🔍 Pulling Back the Veil — A Simplified Breakdown
The System in Plain Language:
What is actually happening when you go to court
1
You are born. A record is created in your name — in all capital letters.
The birth certificate is a financial instrument registered with the state. Your all-caps NAME becomes a commercial entity — separate from you, the living person. This entity is pledged as collateral for the national debt via the Federal Reserve system.
2
The court is a commercial entity registered as a federal contractor.
It has a CAGE code, a D-U-N-S number, and is listed in SAM.gov under NAICS code 922110 (Courts). It is not operating as a constitutional Article III court — it is operating as a commercial franchise. Every case that enters it is a commercial transaction.
3
When you are charged, three bonds are created — without your knowledge.
A Bid Bond (the case), a Performance Bond (your obligation), and a Payment Bond (paid to the underwriter). These are real GSA government forms. The "charge" is simultaneously a criminal allegation and a commercial debt instrument — and you are never told which is actually operative.
4
The case is assigned a CUSIP number — making it a tradeable security.
CUSIP (Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures) numbers identify securities for trading. A court case with a CUSIP number is, by definition, a financial instrument — and can be bought, sold, and traded on the bond market. This happens without the knowledge or consent of the party named in the case.
5
The security is deposited into the Federal Reserve via CRIS.
Federal judges sign standing orders routing all cases through the Court Registry Investment System (CRIS) into the Federal Reserve Bank. The case is now a bank deposit earning returns. The judge presiding over "your" case has a financial interest in its outcome — a conflict never disclosed.
⚖ This Has a Name in Law: Barratry
Barratry is the crime of profiting from the
instigation or prolongation of legal proceedings. Under
Florida Statute §877.01 and at common law,
it is a criminal offense. When a judge signs standing orders routing every case
through CRIS — creating a financial return from cases remaining active — the
elements of barratry are present. The financial interest is documented in the
standing orders themselves, which are public record.
See analysis on Meet the Judges ↗
6
Your attorney benefits from the bond — through their IOLTA account.
Every Florida attorney holds an IOLTA trust account under the Florida Bar Foundation's EIN (591004604), not their own. The interest on pooled client funds — including funds related to your case — flows to the Foundation. Your attorney, the judge, and the prosecutor all operate within a commercial system that profits from your case continuing. You are the only party whose interest is purely in resolution.
⚠
None of this was ever disclosed to you — and that is the fraud.
You were never told your case was a commercial transaction. You were never told a CUSIP number would be assigned to it. You were never told the court was a registered federal contractor. You were never told the bond had already been paid by a third-party underwriter. You were never told the judge had a financial interest in the outcome. Every element of contract law — disclosure, consent, transparency — was withheld. That is the legal definition of fraud.
The officials named in the People's Writ of Quo Warranto are the specific agents through whom this system operated in Florida's 18th Judicial Circuit. Without a valid oath, they had no lawful authority to administer these commercial proceedings. Without disclosure of the commercial nature of the proceedings, the Clearfield Doctrine voids every compulsion they attempted. Without a disclosed contract, no performance could be demanded. The Writ is not merely a challenge to their credentials — it is a challenge to the entire undisclosed commercial framework they were operating within.
The Warning — March 20, 1788
Brutus No. 15
Written 236 years before the commercial structure on this page was documented
The Anti-Federalist writer Brutus — in his fifteenth and final essay, published March 20, 1788 — issued what is perhaps the most prophetic warning in American political history. He was writing about the federal judiciary. He was describing, with almost surgical precision, the commercial transformation this page documents.
The Central Warning
"The judicial power will operate to effect, in the most certain, but yet silent and imperceptible manner, what is openly avowed by the rest."
Brutus No. 15 — March 20, 1788 — New York Journal
What "Silent and Imperceptible" Means on This Page
Brutus was not speaking metaphorically. He meant that the courts — unlike the legislature which passes laws in public, or the executive which acts visibly — expand their power through interpretation, through procedure, through institutional accretion. Nobody votes on it. Nobody announces it. It accumulates.
