Objective-to-record mapping
Start with the investigative question and convert it into record classes rather than improvised prose.
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST INTELLIGENCE
From investigative question to request strategy.
Public-records work is not clerical correspondence. MODLAN is engineering a governed request-intelligence system that helps experienced investigators convert an objective into the right record families, likely custodians, defensible scope, respectful request language, versioned follow-up and production-preservation workflow.
01OBJECTIVE
02JURISDICTION
03CUSTODIAN
04SCOPE
05FORMAT
06FEES
07GENERATE
08REVIEW
09SUBMIT
10TRACK
11PRODUCE
PRODUCT DIRECTION
Automate the mechanics. Keep investigative judgment human.
The studio is designed to reduce repetitive drafting and routing work without pretending that public-records law is uniform or that software can decide exemptions, entitlement, appeal strategy or agency-specific legal requirements.
Custodian + component routing
Generate routing candidates based on record family, agency level and likely record owner.
Scope precision linting
Flag missing dates, overbroad families, sensitive-record risk, fee/expedite gaps and other avoidable friction before submission.
Respectful request composer
Generate clear, professional request language with clarification, narrowing, rolling-production and segregability language.
Versioned negotiation ledger
Treat every clarification, narrowing, fee decision and status update as part of the request evidence trail.
Production integrity handoff
Move the response directly into V100 receipt hashing, inventory, search, deduplication and investigative analysis.
HUMAN-GOVERNED
The software proposes. The investigator decides.
Before submission, the operator verifies agency, component, governing law, identity requirements, scope, fees, deadlines, sensitive-record authority and the requested production format.
A generated draft never becomes an autonomous request simply because the software produced it.