text: We selected the Bureau of Land Management ( BLM ) , Federal Highway Administration ( FHWA ) , Internal Revenue Service ( IRS ) , and Veterans Benefits Administration ( VBA ) because they used a set of balanced expectations to manage the performance of all or a significant portion of their senior executives prior to the OPM requirement .
  
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  The BLM is very well run from the top on down and is used as an example of what the standards should be .