Investigations

Stories return only after every figure is checked

We took our earlier stories down to re-verify them against official records. Each comes back only when its numbers have a cited public source.

Federal contract records, fiscal years 2024–2026

Each pair of pages uses identical measures, window, wording and caveats, and both pages of a pair are published together.

Each sentence with a figure carries a numbered note to the records behind it: an award page, a recipient record or an SEC filing.

Every story shows when its figures were last checked against the source, and says so when they change.

We describe what the records show. A sequence of events is not proof of wrongdoing, and we say that where it applies.

When a story is wrong we fix it and record the change in the public corrections log.