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  "id": "gao-clause-pattern-001",
  "name": "GAO Green Book Control Activities Pattern",
  "version": 1,
  "status": "published",
  "context": "When an agency needs to document control activities for an AO, the pattern provides a template for capturing documented evidence of implementation and audit-ready audit trails.",
  "problem": "Agency A O needs to document control activities for its OT system to achieve audit readiness within two review cycles.",
  "forces": [
    {
      "id": "force-1",
      "statement": "Agency requires audit-ready control activity documentation.",
      "kind": "objective",
      "tension_with": []
    }
  ],
  "solution": "The pattern provides a template for capturing documented evidence of implementation and audit-ready audit trails, grounded in the GAO Green Book framework.",
  "instances": [
    {
      "id": "instance-1",
      "title": "Agency A OT Control Activities Documentation",
      "where": "Agency A Office of Technology",
      "when": "2025-01-15 to 2025-11-13",
      "summary": "Agency A successfully documented control activities for its OT system using this pattern, producing audit-ready evidence within two review cycles.",
      "evidence": ["evidence-1"],
      "confidentiality": "public"
    }
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "id": "evidence-1",
      "type": "standard",
      "source": "GAO Standards for Internal Control (Green Book)",
      "locator": "Full publication; OMB A-130 Appendix IV",
      "claim": "GAO documents explicitly state this is a work of the U.S. government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States. The published product may be reproduced and distributed in its entirety without further permission from GAO.",
      "verified": true
    }
  ],
  "stars": 4,
  "related": [],
  "license": {
    "spdx": "CC-BY-SA-4.0",
    "access": "public",
    "embargo_months": 12,
    "embargo_start": "2026-11-13",
    "notes": "Default 12-month client-set embargo from final delivery date."
  },
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      "cc-by-sa-scope",
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      "third-party-content-copyright",
      "generated-guidance-liability"
    ],
    "expert_areas": [
      "trademark/FedRAMP usage",
      "12-month embargo under applicable jurisdiction",
      "CC BY-SA downstream share-alike",
      "copyright of any non-government third-party content ingested"
    ],
    "counsel_signoff": {
      "status": "signed",
      "date": "2026-11-13",
      "signer": "External Legal Counsel, Pattern Foundry"
    }
  },
  "provenance": {
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    "instances": ["pf:entity:gao-green-book-2025"],
    "derived_from": ["pf:pattern-version:gao-clause-extract-001"],
    "derivatives": []
  },
  "sequences": [],
  "owner": {
    "repo": "common",
    "tenant": "",
    "project": ""
  },
  "created": "2026-11-13T00:00:00Z",
  "updated": "2026-11-14T07:58:40Z"
}