Civic data gets used in lawsuits, news stories, and recall petitions. Per-field provenance is what lets a journalist cite us, a lawyer defend us, and a customer trust us over an enterprise competitor whose methodology is a black box.
Every value carries source_url + scraped_at + confidence
≥2 sources for green status; <2 = yellow + review
Editors clear the verification queue daily
"title": {
"value": "Affordable Housing Bond",
"source_url": "https://ashevillenc.gov/agenda/...",
"scraped_at": "2026-02-14T08:22Z",
"confidence": 0.94,
"corroborated_by": ["ncsbe.gov", "buncombecounty.gov"]
}