USAspending obligations in Wisconsin District 04

High dollars on 9,241 award records

9,241 awards summing to $8.5 billion is a thinner action file than many districts with similar obligation totals. The packet does not say those rows are a few large contracts. It also does not publish unique recipients. Keep $8,470,975,388.49 and 9,241 as independent facts. Do not compute an average award size from this packet.

First year and last year are both 2024. The 9,241-award count is a single-fiscal-year stock of actions, including modifications. It is not a lifetime inventory of work performed in Wisconsin’s 4th district. Later USAspending.gov revisions can change both figures. Wisconsin Districts 03 and 08 are separate numbered hubs; this packet does not quote their totals.

What the $8.5 billion obligation total is

The $8.5 billion figure is the FY2024 obligation aggregate for WI-04 place of performance. An obligation is a legal commitment on an award record. It is not a Treasury outlay and not Wisconsin’s state budget. SpendingVault does not convert the 4th-district total into cash paid inside the district that year.

Federal FY2024 starts October 1. A calendar-year overlay is a different product. If another Wisconsin headline uses outlays or recipient location, it will not match $8.5 billion even when the district number is the same.

Place of performance assigns WI-04

Recipient headquarters do not place a row in Wisconsin District 04. The USAspending district field is where performance is coded. Vendors based elsewhere in Wisconsin or in other states can still appear in the $8.5 billion if the performance tag is WI-04.

An office inside the 4th can be missing from the 9,241 records when performance is coded to another Wisconsin district, to Wisconsin’s unspecified District 90 bucket, or to another state. HQ lists of 4th-district contractors are a different cut from this file.

Numbered District 04, not a 90 bucket

Wisconsin District 04 is a voting congressional district. USAspending uses 90 and 98 for unspecified or non-voting place-of-performance bins. This page’s $8.5 billion is mapped to WI-04. Residual Wisconsin performance that lacked a numbered seat would sit on a 90 hub, not here.

The Wisconsin state page mixes numbered districts and leftover codes. That statewide roll-up will not equal $8,470,975,388.49. Use the Wisconsin District 04 hub when the question is the 4th district’s FY2024 performance-location obligations.

Related Wisconsin pages and citation rules

The Wisconsin District 04 hub is the award table. The Wisconsin state page is the statewide view. The all-districts index lists other Wisconsin numbered seats and any 90/98 buckets. This packet does not quote those other totals, and none of them sits inside $8.5 billion.

A complete WI-04 citation names numbered District 04, FY2024, USAspending.gov, place of performance, obligations, $8.5 billion, and 9,241 awards. Calling the 4th an unspecified district would misread the code. Work coded to WI-04 from a vendor based elsewhere does enter $8.5 billion. A headquarters in the 4th without a WI-04 tag does not.

Wisconsin District 04 can be briefed as $8.5 billion in FY2024 obligations on 9,241 awards with numbered code WI-04. The 9,241-award count is modest beside $8.5 billion. Treat that pairing as two independent facts. It is not 9,241 unique companies and it is not an average-award claim. Keep other Wisconsin numbered districts and any District 90 leftover on other rows. None of their totals sits inside $8.5 billion. What it supplies is WI-04 place-of-performance commitments from USAspending.gov, not outlays, not a headquarters extract, and not a multi-year series. A headquarters in the 4th without a WI-04 tag does not enter this file. Work coded to WI-04 from a vendor based elsewhere does enter $8.5 billion. The Wisconsin state page rolls all Wisconsin codes and will not equal $8,470,975,388.49. FY2024 is the only year in the facts.

Questions

How much federal spending is in Wisconsin District 04?

USAspending.gov records $8.5 billion in FY2024 obligations with Wisconsin District 04 place of performance, across 9,241 awards. The exact sum is $8,470,975,388.49. These are obligations, not outlays. The facts cover FY2024 only. Geography is performance location, not headquarters.

Why are there 9,241 awards beside $8.5 billion?

9,241 is the FY2024 award-record count for WI-04 place of performance. It is not a unique-vendor count. The packet does not explain the mix of large and small actions. Do not divide $8.5 billion by 9,241. Use the Wisconsin District 04 hub to inspect lines.

Is Wisconsin District 04 an unspecified USAspending code?

No. District 04 is a numbered Wisconsin House seat. Codes 90 and 98 are unspecified or non-voting buckets. The $8.5 billion total is mapped to WI-04. Unmapped Wisconsin performance, if present, would appear on a 90-coded page.

Do 4th-district headquarters automatically enter this file?

No. Only awards with WI-04 place of performance enter the $8.5 billion and 9,241-award totals. A headquarters in the district is not sufficient. Work coded to another Wisconsin district or another state will appear elsewhere. Cite obligations and FY2024 with the performance tag.