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This is a review-only source-method packet for the final remaining metric requiring source-method review. It does not merge metrics into the approved candidate display and does not activate scoring, issue grades, member grades, report cards, rollups, leaderboards, legislative mapping, letters, calls, or action tools.
| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| Rows Reviewed | 1 |
| Conditional Source-Method Rows | 1 |
| Review-Only / Not Merged Rows | 1 |
| Recommended Keep Review-Only | 1 |
| Blockers | |
| Scoring | Disabled |
| Release Status | CANDIDATE ONLY FISCAL ADJUSTMENT SOURCE METHOD REVIEW NO SCORING |
| Milestone | FISCAL ADJUSTMENT SOURCE METHOD REVIEW READY |
| Metric ID | Candidate Metric | Coverage Dimension | Source | Candidate Method | Direction Review | Limitation Note | Status / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDD-MET-028 | Temporary, one-time, or emergency fiscal adjustment context | Fiscal adjustment / unusual-event context | Review-only narrative/flag method using source notes and comparable receipts, outlays, deficit, or debt-context data; no single raw series is sufficient by itself. OMB Historical Tables; CBO Budget and Economic Outlook / baseline-change explanations; Treasury Monthly Treasury Statement context |
Use this as a context flag or explanatory note, not as a numeric score. Identify whether a large movement in deficit, receipts, outlays, or debt burden is materially affected by temporary, one-time, emergency, timing, accounting, or other unusual fiscal adjustments. Require a written source note that names the adjustment, explains its fiscal direction, identifies the affected period, and links it to a reviewed source family. Comparison: Compare the metric value or fiscal movement with and without the documented temporary/unusual factor only when a source provides enough information. If no defensible adjustment magnitude is available, display a qualitative context note and do not compute an adjusted value. |
No automatic favorable/unfavorable direction. The adjustment may make a fiscal result look better or worse than the underlying trend. Human review must decide the explanatory wording. | This metric can become subjective if it is used to excuse or assign blame for fiscal outcomes. It must remain factual, source-grounded, and explicitly non-scored until a numeric method is separately approved. | CONDITIONAL ACCEPTABLE FOR REVIEW ONLY CONTEXT Reviewer decision: KEEP REVIEW ONLY UNLESS A NUMERIC SOURCE METHOD IS APPROVED Merge status: NOT MERGED REVIEW ONLY |