The Structural Corruption Disclosure Act

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Authors: Rick - PraxisFoundry001
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Abstract

This artifact provides open-source model legislation for administrative transparency, public memory, and structural anti-corruption disclosure. The model constructs a public-memory framework for major federal administrative actions. It proposes that agencies create Public Memory Records containing rationale chains, structural influence tables, deviation reports where applicable, historical practice tables, and bibliographic evidence summaries. It also proposes annual Public Memory Ledgers designed for civic comprehension, research utility, machine readability, and historical continuity. The artifact uses “structural corruption” in a public-reasoning sense. It does not mean only bribery, criminal misconduct, or personal bad faith. It refers to the degradation of public reasoning, traceability, institutional memory, and civic accountability when major administrative action cannot be explained, compared, or reviewed in a durable public form. This is not enacted law, legal advice, a private right of action, or a substitute for the Administrative Procedure Act, the Freedom of Information Act, agency-specific disclosure statutes, inspector-general authority, congressional oversight, or judicial review. It is a public civic-education and legislative-design artifact illustrating one possible framework for administrative traceability, transparency, and public memory.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Law Rights and Freedoms Public Policy and Administration Research Academic Freedom and Politics

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
25 April 2026
Document type
Preprint