📜 Where every number comes from

No figure on this site is typed from memory. Every changing number lives in a versioned rule pack transcribed from its official source, stamped with the date we verified it, and republished verbatim as machine-readable JSON at /rulepacks/index.json so anyone — including AI assistants — can audit us.

Pack	Agency	Official source	Effective	Verified	Status
dfas-pay-2025	DFAS/DoD	DFAS Military Pay Table Archives — awaiting the archived CY2025 Basic Pay tables (the operative CY2025 table is effective April 1, 2025). As of 2026-07-30 the DFAS archive ends at Jan 1, 2023 and the live DFAS pay-table pages carry only CY2026 rates.	2025-04-01	2026-07-30	⚠ pending
dfas-pay-2026	DFAS/DoD	DFAS Military Pay Tables — 2026 Basic Pay (Commissioned Officers, Officers w/ >4 Yrs Creditable Service, Warrant Officers, Enlisted Members), effective January 1, 2026	2026-01-01	2026-07-30	✓ verified
fpl-2026	HHS	HHS ASPE — 2026 Poverty Guidelines (published in the Federal Register 2026-01-15)	2026-01-15	2026-07-30	✓ verified
fers-rules	OPM	OPM — FERS computation, eligibility, creditable service & annuitant pamphlet	2026-01-01	2026-07-30	✓ verified
opm-gs-base-2025	OPM	Salary Table 2025-GS	2025-01-01	2026-07-30	✓ verified
opm-gs-base-2026	OPM	Salary Table 2026-GS	2026-01-01	2026-07-30	✓ verified
opm-gs-localities-2025	OPM	OPM 2025 General Schedule locality pay tables index	2025-01-01	2026-07-30	✓ verified
opm-gs-localities-2026	OPM	OPM 2026 General Schedule locality pay tables index	2026-01-01	2026-07-30	✓ verified
ssa-2026	SSA	SSA — 2026 COLA information + OACT bend points + 20 CFR 404.621	2026-01-01	2026-07-30	✓ verified
ssa-state-stats	SSA	SSA — OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, December 2024 (Tables 2 & 3)	2024-12-01	2026-07-30	✓ verified
tsp-2026	TSP/IRS	IRS Notice 2025-67 (2026 retirement plan limits) + TSP.gov contribution pages	2026-01-01	2026-07-30	✓ verified
snap-national-fy2026	USDA-FNS	USDA FNS/FNA — SNAP Fiscal Year 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustments (FY26 tables: maximum allotments & deductions, income eligibility standards, minimum allotments, AK/HI/GU/VI allotments)	2025-10-01	2026-07-30	✓ verified
snap-states-2026	USDA-FNS	USDA FNS/FNA — SNAP State Directory of Resources (per-state pages fetched 2026-07-30) + Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (BBCE) States Chart, last updated June 2026	2026-07-30	2026-07-30	✓ verified
va-rates-2024	VA	VA.gov — Past rates: 2024 Veterans disability compensation rates	2023-12-01	2026-07-30	✓ verified
va-rates-2025	VA	VA.gov — Past rates: 2025 Veterans disability compensation rates	2024-12-01	2026-07-30	✓ verified
va-rates-2026	VA	VA.gov — Current Veterans disability compensation rates	2025-12-01	2026-07-30	✓ verified
gibill-2026	VA-GIBILL	VA.gov — Post-9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33) rates	2025-08-01	2026-07-30	✓ verified

Note: the per-locality GS tables and BAH data files are packaged separately for performance; they carry the same envelope and appear in the JSON index. A pack past its expected update date shows "update pending" here and on every page that uses it — stale never fails silent.