The commercial structure documented on this page — courts registered as Dun & Bradstreet entities, holding CAGE codes as federal contractors, routing money through the Court Registry Investment System, generating revenue through bond issuances tied to the State of Florida's LEI number — did not happen in a single act of Congress. It accumulated. Silently. Imperceptibly. Over generations. Until a citizen in a Seminole County courtroom looked up and discovered that the court hearing his case had a commercial vendor registration in D&B's global database.
Two More Predictions — Both Now Documented
Brutus Predicted — 1788
"The supreme court then have a right, independent of the legislature, to give a construction to the constitution and every part of it, and there is no power provided in this system to correct their construction or do it away."
Brutus No. 15 · Mar. 20, 1788
Documented — 2024–2026
The constitutional question at the center of this site — whether oaths not in the form required by 1 Stat. 23 satisfy Article VI — has never been adjudicated by a federal appellate court. The courts have construed it away by dismissing on immunity grounds. No power has corrected that construction. The question is "unresolved and undefeated" at every level, exactly as Brutus said it would be.
Brutus Predicted — 1788
"There is no power above them to controul any of their decisions. There is no authority that can remove them from office for any errors they may commit."
Brutus No. 15 · Mar. 20, 1788
Documented — 2024–2026
The Florida Attorney General's office — an executive agency — appeared in federal court to defend state judicial officers sued for constitutional violations. No judicial officer named in the People's Writ of Quo Warranto has faced removal proceedings. The oath defects documented by the Florida Department of State itself — in official letters confirming the absence of required records — have produced no disciplinary action.
Brutus was not writing science fiction. He was extrapolating from the text of the proposed Constitution and from what he knew of human nature and institutional behavior. He was outvoted. The Constitution was ratified. Two hundred and thirty-six years later, the commercial structure he said would accumulate silently — has been found, documented, and published here. The surprise is not that he was right. The surprise is that nobody looked until now.
Section XIII — Case Study: Seminole County
The Seminole County Commercial Hierarchy
Documented from D&B Global Registry
Every entity that acted in the Seminole County state court proceedings connected to this case — the courthouse, the clerk, the sheriff's office, the circuit courts themselves — is registered as a commercial entity in Dun & Bradstreet's global commercial database. The following data was confirmed directly from D&B via email on May 27, 2026, and cross-referenced against a comprehensive exhibit spreadsheet compiled in October 2023.
The DUNS (US) vs DUNS (UK/UPIK) Format — What the Dash Means
Every entity in this database has two D-U-N-S formats. The US format is a plain 9-digit number (e.g., 004078374). The UK/UPIK format inserts a dash after the 2nd digit (e.g., 00-407-8374). These are the same number — same entity — but the UPIK format is the Unique Partner Identifier Key used in D&B's international system, including EU procurement, NATO vendor registries, and the UN Global Marketplace.
The 2-digit prefix (e.g., "00", "06", "78") is D&B's international country/region routing prefix. Every Florida government entity documented here — from the State of Florida down to Seminole County Animal Services — is identifiable as a commercial entity in international procurement systems through this UPIK number. A county sheriff's office in Sanford, Florida is commercially identifiable in the European Commission's vendor database and the UN Global Marketplace.
Complete Entity Registry — Exhibit Spreadsheet · Compiled October 2023 · Updated May 2026
| Entity |
EIN / FEI |
D-U-N-S® (US) |
D-U-N-S® (UPIK/Global) |
Notes |
| State of Florida |
59-6001874 |
004078374 |
00-407-8374 |
Named in judicial oath · 400 S Monroe St, Tallahassee |
| Government of The United States of America |
52-0645030 |
052714196 † |
00-407-8374 · OE015146 ★ |
Named in judicial oath · ★ UK Companies House Overseas Entity (filed Jan 19 2023, withdrawn Jan 18 2026) · Legal Form: Government Department · Beneficial Owner: The Government of The United States of America · †2023 data; current DUNS: 161906193 |
| County of Seminole |
not recorded |
067834358 |
06-783-4358 |
Parent/HQ · 1101 E 1st St, Sanford · Confirmed May 2026 |
| Seminole County Clerk of Court |
59-6000857 |
789536583 |
78-953-6583 |
301 N Park Ave · Has own EIN · Processed all case filings |
| Seminole County Sheriff's Office |
59-3720120 |
002302680 |
00-230-2680 |
100 Eslinger Way · Own EIN · UK address differs: 110 E 7th St, Chuluota FL |
| County of Seminole — Criminal Justice Center |
not recorded |
030585225 |
03-058-5225 |
101 Bush Loop · Superintendent: Charles Tabscott |
| Judiciary Courts Of The State Of Florida |
not recorded |
360706212 |
36-070-6212 |
500 S Duval St, Tallahassee · Florida Office of the State Courts Administrator |
| State of Florida Justice Administrative Commission |
59-3751857 |
879342236 |
31-322-1731 ‡ |
‡ UPIK links to "State of Florida Dept. of Commerce" — name mismatch in D&B international records |
| Florida Bar |
59-0614712 |
079196374 |
07-919-6374 § |
§ Second UPIK exists: 314478189 — same entity, two separate international registrations |
| FL Dept. of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles |
59-2870670 |
809396716 |
80-939-6716 |
2900 Apalachee Pkwy, Tallahassee · Issues driver licenses and vehicle registrations |
| Dept. of Corrections Florida |
not recorded |
026050554 |
02-605-0554 |
7071 NW 237th St, Starke FL · Only in global D&B — not in US portal |
† Government of the United States DUNS discrepancy: 2023 spreadsheet shows 052714196 (1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Biden administration). Current confirmed DUNS is 161906193 (EIN 52-0645030, D-U-N-S 161906193, SAM.gov Parent UEI NW2RJN8TQQW1). Investigation ongoing — may be two separate registrations. ·
‡ JAC UPIK 31-322-1731 links to "State of Florida Dept. of Commerce" in D&B international records — entity name mismatch in global system. ·
§ Florida Bar has two UPIK numbers: 07-919-6374 and 314478189 — two separate international commercial identities for the same entity.
Seminole County, Florida · D&B Global Commercial Registry · All D-U-N-S Confirmed May 27, 2026
Confirmed D-U-N-S Numbers — Primary Hierarchy
| D-U-N-S® |
Entity |
Address |
D&B Classification |
Significance |
| 067834358 |
County of Seminole |
1101 E 1st St, Sanford 32771 |
Parent/Headquarters |
Apex of entire Seminole County commercial hierarchy |
| 019018686 |
Seminole County Tax Collector |
1101 E 1st St, Sanford 32771 |
Parent/Headquarters |
Separate commercial parent — not a branch of County of Seminole |
| 364632984 |
Judiciary Courts Of The State Of Florida |
301 N Park Ave, Sanford 32771 |
Branch/Division ⚠ contradictory status |
The courthouse where case hearings were held — D&B shows simultaneously Active and Out of Business |
| 040125107 |
Circuit Court Clerk |
101 Bush Loop, Sanford 32773 |
Single Location — Active |
Processed all filings in the state court proceedings |
| 055537278 |
County of Seminole — Sheriff's Office |
100 Eslinger Way, Sanford 32773 |
Branch/Division — Active |
Dispatched officers pursuant to warrant issued from 301 N Park Ave |
| 028833023 |
County of Seminole — Animal Services |
150 Bush Loop, Sanford 32773 |
Branch/Division — Active |
Same address complex as Circuit Court Clerk |
Out of Business Entities — 101 Bush Loop, Sanford 32773
| D-U-N-S® |
Entity |
Classification |
Note |
| 017227472 |
18 JUDICAL COURTDS |
Single Location — Out of Business |
18th Judicial Circuit — misspelled in D&B database — defunct commercial registration at criminal justice complex |
| 005595008 |
Court TV |
Single Location — Out of Business |
Commercial entity registered at courthouse address — not the cable network — nature of operations unknown |
| pending |
Criminal Justice Center |
Single Location — Out of Business |
The facility itself had its own commercial registration — now defunct |
| pending |
Seminole County Road Operations |
Single Location — Out of Business |
Road operations registered at courthouse complex — now defunct |
The Courthouse — Contradictory Commercial Status
The Seminole County Courthouse (301 N Park Ave) has a single D-U-N-S number — 364632984 — that D&B simultaneously classifies as Branch/Division Active and Single Location Out of Business. The court that issued orders in the state proceedings connected to this case has a commercial registration that D&B's own database cannot consistently classify.
The Tax Collector — Independent Commercial Parent
The Seminole County Tax Collector (D-U-N-S 019018686) is registered as its own Parent/Headquarters — not as a Branch beneath County of Seminole. The body that collects revenue from Seminole County residents is an independent commercial parent entity in D&B's global system, commercially separate from the county government itself.
D&B Taxonomy Note — Global Registry
All classifications — Parent/Headquarters, Branch/Division, Single Location, Out of Business — are Dun & Bradstreet's own commercial taxonomy retrieved from their global database (dunsnumberlookup.dnb.com). These are not assertions of this site. All D-U-N-S numbers were confirmed by direct D&B email confirmation on May 27, 2026. The same entities appear in D&B's global database accessible through international portals — making them identifiable as commercial entities in international procurement systems worldwide including the UN Global Marketplace, European procurement systems, and NATO vendor registries.
301 N Park Ave, Sanford FL 32771 — The Courthouse — Full D&B Profile
D&B's global database shows at least 10 separate commercial registrations at 301 N Park Ave — the Seminole County Courthouse. This includes three active Florida judiciary entries, five County of Seminole Branch/Division entries, one defunct judiciary entry, and one private law firm — all commercially registered at the same courthouse address.
Florida Judiciary — 4 entries
Judiciary Courts Of The State Of Florida — Branch/Division Active (×2)
JUDICIARY COURTS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA — Branch/Division Active (all-caps)
Judiciary Courts Of The State Of Florida — Single Location Out of Business
County of Seminole — 5 entries
Five separate County of Seminole Branch/Division registrations at the courthouse address — each with its own D-U-N-S number. The county government has five commercial registrations inside its own courthouse.
Private Entity — 1 entry
STEINBERG NELSON, DEBRA PA — Single Location Active — a private attorney's Professional Association commercially registered at the courthouse address.
What This Means
A constitutional courthouse that claims to administer public justice is simultaneously registered as a commercial address in an international procurement database — co-habited with private firms and county departments under D&B commercial classifications.
§ Reference Briefing
Florida's Downstream Commercial Entities
The following entities are identified in D&B global registry records as commercial sub-entities
operating within the State of Florida's commercial hierarchy. Each carries a confirmed D-U-N-S
number and — where documented — an international UPIK identifier placing it in NATO, EU,
and UN procurement systems.
Parent entity: State of Florida · EIN 59-6001874 · D-U-N-S 004078374 · UPIK 00-407-8374
1 — Administrative & Regulatory Sub-Entities
These entities manage the data and licensing functions that serve as the "downstream"
destination for vital records data flowing out of the birth registration pipeline.
FL Dept. Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles
Specifically identified as a downstream user of NCHS vital records data. Receives birth registration data through the NAPHSIS/EVVE pipeline — one of the documented end-point agencies for the information initiated by hospital birth clerks. Registered at 2900 Apalachee Pkwy, Tallahassee.
EIN 59-2870670
D-U-N-S 809396716
UPIK 80-939-6716
Pipeline Role
Downstream User
The Florida Bar
Holds two separate international UPIK registrations — a dual commercial footprint in global systems that is anomalous for a state-chartered professional licensing body. The two UPIK numbers represent distinct entries in D&B's international database.
EIN 59-0614712
D-U-N-S 079196374
UPIK 07-919-6374
UPIK 314478189 ②
Dept. of Corrections Florida
Presents a significant visibility anomaly: this entity appears in the global D&B database but is not found in the standard U.S. portal. Its primary commercial visibility is international — suggesting the entity's commercial registration is oriented toward global rather than domestic procurement systems.
D-U-N-S 026050554
Global D&B only · not in US portal
2 — Judicial & Legal Infrastructure
The bodies overseeing state legal proceedings and judicial personnel are themselves
registered as commercial entities in global registries.
Judiciary Courts of the State of Florida
The State Courts Administrator's office is registered as a commercial entity at 500 S Duval St, Tallahassee — the administrative apex of the Florida court system carries a commercial identifier placing it in international procurement databases.
D-U-N-S 360706212
UPIK 36-070-6212
Address
500 S Duval St
Tallahassee
⚠ Name Mismatch in Global Registry
State of FL Justice Administrative Commission
Manages the financial and payroll functions of the Florida judiciary. Its U.S. D-U-N-S is registered to the Commission — but its international UPIK links to "FL Dept. of Commerce", a different entity entirely. This name mismatch in D&B's global system raises questions about which entity the international registration actually represents.
EIN 59-3751857
D-U-N-S 879342236
UPIK 31-322-1731 → "FL Dept. of Commerce"
3 — County-Level Commercial "Franchises"
County-level offices operate as subordinate commercial units within the broader state framework —
each carrying its own commercial identifier while reporting upward to the County of Seminole
parent entity (D-U-N-S 067834358).
Seminole County Clerk of Court
Maintains its own EIN — a separate tax identity from the county — and processed all case filings in the underlying proceedings. Registered at 301 N Park Ave, Sanford.
EIN 59-6000857
D-U-N-S 789536583
UPIK 78-953-6583
⚠ Geographic Anomaly
Seminole County Sheriff's Office
U.S. registration at 100 Eslinger Way, Sanford. However, the UK D&B registry entry lists a different address — 110 E 7th St, Chuluota, FL — for the same entity. A domestic law enforcement office with a U.K. commercial registry entry at a divergent address.
EIN 59-3720120
D-U-N-S 002302680
UPIK 00-230-2680
UK entry: 110 E 7th St, Chuluota FL
Seminole County Tax Collector
Registered as Independent Parent/HQ — a classification separate from the general County of Seminole commercial registration. This means it sits at the apex of its own commercial sub-hierarchy, not as a branch of the county.
D-U-N-S 019018686
Independent Parent/HQ
Classification
Independent HQ
4 — Downstream Data Flow & Documented Payment
Data Distribution
Information initiated by hospital birth clerks is eventually sold and distributed to agencies like the DMV and Medicaid through the NAPHSIS/EVVE system. The entities above are the documented recipients at the end of that pipeline.
Documented Payment Flows
The movement of vital records data between state agencies and private companies is characterized by documented payment flows — public administrative acts functioning as commercial transactions with a market price at each stage.
Branch / Division — The Recurring Pattern
A recurring classification across these entities in D&B's global database is
Branch/Division — meaning the entity is a subordinate unit with a
commercial superior above it. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Orlando and the Supreme Court
of the United States both appear only as Branch locations. By definition, Branch/Division
cannot exist without a Parent/Headquarters entity above it — one that is not identified
in publicly accessible records.
§ Reference Briefing
The Vendor-Customer Model — Agencies & Private Downstream Users
The birth registration pipeline is not merely an administrative data-sharing system.
The sources document a commercialized structure where vital records data is treated as
a proprietary commodity — distributed for payment from government
registrars to private end-users.
Documented Commercial Data Pipeline
Origin
Hospital Birth Clerk
EBRS entry
Registrar
State Vital Records + SSA
SSN assigned
Commercial Hub
NAPHSIS / EVVE
"distributes and sells access"
Secondary
NCHS
re-distributes
End Users
DMV · Medicaid · Voter Reg. · Private Cos.
documented payment flows
Source: HHS/NCVHS Report, January 2018 · 42 U.S.C. 242k(k)
Finding 1
NAPHSIS/EVVE as Commercial Hub
NAPHSIS is not merely a data-sharing intermediary — the sources state it "distributes and sells access" to birth registration data. The word "sells" establishes a vendor-customer relationship, not an intergovernmental data agreement.
Finding 2
Private Companies as Documented Recipients
The sources explicitly include private companies alongside DMV, Medicaid, and Voter Registration as end-point recipients. This places for-profit entities on equal footing with government agencies as buyers of state-registered birth data.
Finding 3
Payment Flows — Not Data Sharing
The sources distinguish between sharing and selling. The defining characteristic of these relationships is "documented payment flows" — money moving between government data holders and private companies in exchange for access to state birth records.
Monetization of the Legal Fiction
Within the broader commercial argument, this vendor-customer structure is significant
because the underlying asset being bought and sold is the birth certificate
— alleged to be a commercial instrument rather than merely a vital record.
The data generated by registration creates the NAME in all capitals
— the legal fiction that moves through government and commercial databases as a numbered
asset. The sources argue this entity is pledged as collateral against the national debt,
while simultaneously generating documented revenue for the agencies that distribute access
to its registration record. The individual is enrolled, numbered, sold, and collateralized —
all before they can speak.
Summary — The Vendor-Customer Model
The relationship between state agencies and private downstream users is a
vendor-customer model in which personal data initiated at birth
is a proprietary asset that generates documented revenue for the distributors within
the hierarchy. Government agencies are the vendors. Private companies are the customers.
The product is the registered identity of every person born in the United States.
§ Reference Briefing
Private Data Aggregators — The Named End-Users
Research Note — DUNS vs. UEI
Effective April 4, 2022, the federal government retired DUNS numbers for
contractor identification, replacing them with the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)
— a 12-character alphanumeric code issued directly by SAM.gov (2 CFR Part 25). For entities
that predate the transition, both a legacy DUNS and a current UEI may exist. D-U-N-S numbers
for private companies require a Dun & Bradstreet database subscription to confirm; EINs
are drawn from SEC filings and are publicly verifiable.
The following private companies are the documented or identified end-point recipients
of vital records data flowing through the NAPHSIS/EVVE pipeline. Where a company's own
public filings or regulatory records explicitly confirm vital records data collection,
that confirmation is noted. Commercial identifiers are drawn from SEC EDGAR, CFPB registry,
and state procurement records.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc.
Subsidiary of RELX plc (London) · Alpharetta, GA
Vital Records — Self-Confirmed
"Vital Records (birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates)" — listed explicitly as a data category in LexisNexis Risk Solutions' own consumer data access policies, confirming direct collection and processing of the same records produced by the birth registration pipeline.
Source: risk.lexisnexis.com/consumer-and-data-access-policies
Operates the Accurint database — one of the most extensive consumer identity databases in the United States, drawing from public records, vital records, insurance data, and non-public sources. Serves government agencies, law enforcement, financial institutions, and insurers. Also sells D&B FEIN data (EIN/DUNS cross-reference) to its own government clients through a licensed data product.
EIN 41-1815880
CFPB Registered CRA
SIC 7372
RELX parent: NYSE: RELX
Equifax Inc.
formerly Retail Credit Co. · 1550 Peachtree St NW, Atlanta, GA · founded 1899
SIC 7320 · Consumer Credit Reporting
One of the three dominant consumer credit bureaus. Collects and sells identity, credit, employment, and public records data on virtually every American adult. The CFPB lists Equifax as a consumer reporting agency subject to Fair Credit Reporting Act oversight. Originally incorporated as Retail Credit Company — its legacy name documents the company's origin as a commercial data merchant on individuals.
EIN 58-0401110
SEC CIK 0000033185
NYSE: EFX
CFPB Registered CRA
TransUnion LLC
555 W Adams St, Chicago, IL · NYSE: TRU
SIC 7320 · Consumer Credit Reporting
Second of the three dominant consumer credit bureaus. Maintains identity and credit files on approximately 200 million U.S. consumers. Operates the TLO data platform (acquired 2014) — a law enforcement and government data service built on public records including vital records, property records, and court filings. CFPB-registered consumer reporting agency.
EIN 26-0437787
NYSE: TRU
CFPB Registered CRA
Experian Information Solutions Inc.
475 Anton Blvd, Costa Mesa, CA · Parent: Experian plc (Dublin / London)
SIC 7320 · Consumer Credit Reporting
Third of the three dominant consumer credit bureaus. Collects data on approximately 235 million U.S. consumers and 25 million businesses. Operates Experian Data Quality and government data services divisions. Parent company Experian plc is incorporated in Ireland and listed in London — a foreign-owned entity holding commercial data on the majority of Americans.
EIN 84-1687242
CFPB Registered CRA
Foreign parent: Ireland / London
Thomson Reuters Special Services LLC
McLean, VA · operates CLEAR law enforcement data platform
Government & Law Enforcement Data
Operates CLEAR — a law enforcement data platform that aggregates public records including vital records, court filings, property records, and commercial registrations for government and law enforcement subscribers. CLEAR is marketed directly to state agencies including DMV and court systems — the same government entities that receive data from the NAPHSIS/EVVE pipeline — creating a feedback loop between data received from the pipeline and data re-sold to government subscribers.
Parent: Thomson Reuters Corp (Toronto)
Foreign parent: Canada
D-U-N-S Number Access Note
Specific D-U-N-S numbers for private companies require a paid Dun & Bradstreet database
subscription to confirm. Unlike government entities — where D-U-N-S numbers surface in
procurement records, SAM.gov registrations, and UPIK international directories — private
firm DUNS entries are not freely accessible. The EINs and SEC identifiers above are drawn
from public SEC EDGAR filings and are independently verifiable. For DUNS verification,
the D&B Business Directory at dnb.com or a PACER/federal procurement search against
each company's SAM.gov UEI registration is the appropriate primary source.
Key Finding — Foreign Ownership of American Identity Data
Of the five primary private aggregators documented here: LexisNexis is owned by
RELX plc (London); Experian is incorporated in Ireland, listed in London;
Thomson Reuters is headquartered in Toronto. Three of the five dominant
private holders of American vital records data and consumer identity files are
foreign-owned entities — operating under U.S. regulatory licenses while
their parent companies are domiciled outside U.S. jurisdiction.
§ Current Intelligence · May 2026
State of Florida — SAM.gov Commercial Status
Deep Research · May 2026
Source: SAM.gov · 22 Federal Filings · UEI Transition Complete
Executive Summary
As of May 2026, the State of Florida and its constituent agencies operate within a
highly integrated federal commercial framework.
The transition from legacy DUNS to the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) is now total.
The state's internal accounting is being restructured via Florida PALM
to align with these commercial registries — legally defining which government
"component units" are reported as commercial assets on audited financial statements.
