence. | Reproducible output is necessarily valid. | Read §4.1 and appendix model/validation definitions. |
| B31 — Answered: comparisons | Prespecified criteria, appropriate uncertainty/covariance and meaningful tests are required/recommended as stated. C068–C070. | No estimands or comparison design. | Nonsignificance proves equality, or significance proves importance. | Read G.5.2.1–.5. |
| B32 — Answered: trends | Trend tests and method-change overlap address comparability. C031/C071. | No series/change information. | A changed series establishes a real outcome change. | Read G.1.1.3 and G.5.2.6–.7. |
| B33 — Partial: review independence | Subject and methodological review are specified; external independence is not established by that label. C072/C091. | Separate applicable independence/conflict policy. | “Reviewed” proves sponsor independence. | Examine the exact review standard before separately scoping public conflict/independence guidance. |
| B34 — Answered: release/correction | Release plans and correction policies must retain context; percentage examples are illustrative. C073–C075. | No actual policy or release. | Example thresholds authorize leaving all smaller errors uncorrected. | Read G.7.1.3–.7 and distinguish examples from selected policy. |
| B35 — Answered: documentation/microdata | Public documentation, internal archives and conditionally released microdata have different obligations. C077–C079. | No actual documentation or release authority. | All internal records must be public. | Read §§7.2–7.4 cumulatively. |
| B36 — Answered: cognitive analysis/reporting | Systematic empirical analysis, traceability, final reporting and conditional publication are distinct. C083–C086. | No interviews, analysis or referenced findings. | Expert opinion is interview data, or every raw interview must be published. | Read A.4–A.7 and Table A.1 together. |
| B37 — Partial: statutory source gap | §3506(e) was authenticated historically/annually, not through a successful current section body. C090. | Readable current official body and relevant later history. | A search result or annual heading certifies 2026 text. | Obtain a readable current official §3506(e) publication without querying records. |
| B38 — Unresolved: source wording/formulas | Apparent glossary/formula/counting anomalies are preserved. C087. | Official clarification/erratum or visually verified authoritative rendering. | Silently “repairing” the source supplies adopted text. | Seek an official OMB correction or clarification confined to the identified passages. |
| B39 — Partial: funder influence | Objectivity/review requirements do not establish an exhaustive funding-independence test. C091. | Separately scoped public conflict/sponsor-control standards. | Industry funding proves invalidity, or federal sponsorship proves independence. | Ask what generic official instruction expressly addresses sponsor influence beyond SPD-2. |
| B40 — Partial: success/denominator | Objectives and response denominators must be clear; debt-relief success/all-enrolled/completer outcomes are undefined here. C092. | Separate outcome definitions and empirical-method authority. | Survey completers equal service successes. | Separately scope public guidance on outcome-definition and analysis-population choices. |
| B41 — Excluded: financial/legal net outcome | This instrument does not supply balance, fee, tax or net-benefit rules. C094. | Separate financial/legal regimes and empirical evidence, all held. | Methodological compliance establishes savings or tax treatment. | Define a separately authorized public-law/method component before examining those concepts. |
| B42 — Partial: causal inference | §5.2 governs comparisons; a full causal framework is absent. C093. | Causal identification assumptions and appropriate public methodological authority. | Random sampling or a comparison test proves treatment effect. | Separately scope official guidance on causal identification; do not evaluate a study here. |
| B43 — Partial: long-term outcomes | Longitudinal concepts and timing needs exist, but no fixed horizon or result is prescribed. C027/C094. | Outcome-specific duration/retention authority and evidence. | A longitudinal label proves durable benefit. | Ask what additional generic methodology is needed to define a meaningful follow-up horizon. |
| B44 — Excluded: actual findings/parent | Standards do not establish actual adherence or any provider/debt-relief result. C095. | Every actual study and remaining A085 component. | This pass accepts A085 or rates a provider. | Continue only through separately scoped public-methodology components. |
Analytical field label · Authority entry · Evidence entry · 41 data rows
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| Next permissible public-instruction inquiry |
Question/material subquestion · Coverage · Finding / claim / source / branch links · 42 data rows
| Question/material subquestion | Coverage | Finding / claim / source / branch links | Exact missing element and next permissible inquiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 — Exact instrument and organization | Answered | C001–C004; S001–S004; inventory; B01–B02 | No missing body section in the main/addendum parsed read. |
| 1 — Complete standards, guidelines, introduction, appendix | Answered with rendering limits | C016–C087; S001/S003 | Formula/pixel issues remain; seek official clarification for C087 only. |
| 1 — Mandatory versus explanatory/recommended | Answered | C002/C013; B02/B09 | Separate agency policies could add requirements; none investigated. |
