How much has Government Accountability Office obligated in Virginia?

USAspending.gov records $505,844,357.60 across 319 awards with awarding agency 005 and a Virginia tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not Virginia’s full federal book. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov. The join is a catalog intersection, not a budget.

Why does this GAO file have 319 awards?

319 is an award-record count, including possible continuations and modifications. Dividing $505,844,357.60 by 319 yields about $1,585,718.99 as a mean, not a typical project. Unique recipients are unpublished. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.

Where is the live table for Government Accountability Office in Virginia?

Government Accountability Office in Virginia is the overlay for both keys. Virginia federal spending is the all-agency Virginia hub. Government Accountability Office is the agency parent. All spending ties indexes other spending ties. Prefer the overlay when both filters must stay on.

Government Accountability Office in Virginia

Federal obligations from Government Accountability Office to Virginia

Total obligated

$484.0M

Awards

327

USAspending.gov records $505,844,357.60 in Government Accountability Office obligations with Virginia place of performance, across 319 awards. That pair is an awarding-agency filter crossed with a geography filter, not a national GAO budget. 319 awards against $505,844,357.60 is a 319-award accountability-office file, not a report census. Average obligation per award is about $1,585,718.99 — a ratio of two packet facts, not a typical project. Amounts are obligations, not outlays.

Key figures

Government Accountability Office obligated $505,844,357.60 in Virginia across 319 awards (USAspending.gov).
The pair is awarding-agency 005 × place-of-performance VA.
Amounts are obligations, not outlays; no fiscal year is in this packet.
The implied mean near $1,585,718.99 is $505,844,357.60 divided by 319, not a typical award.
The join does not name contractors and does not measure audit reports issued, named contractors, or engagement counts.

Agency 005 meeting Virginia

Government Accountability Office as awarding agency, Virginia as place-of-performance: 319 awards summing to $505,844,357.60. A Government Accountability Office award coded outside VA is out. An award in Virginia from a different awarding agency is out even if the topic sounds related. Virginia (VA) excludes Maryland, District of Columbia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia. An Arlington-coded award with a District of Columbia place-of-performance tag is a different cell.

319 awards against $505,844,357.60 is a 319-award accountability-office file, not a report census. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 319 as 319 unique audit reports issued, named contractors, or engagement counts. Government Accountability Office in Virginia is the both-keys table. Virginia federal spending is the all-agency state hub. Government Accountability Office is the agency book without a VA filter. All spending ties lists other joins.

Oversight folklore is unpublished. Do not invent contractors or engagement titles. Place-of-performance VA is not a Pentagon roster. The join is 005 × VA only. Correlation is not causation: Virginia did not cause $505,844,357.60 by existing as a large or small place. Population and outcome scores are not packet facts. The join is 005 × VA only.

GAO dollars are not a report count

$505,844,357.60 does not measure audit reports issued, named contractors, or engagement counts. Those series are not USAspending fields on this aggregate. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 005 and an VA place-of-performance tag.

Do not treat 319 awards as a census of audit reports issued, named contractors, or engagement counts. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair. If Virginia federal spending or Government Accountability Office matched $505,844,357.60 and 319, the join would be pointless. Use the overlay when both keys must stay on. Neighboring-state GAO joins are other pairs, not addends.

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Questions

How much has Government Accountability Office obligated in Virginia?: USAspending.gov records $505,844,357.60 across 319 awards with awarding agency 005 and a Virginia tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not Virginia’s full federal book. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov. The join is a catalog intersection, not a budget.
Do 319 GAO awards mean 319 Virginia audits?: No. $505,844,357.60 is an obligation sum on awarding-agency 005 × VA. It does not measure audit reports issued, named contractors, or engagement counts. Those series are not fields on this aggregate. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.
Why does this GAO file have 319 awards?: 319 is an award-record count, including possible continuations and modifications. Dividing $505,844,357.60 by 319 yields about $1,585,718.99 as a mean, not a typical project. Unique recipients are unpublished. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.
Where is the live table for Government Accountability Office in Virginia?: Government Accountability Office in Virginia is the overlay for both keys. Virginia federal spending is the all-agency Virginia hub. Government Accountability Office is the agency parent. All spending ties indexes other spending ties. Prefer the overlay when both filters must stay on.

USAspending.gov aggregate of federal obligations by state and awarding agency. Obligations are not outlays.

How this pair fits

Government Accountability Office federal obligations in Virginia

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