USAspending in Massachusetts’s 8th district, FY2024

$11.0 billion as a single-year obligation sum

The $11.0 billion total is the obligation roll-up for awards whose USAspending place of performance is Massachusetts District 08 in fiscal year 2024. An obligation is a legal commitment on an award record, not a Treasury disbursement and not Massachusetts’s state budget. This page does not recode $11.0 billion as cash paid. 34,064 awards are the matching FY2024 row count, a high-volume extract next to that dollar sum.

First year and last year in the packet are both 2024. Do not treat $11.0 billion as a multi-year stack. Federal FY2024 begins October 1. A later USAspending.gov refresh can move both the dollar total and the 34,064-award count. Anyone adding a later fiscal year onto $11.0 billion is using a number this packet does not contain. SpendingVault indexes MA-08 as FY2024 place-of-performance obligations only; the $11.0 billion figure does not include later fiscal years and does not convert 34,064 awards into unique firms.

MA-08 tracks where work is coded, not HQ

Place of performance is the geography this hub uses. Recipient headquarters can sit in another Massachusetts district or another state while the work is coded MA-08. The reverse also appears: a District 08 mailing address does not force every dollar onto this page. The 34,064 rows follow the performance field, not the contractor’s legal address.

District 08 is a numbered House seat, distinct from Massachusetts District 03. Massachusetts dollars that USAspending could not map to a voting district sit in district 90 (unspecified) or 98 (non-voting). Those buckets are separate pages, not hidden rows inside MA-08. Unspecified Massachusetts dollars live under 90 or 98, not inside the $11.0 billion mapped total.

34,064 award rows for the 8th district

34,064 awards is a FY2024 record count for MA-08 place of performance. Modifications and assistance actions can each add a line. The volume is large relative to many district pages, but this packet does not rank District 08 against Massachusetts’s other seats.

Keep $11.0 billion and 34,064 awards side by side. Dividing them would invent a typical award size this file does not contain. The Massachusetts District 08 hub is the table of records, not a derived average. 34,064 rows remain a volume figure, not a vendor census.

Obligations, not outlays, on the MA-08 file

SpendingVault’s MA-08 copy cites obligations: $11.0 billion committed in FY2024 award files. Outlays are cash out the door and can lag or post in another year. Mixing the two series makes District 08 look inconsistent when the files are measuring different events.

If a Massachusetts spending chart uses recipient location or calendar year 2024, it is not this page. Stay with place of performance, FY2024, and obligations when quoting $11.0 billion. Cite MA-08 as FY2024 USAspending.gov place-of-performance obligations of $11.0 billion on 34,064 awards.

Massachusetts statewide versus the 8th district

The Massachusetts state page is the statewide obligation index. District 08 is one mapped performance district inside Massachusetts. Statewide Massachusetts includes other numbered seats — including the 3rd — and any unspecified buckets; this packet does not quote that statewide sum.

Use the all-districts index to open other Massachusetts place-of-performance pages in the same format. Compare on FY2024 obligations only. This file does not publish a rank for MA-08. Use MA-08 only for the 8th district file.

How to cite Massachusetts District 08

A complete citation names Massachusetts District 08, FY2024, USAspending.gov, place of performance, obligations, $11.0 billion, and 34,064 awards. Dropping the obligation label turns the figure into cash paid. The 34,064-award count is record volume, not unique firms.

Comparisons built on headquarters ZIP or Treasury outlays need a rebuild on place of performance and federal FY2024 before $11.0 billion belongs in the grid. The Massachusetts state hub and the all-districts index stay on obligations. SpendingVault does not convert MA-08 into outlays.

Massachusetts District 08’s FY2024 extract is $11.0 billion in USAspending.gov place-of-performance obligations on 34,064 awards. That is a high-volume mapped-seat file, not a 90 bucket. 34,064 rows remain a record count, including modifications. $11.0 billion remains the FY2024 obligation roll-up. The Massachusetts District 08 hub is the table. Do not mix headquarters geography or Treasury outlays into this citation.

Questions

How much federal spending is in Massachusetts’s 8th district?

USAspending.gov records $11.0 billion in FY2024 obligations with place of performance in Massachusetts District 08. That is not an outlay total and not Massachusetts’s state budget. The matching award count is 34,064 for FY2024. The packet window is FY2024 only.

Does MA-08 mean the recipient is headquartered in the 8th district?

No. USAspending codes the district by place of performance. A recipient based outside MA-08 can still appear if the performance location is the 8th district. An MA-08 mailing address can also send dollars to other districts when performance is coded there.

Is the $11.0 billion for Massachusetts District 08 cash paid?

No. $11.0 billion is an obligation aggregate. Outlays are a separate USAspending series. SpendingVault does not convert MA-08 obligations into Treasury outlays. Cite the figure with the obligation label and the FY2024 window. Keep the obligation label, the FY2024 window, and the matching award count when the figure is reused.

How many awards are tagged to Massachusetts District 08?

34,064 awards are counted for MA-08 place of performance in FY2024. That is a record count, including modifications, not a unique-recipient roster. This packet does not invent a typical award from $11.0 billion and 34,064 rows. Keep the two columns separate; this packet does not publish a typical award size or unique-recipient census.