7. Lessons learned

7. Lessons learned

• Beginning with work tasks produces a defensible plan; beginning with a desired product produces assumptions.

• Accessibility is a system requirement throughout the workflow, not a final checklist.

• AI can structure research and expose uncertainty, but it cannot make an agency decision or prove that a human completed a review.

• Jurisdiction, authority, source date, and verification date must stay visible.

• Minimum, preferred, and alternative paths make the request more resilient.

• Privacy improves when functional evidence is separated from identifying records.

• Proposed, implemented, tested, and approved are different statuses and must remain distinct.

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