Methodology

Built on public data. Validated by science.

Ingestion Pipeline

Ingest
Resolve
Graph
Score
Verify

Every record flows through entity resolution, graph construction, IES scoring, and XRPL timestamping before publication.

Influence Vortex Model — 8 Dimensions

Financial Contributions
Lobbying Access
Committee Power
Revolving Door
Earmark Allocation
Foreign Interests
Contract Awards
Regulatory Capture

Data Sources — 10 Federal Databases

House PTR DisclosuresSenate eFDFEC RecordsCongressional RecordsLobbying DatabasesFARA FilingsCourt DocumentsDOJ ReleasesIRS 990sUSAID Records
House PTR Disclosures

Periodic Transaction Reports — all stock trades by House members and staff

Senate eFD

Electronic Financial Disclosures for all sitting senators

FEC Records

Federal Election Commission bulk data — all campaign contributions and expenditures

Congressional Records

Official legislative history, committee assignments, and floor votes

Lobbying Databases

LDA filings — all registered lobbyist activity and client relationships

FARA Filings

Foreign Agent Registration Act — foreign influence disclosures

Court Documents

PACER — federal case filings, indictments, and judgments

DOJ Releases

Department of Justice press releases and enforcement actions

IRS 990s

501(c) nonprofit and dark money group filings

USAID Records

Foreign assistance disbursement records and contractor data

Validation & Architecture

IES v3.5 Scoring

Influence Exposure Score integrating donation, contract, and lobbying network proximity.

Dual-Pipeline Verification

Key statistics are computed by two independently engineered pipelines sharing only the primary government source, with persisted, hash-verified regeneration runs.

XRPL Blockchain Provenance

Every ingestion event timestamped on XRPL. Immutable audit trail across the graph.

Sentinel Oracle (In Development)

Natural language query interface for the knowledge graph. Offline while dedicated serving capacity is provisioned.