Vera Ostrander
Disclosure Standards Editor
Methodology, Influence Score, source verification, and corrections
Vera Ostrander oversees how LobbySpend documents its methodology and editorial standards. The role sets how the Influence Score is composed from disclosed spend, issue breadth, and revolving-door signals, documents the LDA's bracket-range and filing-threshold limits, and triages corrections so every figure traces back to its Senate filing. Explainers and guides are AI-assisted in research and drafting, then reviewed against the primary Senate LDA and FEC sources before publication.
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How our content is produced
Content is produced by an AI-augmented editorial team: research and drafting are AI-assisted and reviewed by the named desk editor against primary public-data sources before publication.
See our Editorial Policy, Fact-Checking Policy, and Corrections Policy.