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Jack Jay
Jack is a founding member of America House. The project brings together creators, builders, and people working on public participation, transparency, and accountability. His proposal that politicians explain their legislative votes in their own words is developed in the vote-explanation dossier.
This biography identifies the person behind that proposal. It does not make him the original author of government data, a credentialed expert in every subject covered here, or a reviewer of every resource page.
Read the America House idea ↗The public-resource desk
Our resource guides and dossiers are compiled by America.co with AI-assisted drafting and source checks. We label that process rather than assigning a human byline or professional review that did not happen. Government agencies and research organizations remain the authors of their original records and findings.
A source check means checking the cited material against the statement it supports. It is not an independent audit of the underlying dataset, a professional legal review, or a replication of a research study.
What belongs in a useful resource
- A specific question and a direct answer.
- A primary source linked near the claim, with the period, method, and population when relevant.
- Clear separation of observation, interpretation, proposed action, and unknowns.
- Realistic tradeoffs and a practical way to investigate or measure results.
- A dated publication or consultation record—not a fake freshness label.
AI is assistance, not authority
We use AI to help assemble explanations, interfaces, and evaluation prompts. We do not treat generated confidence as evidence, invent first-person statements, fabricate biographies, or label pages expert-reviewed without a real review. Source-linked summaries can still contain mistakes; go to the original record for consequential decisions.
Corrections and unresolved gaps
Send the page URL, the disputed passage, a supporting original source, and the proposed correction through our contact page. Avoid sending private records or personal identifiers. A disagreement with a proposal is not necessarily a factual error; both are welcome when clearly identified.
We fix verified errors and keep substantive changes dated. We do not promise an automatic refresh cycle for every page. Dated snapshots are labeled as snapshots, and local rules should be checked with the responsible office.
Independence and limitations
America.co is an independent civic project, not a government service. Listing or citing an organization does not imply its endorsement. Proposed budgets, pilots, and reforms are not public appropriations, approved programs, or promises of payment. Health, legal, election, and financial information should be confirmed at the applicable official source.
The public-resource library is meant to be useful before it is persuasive. Sources, definitions, costs, and results matter more than our preferred conclusion.