{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.2",
  "data": {
    "title": "Reference & Background Verification",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-001"
    ],
    "content": "# Reference & Background Verification\n\nThird-party or internal verification of past employment records, academic degrees, and professional references.\n\n### Pass Condition\nAll mandatory background checks clear with no unresolved factual discrepancies.",
    "id": "B-011",
    "type": "barrier",
    "stage": "post-offer",
    "order": 13,
    "precedes": [
      "B-012"
    ],
    "description": "Third-party or internal verification of past employment records, academic degrees, and professional references.",
    "pass_condition": "All mandatory background checks clear with no unresolved factual discrepancies.",
    "evidence_level": "established",
    "specimens": [
      {
        "kind": "note",
        "label": "Verification report",
        "lines": [
          {
            "text": "Employment record 1 of 3: dates confirmed",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "text": "Employment record 2 of 3: vendor has Mar 2019–Jun 2021, application states Jan 2019–Aug 2021 — DISCREPANCY",
            "tell": true
          },
          {
            "text": "Degree: confirmed · References: 2 of 2 returned, both positive",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "text": "Offer held pending reconciliation.",
            "tell": false
          }
        ],
        "reading": "The gate is checking a third-party record against a claim. A mismatch here is usually a document problem with a named remedy, not a finding about honesty."
      }
    ]
  }
}