Weekly civic intelligence report · v2.2
The Trump administration assigned multiple positions to individual officials, concentrating power and responsibilities. This represents a departure from traditional separation of duties.
A-score 24.35: Personnel capture (4.0) reflects systematic concentration of authority across multiple officials, violating separation-of-duties principles. Separation of powers (3.5) captures erosion of checks through role consolidation. Rule of law (2.5) reflects departure from traditional administrative norms. Corruption (2.0) accounts for potential conflicts and oversight gaps. Mechanism modifier 1.25 for personnel_capture with federal scope. Severity: durability 1.1 (requires administrative reversal), reversibility 0.95 (can be undone but creates precedent), precedent 1.15 (normalizes power concentration). B-score 9.88: Layer 1 moderate - media-friendly administrative story with some outrage potential. Layer 2 shows pattern-matching to broader concerns about executive overreach. Low intentionality (4) - appears more efficiency-driven than strategic distraction. D-score +14.47 suggests genuine constitutional concern with limited hype amplification. Borderline Mixed classification due to A-score just under 25 threshold but clear mechanism and substantive impact.
Monitor for: (1) specific examples of conflicted decision-making from dual-role officials, (2) congressional or judicial challenges to authority concentration, (3) expansion of practice across additional agencies, (4) comparison to historical precedents of role consolidation. Track whether this becomes normalized administrative practice or triggers institutional pushback. Document specific instances where dual roles create accountability gaps or policy conflicts.