{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.2",
  "data": {
    "title": "Headcount Freeze or Budget Cancellation",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-004"
    ],
    "content": "# Headcount Freeze or Budget Cancellation\n\nExecutive leadership or finance halts all new hires across division due to macroeconomic factors or revenue shifts mid-interview process.\n\n### Structural Context\n- **Actor:** `policy`\n- **Nature:** `rule`\n- **Removability:** `none`\n\n### Causal Relations\n- Amplifies `M-006` — Stale or Orphaned Job Requisition\n- Masks `M-001` — Genuine Technical Skill Shortfall\n- Masks `M-002` — Stronger Competing Candidate in Final Cohort\n\n### Non-Inferences\n- Candidate performance in interview was not the causal trigger for process termination.",
    "id": "M-007",
    "type": "mechanism",
    "summary": "Executive leadership or finance halts all new hires across division due to macroeconomic factors or revenue shifts mid-interview process.",
    "operates_at": [
      "B-008",
      "B-010",
      "B-012"
    ],
    "emissions": [
      {
        "artifact": "A-003",
        "fidelity": "direct",
        "likelihood": "high",
        "evidence": [
          "EVD-004"
        ]
      },
      {
        "artifact": "A-011",
        "fidelity": "direct",
        "likelihood": "high",
        "evidence": [
          "EVD-004"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "facets": {
      "actor": "policy",
      "nature": "rule",
      "visibility": "inferable",
      "removability": "none"
    },
    "amplifies": [
      "M-006"
    ],
    "masks": [
      "M-001",
      "M-002"
    ],
    "evidence_level": "established",
    "honest_baseline": false,
    "non_inferences": [
      "Candidate performance in interview was not the causal trigger for process termination."
    ]
  }
}