Appendix B - Version 1.0 scorecard
Appendix B
Readers should be able to see which lanes are well-published, which are only partly measurable, and where federal reporting stops.
Audit contents — Appendix B
APPENDIX B — TRANSPARENCY SCORECARD — Version 1.0 LOCKED (authoritative)
Federal Taxpayer Expenditures Benefiting Non-U.S. Recipients: A Living Forensic Audit Repository v1.0 · Owner: Repository Engineering · Constitution Art. 10. Lineage: compiled from approved findings in Section 15 (§15.2), Sections 6–13, and Section 14. No new metric created; no missing value inferred. Ratings restate the approved transparency findings using the categories already established in Section 15 (most transparent → uncollectable).
B.1 Rating categories (as established in Section 15)
- Transparent — agency publishes status-level data permitting a primary/reproducible figure.
- Partially transparent — a published figure exists but is not resolved to the federal-only and/or population-isolated line.
- Opaque by reporting choice — data exist internally but are not published by status.
- Opaque by technical limit — data systems cannot isolate the population.
- Uncollectable by law/design — status is not (or may not be) collected.
B.2 Scorecard
| Program / domain | Agency | Status-level spending published? | Category | Audit treatment | OQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSI | SSA | Yes (noncitizen counts + average payment) | Transparent (benchmark) | reproducible ≈ no** | Opaque by reporting |
| TANF | HHS-ACF | No | Opaque by reporting | → §13 | A-027 |
| ACTC/CTC via ITIN | IRS/Treasury | No | Opaque by reporting | → §13 | A-029 |
| Eligible-noncitizen housing | HUD | No (proration; $218M mostly citizen members) | Opaque by reporting/methodological | → §13 | A-030 |
| Federal student aid by status | ED | No | Opaque by reporting | → §13 | A-033 |
| Undocumented isolation (emergency Medicaid) | CMS | No (T-MSIS lacks indicator) | Opaque by technical limit | → §13 | A-024 |
| WIC; School Lunch/Breakfast | USDA-FNS | No (no status condition) | Uncollectable by design | → §13 | A-026 |
| Federal K-12 share | ED | No (Plyler — status not collected) | Uncollectable by law | → §13 | A-032 |
| Head Start; CCDF/SSBG/CSBG/LIHEAP | HHS | No (status-neutral) | Uncollectable by design | → §13 | A-034 |
| FQHCs; public health; FEMA | HRSA/CDC/FEMA | No (universal/emergency) | Uncollectable by design | → §13 | A-035 |
B.3 Net finding (restated from Section 15)
Transparency is highest for the smallest identifiable program (SSI) and lowest for the largest potential exposures — the inverse of what a complete forensic accounting would require. No row asserts a hidden dollar amount; each “no” is a documented gap with a named resolving data product (Appendix A; Section 13).
APPENDIX B — v1.0 LOCKED. Compiled from approved findings only; no new metric, no inferred value.