| 1 — Current operative version certification | Partial | C005; S013–S019; B01 | No consolidated later-history certification; examine official revision/withdrawal instruments if available. |
| 2 — Issuing authority | Answered within read clauses | C006; S005/S006/S010 | Full delegation/amendment histories excluded; no actual actor determination. |
| 2 — Agency/person/collection definitions | Answered with incorporated boundaries | C007–C012; S007–S009; B03/B06/B07 | Antitrust/intelligence and unrelated statutory incorporations held. |
| 2 — Federal, sponsored, grant and private activity | Answered conditionally | C010/C014/C091; B04/B05 | No sponsorship facts sought; next inquiry remains §1320.3(d)’s generic conditions. |
| 2 — Approval, existing surveys, exceptions | Partial | C013/C015; B08/B09 | Complete PRA emergency/inferred-approval/override procedures not read; no application result. |
| 3 — Objectives and concepts | Answered | C017/C029–C031; S001 §1.1 | No study objectives supplied; actual application excluded. |
| 3 — Target, frame and coverage | Answered | C017–C019/C041–C043; B10/B16 | No target/frame facts; current special classifications held. |
| 3 — Selection, probability/nonprobability | Answered | C020/C032–C035; B11 | No actual sampling design; broader methodological sufficiency not adjudicated. |
| 3 — Size, precision, testing and design documentation | Answered | C022/C033/C040; B12/B13 | No universal numerical size; no component testing evidence. |
| 4 — Collection/contact/follow-up categories | Answered | C044–C048; B24 | No operational plan, notice or contact action created. |
| 4 — Unit/item rates and denominators | Answered at source-definition level | C025/C028/C050–C058; M18–M24; B17–B21 | No case dispositions/weights; no calculation or unresolved formula repair. |
| 4 — Bias thresholds and qualifications | Answered | C036–C039/C059–C060; M12–M17/M25–M26; B22 | Thresholds do not establish actual bias; no empirical inputs. |
| 4 — Missingness/dropout mechanisms | Partial for application | C026–C027/C055/C061; B20/B23 | No mechanism evidence; fuller methods inquiry separate. |
| 5 — Editing and coding | Answered; current classifications partial | C049/C062–C063; B25/B27 | Authenticate any particular current coding standard before operational use. |
| 5 — Imputation and weights | Answered | C024/C061; B26 | No values, assumptions or method selected. |
| 5 — Estimation and variance | Answered | C065–C066; B29/B30 | No error estimates or design facts. |
| 5 — Models, validation and release criteria | Answered | C067; B30 | No model or validation result; glossary equation gaps held. |
| 6 — Analysis and comparison | Answered | C068–C071; B31/B32 | No statistical test or causal result computed. |
| 6 — Review | Answered within SPD-2 | C072; B33 | Full independence/conflict/accessibility regimes excluded. |
| 6 — Documentation and changes | Answered | C075/C077–C079; B35 | No actual documentation assessed; preservation schedules separate. |
| 6 — Disclosure and dissemination | Answered with legal incorporations held | C064/C073–C079; B28/B34/B35 | Applicable confidentiality/access laws not completed. |
| 7 — Funding independence/conflicts/sponsor influence | Partial | C090–C091; A085 mapping; B33/B37/B39 | No complete governing independence regime; current §3506(e) body gap. |
| 7 — Selection/missingness/dropout | Answered as methodology; application excluded | C017–C028/C032–C061 | No empirical finding about a study. |
| 7 — Success/all-enrolled/completer denominators | Partial | C028/C092; B40 | Outcome definitions absent from instrument; separate generic methods inquiry needed. |
| 7 — Balances/fees/taxes/net outcome | Excluded—outside instrument | C094; B41 | Separate public legal and financial-methodology components required. |
| 7 — Comparison groups/causality | Partial | C069–C071/C093; B42 | Complete causal-design framework not supplied. |
| 7 — Long-term outcomes | Partial | C027/C031/C055/C094; B43 | No required duration or outcome evidence. |
| 8 — Main adoption and addendum adoption/effect | Answered | C003–C004; S002/S004 | Earlier proposed bodies not treated as final. |
| 8 — Necessary original statutory/regulatory transition | Answered within selected clauses | C088–C089; S010/S011; M32–M34 | Full intervening statutory/regulatory history not audited. |
| 8 — Currentness, failures and alternatives | Partial and explicit | C005/C087/C090; failure register/log | Readable latest §3506(e), fuller revision history and official errata remain open. |
| 9 — Population, nonresponse, bias, precision comparisons | Answered | Comparison table rows 1–5; C017–C027/C050–C061 | Actual population transitions remain absent. |
| 9 — Adjustment, causality and qualitative inference | Answered with causal scope held | Comparison rows 6–8; C024/C049/C061/C081/C093 | No model, treatment effect or data evaluation. |
| 9 — Standard/guideline; agency/private | Answered conditionally | Comparison rows 9–10; C002/C007–C015 | No actual legal classification. |
| 9 — Success/net outcome; adherence | Partial/excluded as specified | Comparison rows 11–14; C092–C095 | Outcome and compliance facts not supplied or sought. |
| 10 — Complete relied-on measurement register | Answered | M01–M36; C001–C005/C008–C009/C022/C038–C043/C052–C060/C074/C081/C087–C089 | No rounding, inputs or deadlines invented. |
| 10 — Optional calculation/model | Excluded—unnecessary and unsupported by inputs | C087/C096; explanation after register | No model required to explain the categories. |
| 11 — Conditional branches | Answered | B01–B44, each with its own status, claims, missing predicate and next inquiry | Partial/excluded branch reasons preserved individually. |
