Awake Foundation / Insurance Transparency Reform
Research architecture

Insurance Transparency Authority Library

Credibility comes from letting readers move directly from a reform proposition to the statute, rule, form, case, or official court source that supports it.

This library should function as the source-of-truth layer behind the public pages. Each reform proposition should link to an official authority and clearly distinguish current law from Awake Foundation's model proposal.

Recommended authority schema

FieldExample use
Authority IDCA-CCP-2017-210, FRCP-26-A1-A4, CO-CRS-10-3-1117
JurisdictionFederal / California / Colorado / county / federal district
Authority typeStatute, rule, form, case, local rule, legislative history
Operative propositionWhat the authority actually supports
Effective / checked datePrevents stale rules from being presented as current
Official sourceDirect judicial/legislative source
Related reform pageEvery public page that relies on the authority
QC statusVerified / needs update / historical only

Core federal authorities

Core California authorities

Core Colorado authorities

Publication controls

  • Quote current operative law only after checking the official source.
  • Label legislative findings separately from operative statutory text.
  • Label a party's litigation position as a position, not as adjudicated fact.
  • Use cases for their actual holdings, not the broadest proposition suggested by a factual summary.
  • Archive historical rule versions but do not mix them with current practice.
  • Every model provision must be visibly marked PROPOSED.
Public-library objective: a reader should be able to click from “why this reform is needed” to the exact authority that demonstrates the current architecture, then return to the proposed repair.