PRIA Editorial Standards
David Duley· Founder & CEO
Published March 29, 2026 · Updated March 29, 2026
Reviewed by Jon Ragsdale for factual accuracy, source quality, and clarity.
Review Standard
This page reflects PRIA's public editorial approach. PRIA content is written by a named author, reviewed by a second member of the PRIA founding team, based on primary sources when possible, and updated when policy changes make revisions necessary.
Reviewer for this page: Jon Ragsdale
PRIA covers policy, personal finance, retirement, taxes, healthcare, and other high-stakes topics that affect real households. That means trust matters. This page explains how PRIA approaches authorship, review, sourcing, and updates so readers can understand how our content is produced.
What PRIA Is Trying to Do
PRIA exists to make policy personal. Most policy coverage explains what government is doing in broad terms. PRIA focuses on a different question: what does this mean for your household?
That is the standard behind our editorial work. PRIA is not trying to be a generic personal finance publisher or a political commentary site. PRIA's editorial goal is to help people understand policy risk, monitor it, and make better decisions with more confidence.
Named Authors on Every Important Page
PRIA does not publish anonymous editorial content on important policy-risk topics. Core explainers, planning guides, calculators, and high-stakes updates should all have a named author.
Authors are selected based on subject matter relevance. For foundational pages about policy risk and its implications for household finances, PRIA often publishes under David Duley, PRIA's founder. Other pages may be authored by Jon Ragsdale or other qualified contributors as PRIA's editorial team grows.
Second-Person Review Before Publication
PRIA uses a two-person review standard for high-stakes editorial content. Every important page is reviewed by a second member of the PRIA founding team before it is considered publication-ready.
The default review rule is simple:
- If David Duley is the author, Jon Ragsdale is the reviewer.
- If Jon Ragsdale is the author, David Duley is the reviewer.
Review focuses on factual accuracy, source quality, clarity, and whether the page distinguishes clearly between current law, proposals, projections, and interpretation.
How PRIA Uses Sources
PRIA prefers primary sources whenever possible. For policy and financial topics, that usually means government documents, official agency publications, public legislative records, trustees reports, and regulatory text.
Common PRIA sources include:
- Social Security Administration
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Internal Revenue Service
- Congress.gov
- Federal Register
- Congressional Budget Office
- Treasury and Federal Reserve data
Secondary sources may be used selectively for context, but PRIA does not rely on recycled summaries when the primary record is available.
Current Law, Proposals, and Projections Are Not the Same Thing
PRIA works hard to separate what is in force now from what has been proposed, what is projected, and what PRIA is interpreting from available evidence.
That distinction matters. A tax bill under debate is not current law. A trust fund depletion projection is not the same as enacted benefit cuts. A regulatory proposal is not the same as a final rule. PRIA aims to make those boundaries clear in both the copy and the page structure.
How PRIA Approaches Updates
Policy moves. PRIA updates pages when material changes affect the accuracy or usefulness of the content. When that happens, PRIA displays the most recent update date on the page.
Some pages are relatively stable, like foundational explainers. Others, like policy updates and calculators, may require more frequent revisions because the underlying rules, thresholds, or assumptions have changed.
How PRIA Structures Content for Clarity
PRIA writes pages to be useful to readers first, but also to be legible to search engines and answer engines. That means core pages usually include a direct answer near the top, clear section headings, explicit comparisons between related concepts, visible sourcing, and structured data when appropriate.
For example, PRIA aims to define a term clearly, explain how it differs from nearby concepts, show why it matters, and give the reader a practical next step. That helps people get answers quickly and helps machines interpret the page more accurately.
What PRIA Expects From Every Important Page
- A clear author
- A second-person review
- Published and updated dates
- A direct answer near the top
- Enough depth to fully satisfy the search intent
- Internal links to related PRIA explainers, tools, or product paths
- Visible trust and source signals on high-stakes pages
- Clear distinction between enacted law, proposals, and projections
How This Connects to PRIA Products
PRIA's editorial content is meant to help readers understand policy before they ever buy anything. But good content should also help readers know what to do next.
Readers who want to begin with one issue can start with a Free Policy Watch. Readers who want broader year-round monitoring across taxes, healthcare, retirement, budget, and more can move to PRIA Full Coverage.
Questions About This Standard
Readers who want to understand how PRIA applies these standards can start with What is Policy Risk?, review PRIA's Policy Risk Planning guide, or explore Behind the Curtain for public research.