Editorial Policy
Editorial Policy
Five commitments that apply to every page on this site, without exception.
Every figure is cited to an official source
Reward percentages, deadlines, award totals, and agency contact details are all drawn from statutes, regulations, or an agency's own published material, such as an annual report to Congress or an official complaint page. Each program page and guide links its sources directly; the methodology page describes how the award dataset and the reporting-channel directory get built and checked.
Last-verified dates on every fact page
Program pages, state reporting pages, and the award tracker each carry a "facts last verified" date. That is the date someone actually re-checked the page against the current official source, not the date the page was first published. If a page has gone stale, the date will say so.
Corrections
If a link is dead, a figure is wrong, or an agency has changed a deadline or a phone number, use the contact form. Corrections to a factual error are our top priority: we aim to fix a confirmed error within days, and the page's last-verified date is updated to reflect the correction.
AI-assisted drafting, human-verified claims
Some drafting and research on this site is AI-assisted. Every factual claim, whether drafted by a person or with AI assistance, is checked by a human against the official source before it publishes, and that source is linked on the page. We disclose this plainly rather than let readers assume otherwise.
Advertising: no pay-to-play, ads always labeled
No program, agency, or state is featured, ranked, or omitted because of payment. This site is advertising-supported, and any ad that runs is clearly labeled "Advertisement" and never styled to look like editorial content. See about for the plain-language money disclosure and privacy for what advertising cookies collect.