3538 governance decisions are pending. Untriaged governance backlogs block artifact lifecycle changes and accountability.
## Acceptance criteria (recommended — see 'Broader latitude' below)
- 25 governance decisions are reviewed and advanced, rejected, or escalated
- Each decision has a rationale tied to evidence_json or affected artifact state
- Remaining pending governance decisions is <= 3513
## Before starting
1. Read this task's spec file and check for duplicate recent work.
2. Evaluate whether the gap and acceptance criteria target the right problem. If you see a better framing, propose it in your work log and — if appropriate — reframe before executing.
3. Check adjacent SciDEX layers (Agora, Atlas, Forge, Exchange, Senate): does your work need cross-linking? Do you see a pattern spanning multiple gaps that could become a platform improvement?
## Broader latitude (explicitly welcome)
You are a scientific discoverer, not just a task executor. Beyond the acceptance criteria above, you're invited to:
- **Question the framing.** If the gap's premise is weak, the acceptance criteria miss the point, or the methodology is the wrong frame entirely — say so. Propose a reframe with justification.
- **Propose structural improvements.** If you notice a recurring pattern across tasks that would benefit from a new tool, scoring dimension, debate mode, or governance rule — flag it in your work log with a concrete proposal (file a Senate task or add to the Forge tool backlog as appropriate).
- **Propose algorithmic improvements.** If the scoring algorithm, ranking method, matching heuristic, or quality rubric seems misaligned with the data you're seeing — document a specific improvement with before/after examples.
- **Strengthen artifacts beyond the minimum.** Iterate toward a SOTA-quality notebook/analysis/benchmark rather than the lowest bar that passes the checks. Fewer high-quality artifacts beat many shallow ones.
Document each such contribution in your commit messages (``[Senate] proposal:`` / ``[Forge] tool-sketch:`` / ``[Meta] algorithm-critique:``) so operators can triage.