Use cases

One workspace, adapted to the record set.

A template sets the objective and the questions worth asking. The evidence model underneath — excerpts, claims, citations, events, differences — is identical in every case, because the standard for what counts as evidence should not change with the subject.

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Public records

A records release, read the way it was filed.

A response to a records request arrives as a bundle: a cover letter, attachments in inconsistent formats, and pages that reference other pages. The work is establishing what the release actually contains before writing a word about it.

Who it is for

Public-records investigators and FOIA practitioners
Watchdog and accountability organizations
Academic and policy researchers working from disclosures

Records typically involved

Response and determination letters
Released attachments as PDF, DOCX and spreadsheets
Scanned or photographed pages
Published agency webpages referenced in the release
Your own request log and correspondence, pasted as notes

Questions it helps answer

What does this release state, and which parts of the request does it leave unanswered?
Which attachments does the cover letter reference but not include?
Do the released documents agree with each other on dates, amounts and names?
Which records would have to be requested next to resolve what is still open?

Investigative journalism

Separate what is documented from what is asserted.

Before publication, every sentence has to be traceable to something. CaseSignal keeps the documents, transcripts and public pages behind a story in one place and marks which statements the record actually supports.

Who it is for

Investigative reporters and desk editors
Fact-checkers and research desks
Documentary and long-form research teams

Records typically involved

Interview transcripts, with timecodes preserved where present
Filings, contracts and internal documents obtained during reporting
Public webpages and official statements captured by URL
Reporter notes and background memos

Questions it helps answer

Which statements in the draft are supported by a document, and which rest on a single interview?
Where does a source contradict the filed record, and in what exact words?
What is the earliest record that establishes each date in the chronology?
What remains unverified, and what would verify it?

Procurement analysis

Trace a purchase from request to delivery.

Procurement records are written by different offices at different times, and they rarely agree perfectly. Reconciling them by hand is slow; the difficulty is not finding the numbers but proving which document each number came from.

Who it is for

Public-sector auditors and inspectors general
Procurement and contract oversight staff
Journalists and researchers covering public spending

Records typically involved

Purchase requests, solicitations and scoring sheets
Vendor proposals and notices of award
Invoice registers and payment ledgers as XLSX or CSV
Receiving reports, delivery notes and signed receipts
Committee minutes recording approvals and amendments

Questions it helps answer

Does the quantity invoiced match the quantity recorded as received?
Which document establishes the delivery date, and do any two documents disagree about it?
Was the award basis documented, and by whom was it approved?
Is there a record of an agreed change to the schedule, or only a changed date?

Corporate compliance

Test documented actions against documented policy.

A compliance review is a comparison between two record sets: what the policy says should happen, and what the logs say happened. CaseSignal holds both and reports where they diverge, with the policy text and the log row side by side.

Who it is for

Internal audit and compliance teams
Outside counsel conducting document review
Risk and controls functions preparing findings

Records typically involved

Policy and procedure documents
Approval logs and delegation-of-authority matrices
Transaction and expense exports
Disclosure filings and board or committee minutes
Email and message exports converted to text

Questions it helps answer

Which approvals were recorded below the threshold the policy states?
Where a policy requires an exception to be documented, is the documentation present?
Did disclosure happen inside the window the policy defines?
Which controls does the record set say nothing about at all?

Election administration

Procedural record review, and nothing beyond it.

Election offices produce a large, well-defined paper trail: chain-of-custody logs, transfer forms, reconciliation sheets and certification records. This template is a tool for reading that paper trail carefully — comparing what the procedural records document against what the administrative records report.

Who it is for

Election administrators reconciling their own records
Auditors and canvass observers working from official documents
Researchers studying election administration procedure

Records typically involved

Chain-of-custody and seal logs
Equipment transfer and delivery forms
Reconciliation worksheets and reported figures
Certification records and published procedure manuals

Questions it helps answer

Do the procedural logs and the transfer forms account for the same items?
Where a manual specifies a step, is a record of that step present in the file?
What is the documented sequence of custody events, and where is it incomplete?
Which figures differ between two records, and what does each record state exactly?

Legal document review

Build a chronology a colleague can check.

Across a mixed exhibit set, the sequence of events is the argument. CaseSignal fixes each event to the exhibit and page that dates it, and marks the events where two exhibits disagree rather than silently picking one.

Who it is for

Litigation support and paralegal teams
In-house legal teams assembling a factual record
Legal researchers reviewing produced document sets

Records typically involved

Exhibits and produced document sets as PDF
Correspondence bundles
Deposition and hearing transcripts
Contracts, notices and amendments

Questions it helps answer

What is the documented sequence of notices, responses and amendments?
Which exhibit is the earliest record of each event in the chronology?
Where does a date in one exhibit precede the correspondence that refers to it?
Which asserted facts have no exhibit behind them?

Side by side

Six adapted workspaces, same evidence model.

Each frame is the CaseSignal interface configured for that kind of work — a real claim, its status and the citations behind it.

Public records investigation

Turn a stack of responsive documents into a mapped, citable record set.

Case objective

Establish what a records release does and does not show.

The released schedule omits the two dates referenced in the cover letter.

≈Partially supported

S1 p. 2Response letter.pdf
S3 p. 11Attachment B.pdf

Records: 34
Claims: 96
Open questions: 7

Election administration review

Compare procedural records against reported administrative figures.

Case objective

Check documented procedure against documented outcome.

The chain-of-custody log records two seals not listed on the transfer form.

?Unresolved

S2 p. 6Custody log.pdf
S5 Sheet “Transfers,” row 48Transfer register.xlsx

Records: 21
Events: 58
Differences: 3

Procurement analysis

Trace a purchase from request through award, invoice and delivery.

Case objective

Reconcile what was ordered, invoiced and received.

The invoiced quantity exceeds the quantity recorded as received.

≠Contradicted

S5 Sheet “Invoices,” row 221Invoice register.xlsx
S6 p. 2Delivery report.pdf

Records: 7
Claims: 11
Differences: 4

Investigative journalism

Separate what is documented from what is asserted, before you publish.

Case objective

Determine which statements the records actually support.

The statement attributed in the transcript is not reflected in the filed document.

≠Contradicted

S4 00:14:22Interview transcript.txt
S7 section “Scope”Filed statement (webpage)

Records: 18
Attributions: 42
Unverified: 9

Corporate compliance

Test whether documented actions match documented policy.

Case objective

Assess the approval trail against the written policy.

Two approvals were recorded below the threshold stated in the policy.

=Supported

S1 section “Thresholds”Approval policy.docx
S4 Sheet “Approvals,” rows 12–14Approval log.xlsx

Records: 12
Controls: 19
Exceptions: 2

Legal document review

Build a defensible chronology across exhibits and correspondence.

Case objective

Fix the sequence of events across a mixed exhibit set.

The notice date in Exhibit C precedes the correspondence that references it.

≈Partially supported

S2 p. 3Exhibit C.pdf
S6 p. 1Correspondence bundle.pdf

Exhibits: 46
Events: 134
Conflicts: 5

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The same standard everywhere

Investigate records, not rumors.

CaseSignal organises and cites records. Its outputs are research assistance, not findings of fact, legal conclusions or determinations about any person or organization. Verify every citation against the underlying record before publication.

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