Federal obligations in other justice, public order, and safety activities (NAICS 922190)

A residual public-administration NAICS

NAICS 922190 is the “other” bucket inside justice, public order, and safety activities. Named lines cover courts, police, correctional institutions, fire protection, and similar establishments. Work that contracting officers cannot fit on those named lines can land in 922190. The $4,946,061,456.61 total is therefore a residual public-administration tag on contract actions, not a census of every justice-related federal dollar.

Public administration NAICS describe the industry of the performing establishment as classified for the award. They are not a count of officers, inmates, or cases. A support contractor tagged 922190 is not “the Department of Justice budget.” DOJ and other agencies appear as awarding agencies on other SpendingVault pages; this row is the NAICS on the award.

145 awards: concentration, not a transaction flood

One hundred forty-five awards produced $4,946,061,456.61 in obligations. Compared with codes that show tens of thousands of delivery orders, this file is sparse. Large public-safety support vehicles can dominate a residual class; the packet does not name those vehicles. The table shows the tagged dollars and the 145-award count, not a typical task-order size.

Obligations change with new awards, options, and modifications, including downward adjustments. Outlays are payments and are not this $4,946,061,456.61 rollup. A small award count also means a few modifications can move the industry total more than they would in a high-volume wholesale code.

Contracts, not justice grants

USAspending.gov stores NAICS on contract actions. Byrne grants, COPS hiring, and many state justice assistance programs are assistance awards and often lack NAICS. Those dollars will not add to the 145 awards or the $4,946,061,456.61 contract total. Open program pages for grant-heavy justice funding.

The code is a Census public-administration class. It is not an FEC employer string, not a Uniform Crime Report category, and not a court-docket count. Cite USAspending.gov via SpendingVault for this contract NAICS figure only.

What the 922190 table is not

The hub lists recipients and awards that share this NAICS tag. A large obligation is a disclosed commitment. It is not an accusation, a crime-rate claim, or a finding that a jurisdiction is unsafe. SpendingVault does not infer public-safety outcomes from the dollar total.

With only 145 awards, name and UEI collisions are less numerous than in 800,000-line wholesale codes, but novations still happen. Use award IDs rather than the $4,946,061,456.61 headline to separate two contractors. Subcontractors coded under professional services may be missing from this residual public-administration tag.

Neighboring justice and safety codes

Investigation services (561611), security systems (561621), and legal services (5411) are private-sector NAICS, not 922190. Adding them to $4,946,061,456.61 would mix public-administration residual work with commercial investigation and law-firm codes. That recode is not this page.

Assistance without NAICS remains outside the 145-award count. For an agency that both awards justice grants and buys 922190 contract support, read agency and recipient pages separately. This guide stays on contract NAICS 922190: $4,946,061,456.61 from USAspending.gov. Do not read the row as the federal law-enforcement payroll.

Public administration versus commercial security NAICS

Guard services, alarm installation, and investigation sit in 5616. Legal services sit in 5411. NAICS 922190 is a public-administration residual. A commercial guard contract tagged 561612 will not add to the $4,946,061,456.61 total even if the customer is a courthouse. The 145 awards are only the 922190 tag.

Because the award count is small, a single large vehicle can dominate the industry headline. The packet does not identify that vehicle. SpendingVault still reports obligations, not outlays. Researchers who need grant-funded justice programs must leave this contract NAICS page. Keep $4,946,061,456.61 attached to USAspending.gov contract actions tagged 922190. With 145 awards, a handful of modifications can move $4,946,061,456.61 more than they would in a high-volume wholesale code. That sensitivity is a file trait, not a crime-rate claim. Keep the residual public-administration tag separate from commercial guard and legal-services NAICS. Cite USAspending.gov contract actions only. Named 9221 lines for police, courts, and corrections remain outside the 145 awards unless those actions were tagged 922190.

Questions

How much has the federal government obligated under NAICS 922190?

USAspending.gov contract aggregates on SpendingVault show $4,946,061,456.61 in obligations across 145 awards tagged other justice, public order, and safety activities. The number is obligations, not outlays. Assistance justice grants without NAICS are omitted. It is not an FEC occupation total and not a DOJ budget line.

Why are there only 145 awards?

The packet reports 145 awards and $4,946,061,456.61 in obligations. Residual public-administration contracts can be fewer, larger vehicles than wholesale delivery orders. The file does not split vehicle type. A thin award count is a characteristic of this NAICS tag, not a statement that justice contracting is small across all codes.

Does this include police departments or courts?

Census keeps police, courts, and corrections on other 9221 lines when those establishments are the classified industry. NAICS 922190 is the residual “other” class. An award tagged 92212 will not add to the $4,946,061,456.61 total. The 145 awards are the 922190 contract tag from USAspending.gov.

Are Byrne or COPS grants in this total?

Those programs are typically assistance awards. Assistance often has no NAICS, so it does not add to the 145 contract awards or $4,946,061,456.61. Open program pages for grant activity. This industry page reports only contract actions tagged 922190 in USAspending.gov.