# Independent adjudication protocol

FinGovBench becomes version 1.0 only after independent reviewers complete the following
checks without access to method predictions.

1. Confirm that each sampled SEC pair represents the same issuer, concept, unit and period.
2. Classify the change as formal amendment, comparative refiling, rounding/presentation
   change, ambiguous context or invalid pair.
3. Review the proposed governance action under the declared authority tier.
4. Review the minimum affected path and revalidation scope.
5. Confirm that release permission follows from the post-action observation.
6. Record disagreement and resolution; never discard a case based on model performance.

At minimum, double-review 60 stratified cases (10 per domain) and every case labeled as a
red-line failure. Report raw agreement and adjudicated changes. Any invalid SEC pair is
retained in the audit log and removed only through a versioned erratum.