Department of Health and Human Services in District of Columbia

HHS in the District beside Defense in the District

Two District relationship pages appear in this slice. This one is 075 × DC. $27,846,682,753.46 is the HHS obligation sum. 4,158 is the HHS award count. The District also has a Defense overlay; that is a different awarding-agency code. The two files are not added here.

About $6.70 million per award is the ratio. Headquarters awards coded to DC can describe administrative performance even when later work occurs in Maryland or Virginia. Those other states are outside $27,846,682,753.46.

A useful check on $27,846,682,753.46 is to ask what 4,158 records implies. A large sum on few rows concentrates. A large sum on many rows dilutes the mean. That check is still not a ranking of states. It is a reading of this file’s shape.

Agency 075 without the District filter

The Department of Health and Human Services hub drops DC and will not equal $27,846,682,753.46. The District hub drops 075. Overlay /states/dc/agencies/075/ is the both-keys table for 4,158 awards.

The architecture is simple. One hub is the agency without geography. One hub is the geography without this agency. One overlay is both. $27,846,682,753.46 and 4,158 belong to the overlay. The hubs answer different questions.

Questions

How much has HHS obligated in the District of Columbia?

USAspending records $27,846,682,753.46 in obligations for agency 075 with District of Columbia place of performance, on 4,158 awards. That is the HHS–District join only. The pair is awarding agency 075 (Department of Health and Human Services) and place-of-performance District of Columbia.

Does this include Maryland or Virginia?

No. Place of performance is DC only. Maryland and Virginia are outside $27,846,682,753.46 and outside the 4,158 awards. Only place-of-performance District of Columbia plus awarding agency 075 (Department of Health and Human Services) enter $27,846,682,753.46. Adjacent state codes are other filters, if they exist as ties at all.

Is DoD in the District included?

No. Department of Defense is a different awarding-agency overlay. This page is Department of Health and Human Services 075: $27,846,682,753.46 on 4,158 awards. Only place-of-performance District of Columbia plus awarding agency 075 (Department of Health and Human Services) enter $27,846,682,753.46.

Are these outlays to District residents?

No. The aggregate is obligations on awards tagged to 075 and DC place of performance. Outlays can differ. Place of performance is not a resident-benefit census. USAspending’s source note for this aggregate is that obligations are not outlays. Place of performance District of Columbia is a geography tag, not a roster of residents, vendors, or named facilities.