Methodology & sourcing
Everything on this site is built from public records: documents and data that New Mexico law already makes available to anyone. Our job is to make them findable and usable.
Where the data comes from
Our sources are government systems and public filings — for example the New Mexico Legislature's bill records and published proceedings, state campaign-finance and lobbying disclosures, court dockets, and agency spending records. Each dataset page names its source and links back to the originating system wherever possible.
How we collect it
Our collection and processing run on data tools we designed and built ourselves, developed over years of hands-on work with New Mexico's public records. Where records are available only through a website, we retrieve them programmatically at a modest, respectful rate. We collect only material that is publicly reachable, we do not bypass logins or access controls, and we honor published access rules. We keep a copy of the original record so that our published version can always be checked against its source.
How we verify it
Data is normalized — names, dates, and amounts made consistent — without changing the underlying facts. We preserve the original values alongside cleaned values so anyone can audit our transformations. When we are uncertain about a record, we say so.
What we publish — and what we don't
- We publish facts drawn from public records, with sources, and let readers draw their own conclusions.
- We focus on public officials and institutions acting in their official capacity.
- We do not publish private personal information — such as home addresses, personal contact details, or other sensitive identifiers — even when it appears in a record.
- We correct errors promptly. See Contact.