Department of Commerce in Alabama

A thin Commerce file on Alabama

Department of Commerce as awarding agency, Alabama as place-of-performance: 208 records summing to $1,794,803,751.82. A Department of Commerce award coded outside AL is out. An award in Alabama from a different awarding agency is out even if the topic sounds related. Alabama (AL) excludes Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. A Pascagoula-coded award is Mississippi even if the yard story sounds similar.

Two hundred eight awards against $1,794,803,751.82 is a thin Commerce book. The implied mean is large and is not a typical cooperative-agreement size. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 208 as 208 unique shipyards, exporters, or NOAA landings. The overlay Department of Commerce in Alabama is the both-keys table. Alabama federal spending is the all-agency state hub. Department of Commerce is the agency book without an AL filter. All spending ties lists other joins.

Huntsville, Mobile, and Birmingham share one AL stamp. NIST, NOAA, Census, and EDA can share 013 without a published bureau pie. Correlation is not causation: Alabama did not cause $1,794,803,751.82 by existing as a large or small place. Population and outcome scores are not packet facts. The join is 013 × AL only.

Not a shipyard or Gulf landing census

$1,794,803,751.82 does not measure shipyards, exporters, or NOAA landings. Those series are not USAspending fields on this aggregate. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 013 and an AL place-of-performance tag.

Do not treat 208 awards as a census of shipyards, exporters, or NOAA landings. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair. If Alabama federal spending or Department of Commerce matched $1,794,803,751.82 and 208, the join would be pointless. Use the overlay when both keys must stay on. Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida Commerce joins are other pairs, not addends.

Questions

How much has the Department of Commerce obligated in Alabama?

USAspending.gov records $1,794,803,751.82 across 208 awards with awarding agency 013 and an Alabama tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a count of shipyards, exporters, or NOAA landings. Department of Commerce in Alabama is the live overlay for this pair. Keep both keys when quoting $1,794,803,751.82.

Is $1,794,803,751.82 a measure of shipyards, exporters, or NOAA landings?

No. The packet publishes $1,794,803,751.82 and 208 awards for agency 013 inside AL coding. Those other series are unpublished here. Unique recipients are unpublished. Quote the dollar total and the award count together. Obligations are not outlays.

Why does this Commerce file have 208 awards?

That is the award-record count for 013 × AL. Combined with $1,794,803,751.82, the average is about $8.63 million. Modifications and repeat instruments add rows. 208 is not unique shipyards, exporters, or NOAA landings. Later ingests can revise the count. Prefer the overlay if the table moved.

Where is the live Commerce–Alabama table?

Department of Commerce in Alabama is the overlay. Alabama federal spending and Department of Commerce are the parents, not addends. All spending ties lists other pairs. Keep both sides of the join when citing $1,794,803,751.82. USAspending.gov is the source. Obligations are not outlays. Place of performance is AL.