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    • Top Hat Database

    Metadata Updated: January 20, 2026

    Database consists of filing data for Top Hat plan notices for management and HCE's, who defer income until termination of employment, and are therefore exempt from ERISA.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 20, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date January 20, 2026
    Data Update Frequency R/PT1S

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOL JSON

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 20, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date January 20, 2026
    Publisher Employee Benefits Security Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier EBSA-11-012:019-105
    Data First Published 2025-03-28
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-12-16T15:40:14.835Z
    Rights true
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency R/PT1S
    Bureau Code 000:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Dictionary https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/employers-and-advisers/plan-administration-and-compliance/reporting-and-filing/e-file/top-hat-plan-search-instructions
    Data Dictionary Type text/html
    Harvest Object Id 9489ef17-8306-4671-ac2d-9820d0446c59
    Harvest Source Id 81f6ae6e-c0d0-4e98-bb1b-04e323ef429e
    Harvest Source Title DOL JSON
    Homepage URL https://www.askebsa.dol.gov/tophatplansearch
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial Address
    Program Code 000:000
    Publisher Hierarchy Employee Benefits Security Administration > Employee Benefits Security Administration
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 6703b6beb62999ab4609e10c85ffdd56fb1cb59c69dd41074fdda67b52d88d5f
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2000-01-01/2025-12-16

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