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EstablishedThe longest legislative silence: 21 days between 2003-10-14 (ORD-043) and 2003-11-04 (MEM-007). Absence from the archive does not mean nothing was issued.
440days with a dated document
2,405undated documents
1legislative silences (21+ days)
0missing numbered documents that are cited
Every day of the CPA: how many dated documents we hold
Where dates are missing
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Established21 questions on date and text integrity: an official date that differs between Arabic and English or between copies, revised files, and orders without a readable dated code.
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Open questionWhat was never posted on the CPA’s website? The archive sees what was published and released, not what stayed in the drawers.
This dossier’s questions
- ORD-003The preserved Arabic copies carry codes with different dates (2003-05-23, 2003-12-31). Are they amended versions of the same document?Established
- ORD-003The preserved English copies carry codes with different dates (2003-05-23, 2003-12-31). Are they amended versions of the same document?Established
- ORD-009The preserved English copies carry codes with different dates (2003-06-08, 2004-06-27). Are they amended versions of the same document?Established
- ORD-010The earliest preserved file is dated 2003-06-05, before the document’s official date (2003-06-08). Is the file date a metadata error, or does the file have another story?Doubtful
- ORD-013A preserved file is named as a revised or amended version (Revised / Amended). Is the original text before the amendment preserved, and what changed?Established
- ORD-015No readable dated code in the text; the date shown comes from the file’s publication date and is approximate. What is the actual signing date?Open question
- ORD-016The preserved English copies carry codes with different dates (2003-06-26, 2003-12-01, 2004-06-04). Are they amended versions of the same document?Established
- ORD-017The preserved Arabic text carries a code dated 2003-06-26 and the English one a code dated 2004-06-27, and the Arabic is 22% of the English length. Are these two different versions of the document (original and amended)? Which Arabic text was issued for the other version?Established
8 of 21 questions in this indicator.
Method, confidence and limits
We compare the official code date in the Arabic and English texts and across a document’s copies, and against the earliest preserved file date (including Internet Archive captures); we flag files whose names describe them as revised or amended, and orders without a readable dated code.
Periods with no dated order, regulation or memorandum in the archive (21 days or more), numbered documents that other documents cite but we do not hold, and topics present in press releases but rare in the orders. Absence from the archive does not mean non-existence.