Two days after a permitting OSINT memo ships, several cited vendor URLs return 404. What citation practice should have been in the report?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Web pages move like sandwich boards on a windy street. If you do not write down when you looked and stash an archive copy, the sign is gone and so is your proof. Dates plus archives keep a permitting memo honest after the live link dies.
Full Explanation
Public web sources are perishable. Durable civic citations include the URL, the retrieval date, and an archive or saved capture when the record must last. Homepage-only citations, omitted locators, and frozen 'still live' wording all fail later review. When a 404 appears, the archive and timestamp show what the analyst actually saw.