USAspending in DC District 98 (non-voting / unspecified)

What District 98 means in USAspending

USAspending uses 90 and 98 as unspecified or non-voting congressional-district codes on place of performance. For the District of Columbia, 98 is that residual bin. The FY2024 obligation sum in the bin is $198.7 billion. The award count is 64,764 — a high row volume relative to many state 90-buckets.

Do not read DC-98 as “the 98th district of Washington.” The District of Columbia is not divided into 98 House seats. The code marks awards whose DC performance location was not assigned to a standard numbered district field. It is a dataset bucket sitting on top of DC place of performance.

High award volume in a small geography

Sixty-four thousand seven hundred sixty-four awards is a large file for a single district code. The District of Columbia concentrates federal offices, contractors, and assistance recipients, so a residual DC performance tag can collect many rows. Those rows still sum to a defined dollar total: $198.7 billion in FY2024 obligations.

Row count is not unique vendors. The same recipient can appear on many awards. This packet does not provide a unique-recipient count. Use the hub table to see how the 64,764 records break out; this guide only certifies the two rollup facts and the FY2024 window.

Place of performance inside the District of Columbia

Congressional district here is still place of performance, not recipient headquarters. A company based in Virginia or Maryland can appear in the $198.7 billion if USAspending codes the work to DC-98. A DC-headquartered firm can be missing if performance is coded to a Maryland or Virginia district, or to another DC code if one exists in the source file.

Cross-border contracting around the capital makes that split routine. HQ maps of the “Washington market” will not match this page. The page answers a narrower question: FY2024 obligations whose performance district is the DC-98 bucket.

Obligations, not outlays, in FY2024

The $198.7 billion is an obligation total. Obligations are legal commitments recorded in USAspending. Outlays are payments. Headquarters agencies in the District of Columbia often obligate on vehicles that pay out over several years, so a single-year obligation stock is not a cash-flow statement for DC.

First year and last year are both 2024. This hub does not contain a second fiscal year for comparison. Report the number as FY2024 obligations for DC-98 place of performance, on 64,764 awards. A thick file of 64,764 rows still sums to one obligation total: $198.7 billion.

DC statewide and district index pages

The District of Columbia state-style page rolls DC place-of-performance activity at the jurisdiction level. The DC-98 hub is this residual district code. The all-districts index lists other 90 and 98 buckets alongside numbered House districts in the states. Those three views share the same USAspending obligation source. Code 98 is a USAspending geography bucket, not the delegate’s office budget.

How DC-98 sits next to the District of Columbia jurisdiction page

The District of Columbia jurisdiction page rolls DC place-of-performance activity at the whole-jurisdiction grain. DC-98 is narrower: 64,764 awards and $198.7 billion tagged to the unspecified 98 code. Those two views will not match dollar-for-dollar if other DC district codes exist in the source file. This packet only certifies the 98-code rollup.

Federal work in the capital often involves vendors based in Virginia or Maryland. Those vendors still count toward $198.7 billion when USAspending codes performance to DC-98. DC headquarters without that performance tag do not. The all-districts index lists other 90 and 98 buckets, including Puerto Rico’s 98 code as a separate file. FY2024 is the only year on this hub. The 64,764-award count is a single-year record count. Obligations of $198.7 billion are commitments, not a statement that the Treasury disbursed that amount inside the District of Columbia as cash in FY2024. A precise DC-98 citation is $198.7 billion in FY2024 USAspending obligations on 64,764 awards with unspecified or non-voting place-of-performance code 98. That is not the delegate’s budget and not a count of unique firms in the District of Columbia. Sixty-four thousand seven hundred sixty-four is a record count. Vendors based in Virginia or Maryland can sit inside the $198.7 billion when performance is coded DC-98. DC-based vendors can sit outside it when performance is coded elsewhere. The District of Columbia jurisdiction page is a wider grain and may include other DC codes if they exist in USAspending. This packet only certifies the 98-code rollup. Keep the $198.7 billion on a residual line in any capital-region table. Do not fold it into a Virginia or Maryland numbered district. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are not this total. First year and last year are both 2024, so DC-98 has no trend line here.

Questions

How much did USAspending record for DC District 98 in FY2024?

USAspending.gov shows $198.7 billion in FY2024 obligations for District of Columbia District 98 place of performance, across 64,764 awards. Code 98 is an unspecified or non-voting bucket. The figures are obligations, not outlays, and cover FY2024 only. Treat District of Columbia District 98 as a residual USAspending geography code for FY2024, with $198.7 billion in obligations on 64,764 awards, not as a constituency voters elect.

Is District 98 the same as DC’s non-voting delegate seat?

No. USAspending’s 98 code is an unspecified or non-voting place-of-performance bucket in the award data. It is not the delegate’s office and not a second congressional district. The $198.7 billion total is a residual geography code for DC performance location.

Why are there 64,764 awards on this page?

That is the FY2024 award count USAspending ties to the DC-98 place-of-performance code. It is a record count, not a unique-vendor count. Those records sum to $198.7 billion in obligations. The packet does not break the file into agencies or award types.

If a contractor is based in DC, is the award on this page?

Only if place of performance is coded DC-98. Headquarters in the District of Columbia is not the district field. Work performed in Virginia, Maryland, or another coded location will not sit in this $198.7 billion total even when the recipient’s office is in DC.