# Civic QA Inspection Worksheet

Edition: 2026.08.14

## 1. Define

- Subject:
- Decision or system boundary:
- Institution and jurisdiction:
- Time period:
- Stated purpose:
- Authority owner:
- People affected, least-powerful-first:
- Excluded from this inspection:

## 2. Evidence ledger

For each consequential claim, record:

- Claim:
- State: `[F]` observed fact / `[V]` verified fact / `[I]` inference / `[H]` hypothesis / `[U]` unknown
- Source, publisher, date, access date, stable link:
- What the source establishes:
- What it does not establish:
- Strongest competing account:
- What evidence would change the finding:

## 3. Eight inspection dimensions

Rate 0 absent / 1 claimed / 2 partial / 3 operational / U unknown. Record evidence and any material hard stop.

1. Authority and mandate:
2. Evidence and claim integrity:
3. Access and burden:
4. Rights and recourse:
5. Delivery and capacity:
6. Data, AI, and automation:
7. Measurement and distribution:
8. Correction and public accountability:

## 4. Provisional gate

- Total (maximum 24):
- Material hard stops:
- Findings opened:
- Provisional gate:
- Immediate safer reversible action:
- Review owner and date:

> A score is not certification. Publish evidence, unknowns, dissent, and every hard stop with the total.