1. Identify the exact item
Name the organization and page, quote the exact sentence or data point, and identify the section or table where it appears.
Blair Compass accepts factual corrections, source updates, methodology challenges, and concise organization responses. Each request is checked against the underlying record. Verified material changes are corrected, dated, and documented; no submitter receives editorial control or veto authority.
How corrections are handled
2. Supply the best evidence
Provide the primary source, filing, court record, official page, or other evidence; include its date and the reporting period when applicable.
3. State the requested change
Explain whether the item is factually wrong, outdated, unclear, unsupported, misclassified, or scored inconsistently, and propose replacement wording when useful.
4. Receive a documented outcome
The request is marked corrected, clarified, updated, no change, pending additional evidence, or published as an organization response. Material changes appear in the public change log.
Correction categories and response standards
| Category | Examples | Publication treatment |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial | Typographical error, broken link, formatting, ambiguous wording | Corrected promptly; logged publicly when the change affects meaning. |
| Factual | Wrong name, title, date, amount, calculation, legal status, or source characterization | Primary source rechecked; page, data files, and affected score are updated together. |
| Source or freshness | New filing, leadership change, corrected official page, newer audited report | Review date and freshness indicators are updated; material score changes are logged. |
| Methodology or score | Dimension weighting, NE treatment, inconsistent application, omitted contrary evidence | Recalculated under the published rubric; rationale and any grade change are documented. |
| Organization response | Concise contextual statement or disagreement from the reviewed organization | May be published alongside the review when relevant; it does not replace the evidence assessment. |
Submit a factual correction
Use this form for a specific factual error, outdated source, broken link, calculation issue, missing primary record, or methodology inconsistency. Disagreement alone does not require a change; the supporting evidence controls.
What happens next: verified submissions enter the private Blair Compass review queue. The source is checked, any affected calculation or score is recomputed, and material changes are dated in the change log.
Decision and version-control rules
- A correction is not accepted merely because a person or organization disagrees with a conclusion; the underlying evidence controls.
- A material correction updates the organization page, comparison data, source ledger, page as-of information when necessary, and the public change log.
- A score or grade change must include the prior value, new value, reason, and effective date.
- Minor copy edits that do not change meaning may be fixed without a prominent page notice, but remain recorded in the internal correction ledger.
- When evidence is conflicting or incomplete, the page may be clarified without selecting a side that the record does not support.