{
  "audience": "Filipino public",
  "canonical_url": "https://busisi.org/research/fy2027-nep-house-changes/",
  "data_cutoff": "2026-10-26",
  "deck": "A controlled comparison of four FY2027 project lists, the rows that changed, and the evidence limits that prevent political attribution.",
  "editorial_status": "ready",
  "headline": "What changed between the FY2027 NEP and House project lists?",
  "language": "en-PH",
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "sections": [
    {
      "claim_ids": [
        "stage-total-records",
        "stage-net-movement"
      ],
      "copy": [
        "Busisi validated 20,431 comparison rows across the four acquired FY2027 project lists.",
        "Across the four scoped lists, the recorded House total is PHP 13,729,951,000.00 higher than the NEP total."
      ],
      "heading": "The four project lists became larger in total, but not every row moved the same way",
      "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": [
        "stage-house-only",
        "stage-nep-only",
        "stage-amount-changes"
      ],
      "copy": [
        "6,954 rows are classified as appearing only in the compared House project list.",
        "1,784 rows are classified as appearing only in the compared NEP project list.",
        "243 matched rows increased and 265 decreased in the compared House list."
      ],
      "heading": "The comparison separates additions, removals, amount changes, and unchanged rows",
      "id": "change-types",
      "limitation_ids": [
        "matching-boundary",
        "stage-scope"
      ],
      "narration_eligible": true,
      "section_type": "finding",
      "source_ids": [
        "bettergov-hgab-overview-2027"
      ],
      "visual_refs": [
        "chart_data.change_types"
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim_ids": [
        "stage-publishable-house-only"
      ],
      "copy": [
        "6,565 House-only rows remain available as documentary review leads after quarantine.",
        "Each row still needs both document pages, naming, scope, and later budget stages checked before any attribution or conclusion."
      ],
      "heading": "House-only rows are questions to check, not insertion findings",
      "id": "house-only-review",
      "limitation_ids": [
        "not-an-insertion-finding",
        "matching-boundary"
      ],
      "narration_eligible": false,
      "section_type": "investigation_lead",
      "source_ids": [
        "bettergov-hgab-overview-2027"
      ],
      "visual_refs": [
        "chart_data.regions",
        "project_examples.largest_absolute_changes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim_ids": [
        "stage-quarantined"
      ],
      "copy": [
        "426 ambiguous or scope-review rows are held in quarantine."
      ],
      "heading": "Ambiguous rows are held back",
      "id": "quarantine",
      "limitation_ids": [
        "quarantine-boundary",
        "source-extraction"
      ],
      "narration_eligible": true,
      "section_type": "finding",
      "source_ids": [
        "bettergov-hgab-overview-2027"
      ],
      "visual_refs": [
        "chart_data.review_gate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim_ids": [
        "stage-dataset-count"
      ],
      "copy": [
        "The release covers the NEP and the declared House stage for four project lists.",
        "Senate, bicameral, enacted GAA, release, procurement, payment, and implementation evidence remain outside this result."
      ],
      "heading": "This is a House-stage comparison, not the final budget trail",
      "id": "coverage-boundary",
      "limitation_ids": [
        "missing-stages",
        "stage-scope"
      ],
      "narration_eligible": true,
      "section_type": "finding",
      "source_ids": [
        "bettergov-hgab-overview-2027"
      ],
      "visual_refs": [
        "chart_data.datasets"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "source_ids": [
    "bettergov-hgab-overview-2027"
  ],
  "story_id": "fy2027-nep-house-changes-2026",
  "version": 1
}