{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.2",
  "data": {
    "title": "Headcount & Executive Budget Approval",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-004"
    ],
    "content": "# Headcount & Executive Budget Approval\n\nFormal sign-off by department leadership, finance, and talent committee to commit budget for the written offer.\n\n### Pass Condition\nActive headcount requisition is formally certified and unblocked by financial leadership.",
    "id": "B-010",
    "type": "barrier",
    "stage": "offer",
    "order": 12,
    "precedes": [
      "B-011"
    ],
    "description": "Formal sign-off by department leadership, finance, and talent committee to commit budget for the written offer.",
    "pass_condition": "Active headcount requisition is formally certified and unblocked by financial leadership.",
    "evidence_level": "established",
    "specimens": [
      {
        "kind": "ats",
        "label": "Approval chain",
        "lines": [
          {
            "at": "day 0",
            "text": "Hiring manager: approved",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "at": "day 2",
            "text": "Director: approved",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "at": "day 3",
            "text": "Finance: pending — quarterly review in progress",
            "tell": true
          },
          {
            "at": "day 3",
            "text": "Talent committee: blocked on finance",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "at": "day 3",
            "text": "Offer cannot be issued while any step is pending.",
            "tell": false
          }
        ],
        "reading": "Everyone the candidate met has already said yes. This gate is the reason a process can stop after a unanimous panel."
      }
    ]
  }
}