Task: songer_appel1_3_3

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Intervenors who participated as parties at the courts of appeals should be counted as either appellants or respondents when it can be determined whose position they supported. For example, if there were two plaintiffs who lost in district court, appealed, and were joined by four intervenors who also asked the court of appeals to reverse the district court, the number of appellants should be coded as six.
When coding the detailed nature of participants, use your personal knowledge about the participants, if you are completely confident of the accuracy of your knowledge, even if the specific information is not in the opinion. For example, if "IBM" is listed as the appellant it could be classified as "clearly national or international in scope" even if the opinion did not indicate the scope of the business. 

Your task concerns the first listed appellant. The nature of this litigant falls into the category "federal government (including DC)", specifically "other agency, beginning with "F" thru "N"". Your task is to determine which specific federal government agency best describes this litigant.

PER CURIAM.
This is, essentially, a run-of-the-mill section 8(a) (3) case in which the National Labor Relations Board concluded that the discharge of two employees had been due to their union activity. Admittedly the Board's witnesses were not of the best, and unfortunately the examiner’s report, which was accepted by the Board, offended somewhat our often repeated admonition that the examiner’s primary duty is to make specific findings. It is appropriate to recite what various witnesses testified to, but at some point a resolution must be made. It is not very helpful to say, “We need not credit fully * * * testimony * * * in haee verba * * * [of what respondent’s manager said with respect to union activities.] But the Union * * * [was clearly in the manager’s] mind * * Since his mind was disclosed only by what he said, the natural question is, to what extent was credit extended to the witnesses, if not fully?
On the other hand, the Board’s case is to be measured in the light of respondent’s. The examiner found that respondent’s “testimony is marked by serious omissions and, to the extent that it was given, was fanciful to an extreme.” This observation was well warranted. In such circumstances we will overlook some criticisms of the Board’s case which, in all candor, we would not otherwise have done. We think on the record as a whole that the examiner sufficiently found the requisite state of mind on respondent’s part.
No useful purpose would be served in discussing the case in any greater detail. An order of enforcement will be made.

Question: This question concerns the first listed appellant. The nature of this litigant falls into the category "federal government (including DC)", specifically "other agency, beginning with "F" thru "N"". Which specific federal government agency best describes this litigant?
A. Food & Drug Administration
B. General Services Administration
C. Government Accounting Office (GAO)
D. Health Care Financing Administration
E. Immigration & Naturalization Service (includes border patrol)
F. Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
G. Interstate Commerce Commission
H. Merit Systems Protection Board
I. National Credit Union Association
J. National Labor Relations Board
K. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Answer:

Answer: J