Records require readers who can act.
Steadfastly operationalizes structured Decision Records inside an enterprise-agent environment. Its design is informed by a reproducible algorithmic-pricing experiment, open standards work, and working software.
Evidence links
Calvano replication package
The experiment reproduces an algorithmic-pricing environment and tests structured decision-record treatments. It reports the null result: recording rejected alternatives alone produced little deterrence without a consequential reader.
Read the paper and inspect the package →Decision Record and Control Standard
The open 17-field record covers evidence, authority, uncertainty, alternatives, predictions, system effects, and reconsideration conditions.
Read the standard context →System-welfare and governance research
The Center for Decision Accounting publishes the wider Missing System Theory and System Asset Pricing Model program, including methods, objections, and working-paper boundaries.
Open research evidence →Standards and policy context
Decision Accounting materials have been prepared for standards and policy outreach, including NIST and Senator Warner's office. Those materials seek interoperable decision-record infrastructure; they do not imply agency, congressional, or platform endorsement.
Implementation status
The M365 reference implementation includes a React and Fluent UI interface, TypeScript Azure Functions API, PostgreSQL persistence, Entra role controls, cryptographic commit and supersession semantics, Copilot-facing actions, and Graph connector schema. Local automated verification and Copilot package validation are complete. Live Microsoft 365 tenant validation is scheduled.