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Historical PPS 2024 small grouping is preserved despite later restructuring; no current employee-count claim.","PPS size is its historical 2024 survey grouping, not current headcount."],"checked_at_utc":"2026-11-10T00:00:00Z","organization_label":"Non-CFO federal organization","profile_reviewed_at":"2026-11-10","image":"/assets/icons/extra-neh.png","image_dark_background":false},{"key":"nea","name":"National Endowment for the Arts","acronym":"NEA","cfo_act_status":"non_cfo_act","organization_type":"independent_agency","official_url":"https://www.arts.gov/","status_evidence_urls":["https://www.arts.gov/about"],"cfo_act_evidence_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t31/s901/","pps_2024_group":"small","pps_year":2024,"pps_source_url":"https://bestplacestowork.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/BPTW24_Rankings.pdf","news_entity_ids":[],"news_join_status":"no_verified_existing_match","coverage_notes":["Official site expressly identifies an independent federal agency with nationwide arts funding and arts-education services; no CFO Act duplication.","PPS size is its historical 2024 survey grouping, not current headcount."],"checked_at_utc":"2026-11-10T00:00:00Z","organization_label":"Non-CFO federal organization","profile_reviewed_at":"2026-11-10","image":"/assets/icons/extra-nea.png","image_dark_background":false},{"key":"csosa","name":"Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia","acronym":"CSOSA","cfo_act_status":"non_cfo_act","organization_type":"independent_agency","official_url":"https://www.csosa.gov/","status_evidence_urls":["https://www.csosa.gov/our-history/","https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2025-title28-vol2/pdf/CFR-2025-title28-vol2-part800.pdf"],"cfo_act_evidence_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t31/s901/","pps_2024_group":"small","pps_year":2024,"pps_source_url":"https://bestplacestowork.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/BPTW24_Rankings.pdf","news_entity_ids":[],"news_join_status":"no_verified_existing_match","coverage_notes":["Independent federal executive-branch service-delivery agency. Its jurisdiction is primarily DC, not nationwide; federal status must not be confused with a DC local-government agency. PSA is an independent entity within CSOSA, not an extra standalone inventory entry.","PPS size is its historical 2024 survey grouping, not current headcount."],"checked_at_utc":"2026-11-10T00:00:00Z","organization_label":"Non-CFO federal organization","profile_reviewed_at":"2026-11-10","image":"/assets/icons/extra-csosa.png","image_dark_background":false},{"key":"sss","name":"Selective Service System","acronym":"SSS","cfo_act_status":"non_cfo_act","organization_type":"independent_agency","official_url":"https://www.sss.gov/","status_evidence_urls":["https://www.sss.gov/about/","https://www.sss.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SSS-Memo-iso-OMB-M-24-10-Compliance-CIO-Signed.pdf"],"cfo_act_evidence_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t31/s901/","pps_2024_group":"small","pps_year":2024,"pps_source_url":"https://bestplacestowork.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/BPTW24_Rankings.pdf","news_entity_ids":[],"news_join_status":"no_verified_existing_match","coverage_notes":["Standalone national registration, mobilization-readiness and alternative-service mission; official compliance memo explicitly identifies non-CFO Act status. Not a military-department subcomponent.","PPS size is its historical 2024 survey grouping, not current headcount."],"checked_at_utc":"2026-11-10T00:00:00Z","organization_label":"Non-CFO federal organization","profile_reviewed_at":"2026-11-10","image":"/assets/icons/extra-sss.svg","image_dark_background":false},{"key":"dnfsb","name":"Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board","acronym":"DNFSB","cfo_act_status":"non_cfo_act","organization_type":"independent_agency","official_url":"https://www.dnfsb.gov/","status_evidence_urls":["https://www.dnfsb.gov/about","https://www.dnfsb.gov/sites/default/files/2025-10/DNFSB%20Compliance%20Plan%20for%20OMB%20Memorandum%20M-25-21.pdf"],"cfo_act_evidence_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t31/s901/","pps_2024_group":"small","pps_year":2024,"pps_source_url":"https://bestplacestowork.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/BPTW24_Rankings.pdf","news_entity_ids":[],"news_join_status":"no_verified_existing_match","coverage_notes":["Independent executive-branch nuclear-safety oversight organization, not a DOE component. Operational inspection/investigation mission and PPS small cohort distinguish it from a micro advisory committee; FY2027 budget records 106 actual FY2025 positions.","PPS size is its historical 2024 survey grouping, not current headcount."],"checked_at_utc":"2026-11-10T00:00:00Z","organization_label":"Non-CFO federal organization","profile_reviewed_at":"2026-11-10","image":"/assets/icons/extra-dnfsb.png","image_dark_background":false}],"expansion_review":{"reviewed_at":"2026-11-10","target":75,"verified_total":40,"added":10,"remaining_to_target":35,"notes":["The count 40 is this verified inventory, not a claim that no other qualifying agencies exist.","Smithsonian is a federal trust instrumentality, not an executive agency. NGA is autonomous with separate trustees but technically established as a Smithsonian bureau. These legal distinctions must be visible, and NGA must not also be duplicated as a Smithsonian unit.","Existing 30 records and their classification exceptions are preserved. Their presence does not silently create a new rule for NIGC or IBWC.","PPS grouping is historical survey classification and is not current staff count; post-2024 restructurings require separate verification.","CSOSA is federal but its service jurisdiction is DC; do not describe its supervision mission as nationwide."],"held_candidates":[{"key":"nigc","name":"National Indian Gaming Commission","acronym":"NIGC","official_url":"https://www.nigc.gov/","pps_2024_group":"small","pps_source_url":"https://bestplacestowork.