Narrative similarity

flag-017 · detected Jul 25, 2026 · raised in the baseline dataset

Under review

Automated detection, human decision

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Confidence

0.93

Fires at Token overlap at or above 55%

Requested amount

$80.3M

Rural · OST

Application stage

TECHNICAL REVIEW

26 days in stage

Times reopened

0

Not yet adjudicated

What the check looked at

Token overlap between merit criteria narratives across applications.

The narrative similarity check compares token overlap between merit criteria narratives across applications. It fired on this application at a confidence of 0.93. The structured evidence below is everything the check looked at; the determination is the analyst's.

Evidence	Detail
Compared application	GEMS-2027-060496
Similarity	78% token overlap
Matched criteria	Project Readiness; Economic Competitiveness

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-2027-177339
Applicant	Nevada Department of Transportation
Project	High Injury Network Intersection Retrofit (Segment 86)
Requested	$80,300,000
Program	Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program · OST

Adjudication

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Decision

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Applicant history

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

Organization	Nevada Department of Transportation
Applications	4
Total requested	$711.2M
Prior awards	1
Flags cleared	0
Flags substantiated	0
Flags still open	2

Recent audit entries

This flag and its application.

INTEGRITY_FLAG_CLEARED

May 19, 2026 · Rebecca RhodesHuman adjudication: evidence reviewed, no further action.

INTEGRITY_FLAG_RAISED

May 8, 2026 · Priya Okafor

REVIEW_SUBMITTED

Apr 1, 2026 · Rebecca Rhodes

INTEGRITY_FLAG_CLEARED

Jan 26, 2026 · Robert CastleberryHuman adjudication: evidence reviewed, no further action.

INTEGRITY_FLAG_RAISED

Jan 12, 2026 · Priya Okafor