This reviewer-facing page defines SMART-D details for the Democracy requirement group: Security, Privacy, and Misuse-Resistance Requirements.
Phase Boundary: Requirements review only. Metrics scoring, report-card use, legislative mapping, issue grades, member grades, rollups, leaderboards, and action tools are disabled for this reviewer-facing page.
Red text = bad current value, bad trend, missing critical data, or unfavorable gap. Green text = favorable value or improving trend. Amber text = context-dependent, incomplete, or source-method review needed. Neutral/gray text = descriptive value that is not inherently good or bad.
| Requirement | Metric / Measurement | Top Countries / Sources | Value to the American People | Gap / Target / Timeframe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEM-SEC-001: Security, Privacy, and Misuse-Resistance Requirements Requirement: The system shall avoid collecting unnecessary personal data from citizens using Democracy pages or Act Now tools. Verification: Privacy review, form review. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate privacy, security, misuse-resistance, and audit-control indicator set; source-method review required. Current Value: Not yet approved for scoring. Current Trend: Not yet approved for scoring. Automation Feasibility: To be assessed during metrics development. Trend Meaning: No trend should be interpreted until the source, formula, baseline period, and limitations are approved. |
Source-Method Review: Required Source families and approved datasets must be selected during source-method review before public scoring. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Protects citizens, sources, privacy, and scoring integrity from misuse or silent manipulation. | Gap: No approved public baseline yet. Target: Approved requirement text, approved metric candidate, source registry entry, formula, limitations, update frequency, and review decision before scoring. Timeframe: Complete during requirements and metrics review before public report-card promotion. |
| DEM-SEC-002: Security, Privacy, and Misuse-Resistance Requirements Requirement: Administrative Democracy tools shall require appropriate administrator or reviewer access and shall not expose sensitive controls to guest users. Verification: Role-based access test. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate privacy, security, misuse-resistance, and audit-control indicator set; source-method review required. Current Value: Not yet approved for scoring. Current Trend: Not yet approved for scoring. Automation Feasibility: To be assessed during metrics development. Trend Meaning: No trend should be interpreted until the source, formula, baseline period, and limitations are approved. |
Source-Method Review: Required Source families and approved datasets must be selected during source-method review before public scoring. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Protects citizens, sources, privacy, and scoring integrity from misuse or silent manipulation. | Gap: No approved public baseline yet. Target: Approved requirement text, approved metric candidate, source registry entry, formula, limitations, update frequency, and review decision before scoring. Timeframe: Complete during requirements and metrics review before public report-card promotion. |
| DEM-SEC-003: Security, Privacy, and Misuse-Resistance Requirements Requirement: The system shall preserve source URLs, dates, evidence records, and audit logs so public conclusions can be independently reviewed. Verification: Evidence audit, source registry audit. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate privacy, security, misuse-resistance, and audit-control indicator set; source-method review required. Current Value: Not yet approved for scoring. Current Trend: Not yet approved for scoring. Automation Feasibility: To be assessed during metrics development. Trend Meaning: No trend should be interpreted until the source, formula, baseline period, and limitations are approved. |
Source-Method Review: Required Source families and approved datasets must be selected during source-method review before public scoring. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Protects citizens, sources, privacy, and scoring integrity from misuse or silent manipulation. | Gap: No approved public baseline yet. Target: Approved requirement text, approved metric candidate, source registry entry, formula, limitations, update frequency, and review decision before scoring. Timeframe: Complete during requirements and metrics review before public report-card promotion. |
| DEM-SEC-004: Security, Privacy, and Misuse-Resistance Requirements Requirement: The system shall distinguish verified facts, source-based findings, analysis, opinion, candidate metrics, and unverified claims. Verification: Editorial review, source labeling review. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate privacy, security, misuse-resistance, and audit-control indicator set; source-method review required. Current Value: Not yet approved for scoring. Current Trend: Not yet approved for scoring. Automation Feasibility: To be assessed during metrics development. Trend Meaning: No trend should be interpreted until the source, formula, baseline period, and limitations are approved. |
Source-Method Review: Required Source families and approved datasets must be selected during source-method review before public scoring. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Protects citizens, sources, privacy, and scoring integrity from misuse or silent manipulation. | Gap: No approved public baseline yet. Target: Approved requirement text, approved metric candidate, source registry entry, formula, limitations, update frequency, and review decision before scoring. Timeframe: Complete during requirements and metrics review before public report-card promotion. |
| DEM-SEC-005: Security, Privacy, and Misuse-Resistance Requirements Requirement: The system shall protect scoring methods from silent changes by requiring versioned formulas, review notes, and audit trails. Verification: Scoring version audit, output comparison. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate privacy, security, misuse-resistance, and audit-control indicator set; source-method review required. Current Value: Not yet approved for scoring. Current Trend: Not yet approved for scoring. Automation Feasibility: To be assessed during metrics development. Trend Meaning: No trend should be interpreted until the source, formula, baseline period, and limitations are approved. |
Source-Method Review: Required Source families and approved datasets must be selected during source-method review before public scoring. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Protects citizens, sources, privacy, and scoring integrity from misuse or silent manipulation. | Gap: No approved public baseline yet. Target: Approved requirement text, approved metric candidate, source registry entry, formula, limitations, update frequency, and review decision before scoring. Timeframe: Complete during requirements and metrics review before public report-card promotion. |