{
  "audience": "Filipino public",
  "canonical_url": "https://busisi.org/research/fy2027-change-concentration/",
  "data_cutoff": "2026-10-26",
  "deck": "Where FY2027 project-list differences cluster, and what those rankings cannot prove.",
  "editorial_status": "ready",
  "headline": "Where are FY2027 House-stage project-list changes concentrated?",
  "language": "en-PH",
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "sections": [
    {
      "claim_ids": [
        "concentration-total-rows",
        "concentration-changed-rows"
      ],
      "copy": [
        "Busisi compared 20,431 rows across four FY2027 project lists.",
        "9,283 rows are not classified as unchanged in the source comparison."
      ],
      "heading": "Most rows did not change, while differences cluster unevenly",
      "id": "direct-answer",
      "limitation_ids": [
        "stage-scope",
        "amounts-not-spending"
      ],
      "narration_eligible": true,
      "section_type": "finding",
      "source_ids": [
        "bettergov-hgab-overview-2027"
      ],
      "visual_refs": [
        "chart_data.datasets"
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim_ids": [
        "concentration-top-region",
        "concentration-top-program"
      ],
      "copy": [
        "Region IV-A has the largest House-only row count in the scoped regional labels at 782.",
        "Convergence and Special Support Program has the largest House-only row count among recorded program labels at 5,053."
      ],
      "heading": "The largest clusters are priorities for document review",
      "id": "concentration-leads",
      "limitation_ids": [
        "concentration-boundary",
        "not-an-insertion-finding",
        "recorded-labels"
      ],
      "narration_eligible": false,
      "section_type": "investigation_lead",
      "source_ids": [
        "bettergov-hgab-overview-2027"
      ],
      "visual_refs": [
        "chart_data.regions",
        "chart_data.programs"
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim_ids": [
        "concentration-quarantined"
      ],
      "copy": [
        "426 ambiguous or scope-review rows remain quarantined."
      ],
      "heading": "Ambiguous rows remain outside the rankings used as leads",
      "id": "quarantine",
      "limitation_ids": [
        "quarantine-boundary"
      ],
      "narration_eligible": true,
      "section_type": "finding",
      "source_ids": [
        "bettergov-hgab-overview-2027"
      ],
      "visual_refs": [
        "chart_data.review_gate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim_ids": [
        "concentration-total-rows"
      ],
      "copy": [
        "Concentration can prioritize document review but cannot establish who caused a change or whether it survived later stages."
      ],
      "heading": "Later budget and implementation stages remain necessary",
      "id": "next-evidence",
      "limitation_ids": [
        "missing-stages",
        "concentration-boundary"
      ],
      "narration_eligible": true,
      "section_type": "finding",
      "source_ids": [
        "bettergov-hgab-overview-2027"
      ],
      "visual_refs": [
        "project_examples.largest_matched_amount_changes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "source_ids": [
    "bettergov-hgab-overview-2027"
  ],
  "story_id": "fy2027-change-concentration-2026",
  "version": 1
}