C-002 - Section 2
Methodology distinguishes legal status categories and number types
Qualified status categories, waiting-period rules, appropriations, obligations, outlays, and transfer values are treated as distinct analytical objects.
Open Question
A-002 - GAO budget-glossary edition
Open questions are published to keep the limits of the current record explicit.
Why it matters
If a superseding GAO glossary materially changed an adopted accounting definition, the methodology notes would need to carry that custody update explicitly.
Current web-edition status
The audit uses GAO-05-734SP and flags the edition-confirmation question instead of silently assuming there is no later definitional change.
Record required to resolve it
Confirmation that no later GAO budget-glossary edition changes the adopted definitions used in the publication.