The desk
Corrections
A correction is posted on the page where the error appeared, dated, in plain words, and the original wording is preserved beneath it. Nothing is quietly rewritten.
The standing policy
Four rules govern every change to a published note.
- A correction is labelled. If a fact in a note was wrong, the note carries a dated correction block naming what was wrong and what is right.
- The original wording stays visible. The superseded sentence is kept beneath the correction so a reader can see exactly what changed.
- A clarification is not a correction. Where the facts were right but the wording invited a wrong reading, the note carries a dated clarification instead, and says so.
- Typographical fixes are silent. Spelling, punctuation and broken links are repaired without a notice, because nothing a reader relied on has changed.
What gets corrected
Any statement of fact that does not match the public record it is drawn from: a date, a docket or letter number, a quoted phrase, a statutory or regulatory citation, a dollar figure, the identity of a party. Where a record has itself been updated — a warning letter closed out, a settlement amended, a paper corrected or retracted — the note is updated and the update is dated.
What does not get changed
A note is not revised because a party named in it disagrees with the public document. Where a party’s own response is on the public record, the note links it. Where a note is accurate but incomplete, the addition is made and dated as a clarification.
Corrections log
No corrections have been issued.
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