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+# Judicial & Court Deployment Memorandum  
+**Federal FOIA Intelligence Search (FFIS)**  
+*Public Records Research Tool*
+
+---
+
+## 1. Purpose of This Memorandum
+
+This memorandum documents the **intended judicial, clerk, and court-adjacent use** of the Federal FOIA Intelligence Search (FFIS) tool.
+
+The FFIS tool is designed **solely** to assist courts, chambers, clerks, litigants, journalists, and researchers in **locating publicly released government records** already available in agency FOIA electronic reading rooms.
+
+The tool **does not**:
+- File documents with any court
+- Authenticate records
+- Certify completeness
+- Replace custodians of records
+- Provide legal analysis or factual findings
+
+---
+
+## 2. Permissible Judicial Uses
+
+FFIS is appropriate for **non-substantive, research-support functions**, including:
+
+- Locating publicly available FOIA reading room materials
+- Generating **pre-filing informational exhibit bundles**
+- Assisting chambers staff in identifying source URLs
+- Cross-checking citations provided by litigants
+- Supporting academic, historical, or policy research
+- Transparency and oversight inquiries
+
+The tool is **not intended** to be relied upon for:
+- Findings of fact
+- Authentication under FRE 902
+- Evidence admission determinations
+- Sealed, restricted, or non-public materials
+
+---
+
+## 3. Source Scope & Data Limitations
+
+FFIS **only indexes and links to**:
+
+- Federal agency FOIA electronic reading rooms
+- Publicly accessible government websites
+- Records already released by agencies
+
+FFIS **does not**:
+- Scrape content
+- Bypass access controls
+- Access sealed or restricted systems
+- Cache classified or sensitive materials
+- Store downloaded documents persistently
+
+All results are **link-out references only**.
+
+---
+
+## 4. AI Use & Disclosure
+
+AI assistance in FFIS is **strictly limited** to:
+
+- Formatting output
+- Structuring documents
+- Generating non-substantive summaries (opt-in only)
+
+The tool **does not**:
+- Generate factual assertions
+- Analyze evidence
+- Infer intent, guilt, or liability
+- Replace judicial reasoning
+
+All generated documents include an **explicit disclosure footer**:
+
+> *“AI-assisted formatting only; no legal analysis or factual assertions.”*
+
+This disclosure is automatically injected into all generated PDFs.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Evidence Handling & Chain of Custody
+
+FFIS provides **supporting metadata only**, including:
+
+- Original source URLs
+- SHA-256 cryptographic hashes
+- Timestamped provenance headers
+
+These hashes allow courts and clerks to:
+- Verify document integrity after independent download
+- Compare litigant-submitted materials to public sources
+
+FFIS **does not claim** custody, certification, or authentication of records.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Court Bundle & Pre-Filing Materials
+
+The optional “Court Bundle” feature generates a **pre-filing informational archive** containing:
+
+- CM/ECF-style cover sheet (district-specific)
+- Proposed exhibit list
+- Clerk verification checklist
+- Individual exhibit PDFs (generated summaries only)
+- Hash files for verification
+
+All bundles are clearly labeled:
+
+> **PRE-FILING INFORMATIONAL ONLY — NOT A COURT SUBMISSION**
+
+---
+
+## 7. Clerk & Chambers Verification Guidance
+
+Each bundle includes a **Clerk Verification Checklist**, reminding users to:
+
+- Confirm URLs resolve to agency domains
+- Independently download source documents
+- Verify SHA-256 hashes
+- Confirm public release status
+- Treat FFIS output as non-authoritative
+
+No automated filing, docketing, or CM/ECF integration exists.
+
+---
+
+## 8. FRE & Evidence Rules Context (Non-Binding)
+
+FFIS outputs may assist parties in preparing materials relevant to:
+
+- FRE 803(8) — Public Records
+- FRE 902(5) — Official Publications
+- FRE 1005 — Public Records Copies
+
+**All determinations remain exclusively with the court.**
+
+FFIS makes **no representations** regarding admissibility.
+
+---
+
+## 9. Security & Governance Controls
+
+- Phase-4 vector indexing: **Hard disabled**
+- Private data ingestion: **Prohibited**
+- User uploads: **Disabled**
+- Persistent storage: **None**
+- FIPS mode: Declarative metadata only
+- Logs: Ephemeral session memory only
+
+Governance documentation is publicly accessible via `/gov`.
+
+---
+
+## 10. Ethical Safeguards
+
+FFIS includes safeguards to prevent misuse:
+
+- No identity inference
+- No predictive analytics
+- No behavioral profiling
+- No law enforcement targeting
+- No surveillance functionality
+
+The tool is transparency-oriented and audit-friendly.
+
+---
+
+## 11. Disclaimer
+
+FFIS is a **research and transparency tool**.
+
+It is **not**:
+- A legal filing system
+- An evidence repository
+- A substitute for official agency records
+- A judicial decision-making system
+
+All judicial, clerical, and legal determinations remain the responsibility of human officers of the court.
+
+---
+
+## 12. Contact & Governance
+
+Governance, trust, and safety documentation is available at: