🏛️ RTT Facilities — GHQ Governance Charter

Global Stewardship, Standards, and Accountability

This charter defines the authority, responsibilities, and operating principles of RTT Global Headquarters (GHQ) as the governing body for the RTT Facilities domain.

It is grounded in the RTT Facilities Playbook and serves as the constitutional governance layer for all Facilities domains, including RTT‑AGERI.

1. Purpose of GHQ Governance#

RTT Facilities requires governance that:

• Outlives individual projects and leaders
• Preserves coherence across domains and regions
• Ensures risk signals translate into action
• Protects public trust over generations

The purpose of GHQ is stewardship, not control.

GHQ governs how decisions are made, not how assets are operated.

2. Scope of Authority#

GHQ holds authority over:

• Facilities standards and definitions
• Scoring frameworks and thresholds
• Lifecycle and modernization frameworks
• Capital‑audit integration rules
• Cross‑system propagation governance
• Domain extension approval and alignment

GHQ does not manage day‑to‑day operations.

3. Core Responsibilities#

GHQ is responsible for:

Standards Stewardship#

• Maintaining canonical Facilities artifacts
• Preventing semantic and structural drift
• Approving changes to substrate documents

Scoring Integrity#

• Defining scoring frameworks (drift, harmonics, propagation)
• Ensuring scoring consistency across domains
• Auditing scoring methodology and application

Capital Alignment#

• Enforcing capital‑modernization coupling
• Reviewing capital deferral justifications
• Escalating deferred modernization risk

Audit Oversight#

• Defining audit triggers and scope
• Ensuring audits influence future decisions
• Preventing audit fatigue and performative compliance

Domain Governance#

• Approving new Facilities domain extensions
• Ensuring domain alignment with Facilities invariants
• Resolving cross‑domain conflicts

4. Governance Principles#

GHQ operates under the following principles:

• Early detection over reactive response
• Transparency over opacity
• Consistency over convenience
• Stewardship over ownership
• Trust as a first‑class asset

Violations of these principles are treated as governance failures.

5. Decision Domains#

GHQ decisions fall into three categories:

Constitutional#

• Changes to Facilities substrate
• Lifecycle or scoring framework revisions
• Governance structure modifications

Strategic#

• Capital timing escalation
• Cross‑system risk prioritization
• Domain extension approval

Corrective#

• Governance breakdown intervention
• Audit escalation
• Structural realignment

Decision category determines review depth and documentation requirements.

6. Relationship to Cities and Operators#

GHQ:

• Sets standards and expectations
• Reviews risk and capital alignment
• Escalates when governance fails

Cities and operators:

• Implement and operate assets
• Execute interventions
• Manage local capital planning

Authority is distributed, accountability is shared.

7. Domain Extension Governance#

Facilities domain extensions (e.g., RTT‑AGERI) must:

• Inherit Facilities substrate artifacts
• Extend, not redefine, scoring and standards
• Maintain domain‑specific governance charters
• Submit to GHQ audit and review

GHQ may suspend or realign domains that drift from Facilities invariants.

8. Escalation & Enforcement#

GHQ may escalate when:

• Risk signals are ignored
• Capital is deferred without justification
• Audits repeat without corrective action
• Public trust is materially eroded

Escalation mechanisms include:

• Mandatory audit
• Capital review
• Governance restructuring
• Public reporting requirements

9. Transparency & Public Trust#

GHQ governance emphasizes:

• Clear documentation
• Explainable decisions
• Predictable processes
• Public‑facing summaries where appropriate

Opacity is treated as a systemic risk.

10. Amendment Process#

This charter may be amended only through:

• Formal GHQ review
• Documented rationale
• Impact assessment across Facilities domains
• Versioned publication

Uncontrolled amendment is prohibited.

11. Canonical Status#

This charter is canonical.

All Facilities governance structures derive authority from this document.