Duplicate project scope

flag-001 · detected Jul 9, 2026 · raised in the baseline dataset

Substantiated

Automated detection, human decision

Automated checks flag applications for human review only. No application is rejected, deprioritized, or scored by an automated process. Every status below was set by a named analyst, with a written basis, and is recorded in the audit trail.

Confidence

0.81

Fires at Same project type within 5.0 miles

Requested amount

$61.9M

RAISE · OST

Application stage

SECRETARY CONCURRENCE

11 days in stage

Times reopened

0

Last adjudicated Aug 12, 2026

What the check looked at

Project title, project type, and project coordinates across every application in the fiscal year.

The duplicate project scope check compares project title, project type, and project coordinates across every application in the fiscal year. It fired on this application at a confidence of 0.81. The structured evidence below is everything the check looked at; the determination is the analyst's.

Evidence	Detail
Other application	GEMS-2027-252452
Other program	prog-raise
Distance between project centroids	0.40 miles

Confidence describes how strongly this deterministic check fired against local data. It is not an applicant risk score and is never used to rank or filter applications.

Application under review

This check evaluated a single application against reference data.

Application	GEMS-2027-044259
Applicant	Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Transportation
Project	Marine Highway Container-on-Barge Expansion
Requested	$61,900,000
Program	Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity · OST

Adjudication

A person decides. The decision, the rationale, and any referral are written to the audit trail.

Substantiated on Aug 12, 2026

Analyst substantiated the finding and referred it to the program office for a documented eligibility determination. No automated action was taken.

Reopen with justification0 / 20 characters minimum

Applicant history

Context on the organization, so the decision is not made on one signal alone.

Organization	Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Transportation
Applications	3
Total requested	$192.9M
Prior awards	0
Flags cleared	1
Flags substantiated	1
Flags still open	0

Recent audit entries

This flag and its application.

SELECTION_RATIONALE_RECORDED

May 19, 2026 · Angela Strickland

INTEGRITY_FLAG_RAISED

Jan 17, 2026 · Rebecca Rhodes