1. A transparent tabulation system, the system comprising: a. a computational engine, the engine comprising a CPU, a memory, an input module and an output module, the computational engine processing data and instructions received from the input module in accordance with a system software stored at least partially in the memory, and the computational engine providing results of CPU processing to the output module; and b. a monitor, the monitor communicatively coupled with the computational engine and reading the activity of the computational engine, and the monitor communicating a history of the computational activity of the computational engine for storage as a public record.