Architecture: Sensors, Transmission, Governors
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Framing
Beyond the nine engines, the Accord has three architectural layers that enable them. Sensors measure conditions. Transmission delivers value. Governors regulate operation. Without these layers, engines would operate blind, deliver unevenly, and require perpetual political intervention.
Measurement layer: Census Tract Sensors
COMPASS (Community Outcomes Measurement for Prosperity, Accountability, Security, and Sustainability) is the measurement system. Every US census tract scored continuously across eight equally-weighted quality-of-life domains. Outcome metrics combined with proximity mappings. Published quarterly. Administered by the National Statistics Board (NSB) with public methodology and data sources. Trigger thresholds are statutory.
Transmission layer: FedCard and Post Office 2.0
FedCard is the digital delivery rail. Every American gets one at birth or naturalization. Universal Child Allowance, Baby Bonds, Skills Wallet, Carbon Stipend, VAT Pre-bate, Social Security 2.0, Distributed Healthcare, and other universal benefits all route through FedCard.
Post Office 2.0 is the physical delivery rail. 31,000 existing postal locations upgraded with FedCard enrollment, telehealth booths, COMPASS kiosks, and services for the unbanked. Each Post Office 2.0 has a federal employee serving as the locality's COMPASS liaison — working on Fed-local relations, informed by Census Tract Sensor data.
Adjustment layer: Six Macrogovernors
Automatic fiscal and policy stabilizers operating within congressionally-set corridors. No vote required for activation; no political negotiation during a crisis. The six are: Productivity Turbo, Speculation Brake, Input Shield, Healthcare Cost Brake, Financial Stability, and Debt Sunset. Debt Sunset is new in v10; it replaces the retired Solvency Governor. Earlier canon used different names for some — Debt Governor (now Debt Sunset), Employment Governor (now Productivity Turbo), Fiscal Reserve (now Financial Stability). The v10 naming reflects function rather than domain. See Chapter 27 for full detail.
Architectural self-reinforcement
FedCard transaction data feeds COMPASS automatically. COMPASS scores inform Expert Board interventions. Expert Boards govern the systems that deliver FedCard benefits. The loop is self-reinforcing.