{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.2",
  "data": {
    "title": "Requisition Approval & Public Posting",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-004"
    ],
    "content": "# Requisition Approval & Public Posting\n\nThe gate that exists before any candidate does: headcount is authorized, the job description is written, and the requisition is published (or quietly kept open) on careers pages and job boards.\n\n### Pass Condition\nAn approved requisition with a written job description is published against real, funded headcount.",
    "id": "B-013",
    "type": "barrier",
    "stage": "pre-posting",
    "order": 1,
    "precedes": [
      "B-014",
      "B-001"
    ],
    "description": "The gate that exists before any candidate does: headcount is authorized, the job description is written, and the requisition is published (or quietly kept open) on careers pages and job boards.",
    "pass_condition": "An approved requisition with a written job description is published against real, funded headcount.",
    "evidence_level": "established",
    "specimens": [
      {
        "kind": "note",
        "label": "What was approved before anyone applied",
        "lines": [
          {
            "text": "Headcount: 1 · Funded from: platform budget, FY approved · Level: L4 · Band: 68–79k",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "text": "Job description drafted by the hiring manager, edited by recruiting, published unchanged.",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "text": "Requirements list carried over from the previous L5 search for the same team.",
            "tell": true
          }
        ],
        "reading": "This gate closes before the first candidate exists, and it fixes the level, the band and the requirements that everyone downstream will be measured against."
      }
    ]
  }
}