Confirmed Active Commercial Registrations
| Entity |
UEI |
CAGE |
Commercial Significance |
| FL Dept. of Financial Services Primary commercial hub |
LR3CBBHMAXM5 |
4C3K6 |
Manages direct grant portfolio of $427.6 million including FEMA and Forest Service awards |
| State of Florida — Alternate Account Non-aggregated allocations |
UVX6XMQYAUV3 |
— |
Handles State & Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) — $8.8 billion in confirmed obligations |
| State of Florida (D&B legacy) 400 S Monroe St, Tallahassee |
— |
— |
D-U-N-S 004078374 · UPIK 00-407-8374 · EIN 59-6001874 · Named in judicial oath |
Five Key Findings — May 2026
1
UEI Transition Complete
The DUNS→UEI transition is total as of 2026. All Florida agency federal procurement interactions now route through SAM.gov-issued UEI numbers. Legacy DUNS numbers remain in D&B's global database (and UPIK international registries) but are no longer the federal procurement identifier.
2
Florida PALM Replacing FLAIR
Florida is undergoing mandatory transition to Florida PALM (Planning, Accounting, and Ledger Management) — a unified financial system replacing the legacy FLAIR system. PALM requires all state agency SAM.gov registrations (CAGE codes, EINs, and UEIs) to align perfectly with the state's internal ledger records, integrating commercial registry identity with government accounting at the system level.
3
Administrative Shift · March 6, 2026
SAM.gov Exclusion Monitoring Crisis
On March 6, 2026, the GSA removed the "Additional Comments" qualitative field from SAM.gov exclusions. This forces state procurement officers to conduct manual secondary verifications with federal agencies to determine the exact scope of a vendor's debarment. A "no matches found" result in SAM.gov can no longer be treated as a clean clearance — written confirmation from the excluding federal agency is now required for any contract exceeding $30,000.
4
Global Identifiability Confirmed — 2026
Florida government entities remain identifiable in international procurement registries — NATO, United Nations, and European Union — via the UPIK/D-U-N-S format. The UEI transition does not remove entities from the D&B global database; it adds a second commercial identifier layer while legacy DUNS/UPIK numbers remain active in international systems.
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Form DFS-A1-1833 — Reporting Entity Determination
Florida PALM integration requires submission of Form DFS-A1-1833 (Reporting Entity Determination). These filings legally define which "component units" of the government are reported as commercial assets on the state's audited financial statements — making the commercial/governmental boundary a matter of formal legal declaration, not inference.
Strategic Recommendations — May 2026
Recommendation 1
Automated Validation via Federal Assistance Listings API
Leverage the modernized Federal Assistance Listings API (deployed February 2026) for automated matching of sub-recipient registration files with federal records — preventing the "naming mismatches" currently documented in Florida judiciary D-U-N-S records.
Recommendation 2
Secondary Exclusion Protocols
Following the March 6, 2026 removal of qualitative data from SAM.gov exclusions, a "no matches found" result is no longer sufficient. For any contract exceeding $30,000, written confirmation must be secured from the excluding federal agency to verify no FASCSA Orders or Treasury restrictions apply.
Recommendation 3
Monitor Florida PALM Filings
Anyone interacting with Florida's fiscal systems should monitor Form DFS-A1-1833 submissions. These filings define which government component units are being reported as commercial assets on audited financial statements — making the state's own declarations the primary evidence of commercial status.
Recommendation 4
90-Day Proactive Renewal Policy
SAM.gov registrations expire every 365 days with current validation windows of 10–14 business days. A 90-day renewal notification policy prevents "Out of Business" status anomalies — the same anomaly currently documented in the 18th Judicial Circuit's commercial records ("18 JUDICAL COURTDS").
Significance — PALM Alignment
The Florida PALM transition is not merely an accounting software upgrade. By requiring that
all state agency CAGE codes, EINs, and UEIs align with internal ledger records, PALM creates
a formal legal equivalence between a government entity's commercial registry identity
and its budgetary/financial identity. Form DFS-A1-1833 — the Reporting Entity
Determination — is the document where the state itself declares which of its component units
are commercial assets. This is primary evidence, not argument.