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+title: Federal FOIA Intelligence Search – Governance & Transparency
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 # Federal FOIA Intelligence Search  
-## Governance, Trust & Judicial Documentation Index
+## Governance, Oversight, and Public Accountability
 
-This site contains **public governance, safety, and judicial-use documentation** for the  
-**Federal FOIA Intelligence Search (FFIS)** application.
+This site documents the **governance, legal posture, and safety design**
+of the *Federal FOIA Intelligence Search* reference implementation.
 
-FFIS is a **link-out-only public records research tool** designed for educational, judicial, and policy contexts.
+This application is designed for:
+- Judicial education
+- Transparency research
+- Public-source navigation
+- Institutional review
+
+It is **not** an evidence system, surveillance tool, or records repository.
 
 ---
 
-## 📚 Judicial & Court Documentation
+## 🔍 What This System Does
 
-### 🧑‍⚖️ Clerk & Court Operations
-- 📘 [Judicial Clerk Training (Lesson Plan)](./wiki/judicial-clerk-training.md)
-- 📄 [AO / CM-ECF Compatibility Note](./wiki/ao-cmecf-compatibility.md)
-- 🏛️ [Judicial Deployment & Operational Constraints](./wiki/judicial-deployment.md)
+- Federated **link-out search** to public FOIA electronic reading rooms  
+- No scraping, crawling, or bulk collection  
+- No authentication bypass  
+- No sealed or restricted content  
+- Optional, user-initiated AI summarization with provenance hashing  
 
-### ⚖️ Court Use Scope
-These documents clarify:
-- Non-filing status
-- Informational-only outputs
-- Clerk verification responsibilities
-- No authentication or certification claims
+All source documents remain hosted by their originating government agency.
 
 ---
 
-## 🏛️ Department of Justice Documentation
+## 🚫 What This System Does NOT Do
+
+- ❌ No document ingestion by default  
+- ❌ No automated PDF extraction without user click  
+- ❌ No biometric, surveillance, or personal data processing  
+- ❌ No ranking, profiling, or inference about individuals  
+- ❌ No modification of government records  
+
+---
+
+## ⚖️ Judicial & Legal Documentation
+
+- **Judicial Notice – FOIA Navigation**  
+  Explains why link-out navigation does not constitute records handling  
+  → `/governance/judicial_notice.pdf`
 
-- 📑 [DOJ Civil & Criminal Division Deployment Memo](./wiki/doj-deployment-memo.md)
+- **Judicial Clerk Training (PDF Slides)**  
+  Educational material for chambers and clerks  
+  → `/governance/clerk_training.pdf`
 
-This memo defines:
-- Authorized DOJ uses
-- Prohibited investigative uses
-- Chain-of-custody limitations
-- AI restrictions
+- **CM/ECF Compatibility Statement**  
+  Confirms court-safe export behavior (hashes, exhibits, no metadata alteration)
 
 ---
 
-## 🏢 State Court Adaptation
+## 🏛️ DOJ / Government Deployment Memos
 
-- 🗂️ [State Court Adaptation Memorandum](./wiki/state-court-adaptation.md)
+- **DOJ Civil & Criminal Deployment Memo**  
+  Outlines appropriate non-investigative usage contexts  
 
-Covers:
-- Adapting FFIS to state FOIA regimes
-- Required governance changes
-- Prohibited surveillance or enforcement uses
+- **State Court Adaptation Memo**  
+  Describes limitations and safe adaptation for state judiciary  
+
+- **AO / Federal Courts Compatibility Note**  
+  Confirms compliance with Administrative Office standards  
 
 ---
 
-## 🛡️ Trust, Safety & Platform Compliance
+## 🧠 Artificial Intelligence Governance
+
+AI features are:
 
-- 🔐 [Hugging Face Trust & Safety Justification](./wiki/hf-trust-safety-justification.md)
+- Disabled by default  
+- Explicitly user-initiated  
+- Assistive only (non-authoritative)  
+- Cryptographically hashed  
+- Provenance-labeled  
+- Never autonomous  
 
-Includes:
-- Explicitly disabled capabilities
-- Data handling guarantees
-- AI usage boundaries
-- Risk mitigation table
+No AI output is treated as evidence, fact, or legal analysis.
 
 ---
 
-## 🔍 Transparency & Cryptographic Integrity
+## 🔐 FAISS / Advanced Indexing (Phase-4)
+
+Advanced indexing features (e.g., FAISS) are:
 
-All FFIS outputs include:
-- SHA-256 hashes
-- Provenance headers
-- UTC timestamps
-- AI disclosure footers (when applicable)
+- **Hard-disabled by default**
+- Require formal written approval
+- Require governance sign-off
+- Require court or institutional authorization
 
-No data is:
-- Persistently stored
-- Privately ingested
-- Profiled or inferred
+No vectorization or embedding occurs without explicit approval.
 
 ---
 
-## 🚫 Explicit Non-Capabilities
+## 🧾 Hugging Face Trust & Safety Position
+
+This project complies with Hugging Face policies by:
+
+- Using only public sources  
+- Performing navigation, not collection  
+- Avoiding surveillance or personal data  
+- Providing transparency and governance documentation  
+- Including reviewer-ready explanations  
 
-FFIS does **not**:
-- Authenticate documents
-- Certify evidence
-- Access sealed materials
-- Interface with CM/ECF or PACER
-- Perform vector similarity search
-- Conduct surveillance or investigation
+See:
+- **HF Reviewer Cover Letter**  
+- **CIA / FBI Search Behavior Explanation**
 
 ---
 
-## 📬 Contact & Review
+## 📚 Full Governance Index
 
-This documentation is provided for:
-- Judicial review
-- Platform trust & safety review
-- Academic transparency
-- Public accountability
+| Document | Purpose |
+|--------|--------|
+| Judicial Notice | FOIA navigation clarification |
+| Clerk Training | Educational usage guidance |
+| DOJ Memo | Federal deployment constraints |
+| State Court Memo | Adaptation guidance |
+| HF T&S Justification | Platform compliance |
+| Transparency Charter | Public accountability |
+| AI Risk & Governance | Model usage boundaries |
 
 ---
 
-**Federal FOIA Intelligence Search**  
-_Public records. Public governance. No hidden systems._
+## 📌 Final Statement
+
+This application is a **reference implementation** demonstrating how
+modern interfaces can improve access to **already-public government information**
+while respecting legal, ethical, and institutional boundaries.
+
+No data is taken.
+Nothing is inferred.
+Everything is auditable.
+
+---
 
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