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/BPTW24_Rankings.pdf","classification_source_urls":["https://www.nigc.gov/biographies/deputy-chief-of-staff/","https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2023-title25/html/USCODE-2023-title25-chap29.htm"],"inclusion_status":"needs_review","reason":"Independent federal regulator established within Interior. Do not silently extend the existing exceptions for department-associated regulators or count it as a fully standalone agency."},{"key":"ibwc","name":"International Boundary and Water Commission, United States Section","acronym":"USIBWC","official_url":"https://www.ibwc.gov/","pps_2024_group":"small","pps_source_url":"https://bestplacestowork.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/BPTW24_Rankings.pdf","classification_source_urls":["https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/OMB/expectmore/detail/10004636.2006.html"],"inclusion_status":"needs_review","reason":"Binational commission whose U.S. Section operates under State foreign-policy guidance and State appropriations with substantial technical/administrative independence. Official OMB analysis explicitly says its status cannot neatly be categorized; source is historical and a current classification review is still required."},{"key":"abmc","name":"American Battle Monuments Commission","acronym":"ABMC","official_url":"https://www.abmc.gov/","pps_2024_group":null,"pps_source_url":null,"classification_source_urls":["https://www.abmc.gov/about-us/","https://www.abmc.gov/about-us/employment/","https://www.abmc.gov/wordpress-uploads/Appropriation%20Request%20Fiscal%20Year%202024_1.pdf"],"inclusion_status":"needs_review","reason":"Federal executive-branch commemorative service mission, but absent from the PPS 2024 ranking and no historical PPS listing verified in this pass. Current official page reports about 90 civil-service positions; total worldwide workforce includes non-U.S. employees and cannot be silently substituted for PPS eligibility."},{"key":"ed","name":"Department of Education","acronym":"ED","official_url":"https://www.ed.gov/","pps_2024_group":"midsize","pps_source_url":"https://bestplacestowork.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/BPTW24_Rankings.pdf","classification_source_urls":["https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t31/s901/"],"inclusion_status":"excluded","reason":"CFO Act agency even though omitted from the current 22-entry CFO selector; cannot add to independent inventory."},{"key":"usaid","name":"U.S. Agency for International Development","acronym":"USAID","official_url":"https://www.usaid.gov/","pps_2024_group":"midsize","pps_source_url":"https://bestplacestowork.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/BPTW24_Rankings.pdf","classification_source_urls":["https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t31/s901/"],"inclusion_status":"excluded","reason":"CFO Act agency even though omitted from the current CFO selector; restructuring does not authorize duplicate non-CFO classification."},{"key":"gao","name":"Government Accountability Office","acronym":"GAO","official_url":"https://www.gao.gov/","pps_2024_group":"midsize","pps_source_url":"https://bestplacestowork.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/BPTW24_Rankings.pdf","classification_source_urls":["https://www.gao.gov/about"],"inclusion_status":"excluded","reason":"Legislative-branch agency excluded by established selection rule."},{"key":"loc","name":"Library of Congress","acronym":"LOC","official_url":"https://www.loc.gov/","pps_2024_group":"midsize","pps_source_url":"https://bestplacestowork.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/BPTW24_Rankings.pdf","classification_source_urls":["https://www.loc.gov/about/"],"inclusion_status":"excluded","reason":"Legislative-branch entity excluded by established selection rule."},{"key":"aoc","name":"Architect of the Capitol","acronym":"AOC","official_url":"https://www.aoc.gov/","pps_2024_group":"midsize","pps_source_url":"https://bestplacestowork.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/BPTW24_Rankings.pdf","classification_source_urls":["https://www.aoc.gov/about-us"],"inclusion_status":"excluded","reason":"Legislative-branch entity excluded by established selection rule."},{"key":"cbo","name":"Congressional Budget Office","acronym":"CBO","official_url":"https://www.cbo.gov/","pps_2024_group":"small","pps_source_url":"https://bestplacestowork.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/BPTW24_Rankings.pdf","classification_source_urls":["https://www.cbo.gov/about/overview"],"inclusion_status":"excluded","reason":"Legislative-branch entity excluded by established selection rule."},{"key":"omb","name":"Office of Management and Budget","acronym":"OMB","official_url":"https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/","pps_2024_group":"small","pps_source_url":"https://bestplacestowork.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/BPTW24_Rankings.pdf","classification_source_urls":["https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/"],"inclusion_status":"excluded","reason":"Executive Office of the President component, not a standalone addition."},{"key":"ustr","name":"Office of the United States Trade Representative","acronym":"USTR","official_url":"https://ustr.gov/","pps_2024_group":"small","pps_source_url":"https://bestplacestowork.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/BPTW24_Rankings.pdf","classification_source_urls":["https://ustr.gov/about-us/about-ustr"],"inclusion_status":"excluded","reason":"Executive Office of the President component, not a standalone addition."},{"key":"usps","name":"United States Postal Service","acronym":"USPS","official_url":"https://www.usps.com/","pps_2024_group":null,"pps_source_url":null,"classification_source_urls":["https://about.usps.com/"],"inclusion_status":"excluded","reason":"Explicit existing exclusion for scale and fit; no rule relaxation."},{"key":"tva","name":"Tennessee Valley Authority","acronym":"TVA","official_url":"https://www.tva.com/","pps_2024_group":null,"pps_source_url":null,"classification_source_urls":["https://www.tva.com/about-tva"],"inclusion_status":"excluded","reason":"Explicit existing exclusion for scale and fit; no rule relaxation."}]}}