| 11 — Blank worksheet | Answered | Section 7 | Every entry, analysis and result cell empty. |
| 11 — Parent and actual-study limits | Excluded by scope | C091–C096; B39–B44 | Separate authorization and generic research components required; no actual record inquiry proposed. |
Read operation · What was actually completed · Failure/limit and consequence · 12 data rows
| Read operation | What was actually completed | Failure/limit and consequence |
|---|---|---|
| Main instrument | Complete parsed front matter, introduction, 20 standards, all accompanying guidelines and entire definitions appendix. | No pixel inspection. Reordered extraction and identified equations/wording are not certified for computation. |
| Cognitive addendum | Complete parsed front matter, introduction, A.1–A.7, all guidelines and Table A.1. | Internal numbering/count discrepancies retained. |
| Final adoption notices | Complete selected 2006 OMB notice and complete 2016 notice. | Adjacent notices and individual comments excluded; older proposal links were discovery only. |
| Current-host retrieval | Tested the specific White House originals/alternate paths in S015. | Failed bodies retained in the register; ordinary official archives and agency copies used with explicit status limits. |
| Supporting statutory authority | Complete selected §3504(e), §1104(d), relevant §3502 definitions and §3518 body. | Different displayed cutoffs; no exhaustive session-law audit or application of unexamined incorporated regimes. |
| §3506(e) | Complete original enacted clause and complete 2024 annual clause. | Current OLRC and attempted 2025 bodies failed. Search text was not promoted to body evidence. |
| PRA regulations | Complete selected definitions/coverage and necessary notification/clearance distinctions from current eCFR. | Standalone .5 access gate was not interacted with. Ordinary whole-Part publication supplied the body. Remaining procedures held. |
| Original PRA enactment | Complete selected statistical-authority clauses and §4 transition. | Not whole-Act historical certification. |
| Original PRA final rule | Complete selected adoption/effect, sponsorship and notification clauses. | Not whole-rule preamble or complete amendment-chain review. |
| Official indices | Selected current and archival resource pages used to locate documents and check publication availability. | An index’s presence or omission does not establish operative status, repeal or lack of later authority. |
| Screenshot attempts | Requested main PDF indices 18, 21 and 39. | Returned textual placeholders only; no image pixels inspected or claimed. |
| Scope control | Public generic laws/instructions only. | No actual studies, participants, providers, raw data, identifying records, comments by named participants, contacts or operational actions. |
Check · Result · 18 data rows
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Exact instrument identified before relying on its contents | Completed, with adopted addendum included |
| Complete main parsed body read | Completed |
| Complete addendum parsed body read | Completed |
| Standards distinguished from guidelines and examples | Completed |
| Currentness stated separately from publication/access dates | Completed, with explicit remaining gaps |
| Unit/item/frame/stage/wave denominators kept distinct | Completed |
| Strict versus inclusive percentage boundaries preserved | Completed |
| High response rate not treated as proof against bias | Completed |
| Sampling not treated as causal identification | Completed |
| Editing/imputation not treated as observed truth | Completed |
| Documentation not treated as unrestricted disclosure | Completed |
| Source anomalies and access failures retained | Completed |
| No actual study, participant, provider or dataset investigated | Maintained |
| No recruitment, notice, questionnaire, release or operational document drafted | Maintained |
| Blank worksheet entry/analysis/result cells empty | Maintained |
| No invented statistical, financial or calendar example | Maintained |
| Independent review claimed | No |
| Component, A085, operational or publication acceptance claimed | No |
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Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
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Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Recorded check status: whole report reviewed selected primary checks only see exact source read bounds
Keep the source version, actual read extent and jurisdiction with the proposition. A link or researcher access claim is not a substitute for an operative primary passage.
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Recorded check status: selected primary bodies checked with explicit bounds
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The saved component-level coverage record keeps answered, partial, blank and unresolved branches distinct. A coverage label is not acceptance of a whole subject or jurisdiction.
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Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred
Read the evidence with its boundaries. These are saved research components, including revisions. A scoped coordinator review checks selected evidence; it does not certify every claim, a complete jurisdiction, current law or individual applicability. Dates and access limits remain attached to the records.
No currently queued material correction is mapped to this component. This does not remove its currentness, access, jurisdiction or application limits.
reviewed with selected source and application holds
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