Department of Defense in West Virginia

Defense awards tagged to West Virginia

Department of Defense as awarding agency, West Virginia as place-of-performance: 7,263 records summing to $2,635,971,981.25. A Department of Defense award coded outside WV is out. An award in West Virginia from a different awarding agency is out even if the topic sounds related. West Virginia (WV) excludes Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, and Maryland. A Pittsburgh-coded award is Pennsylvania.

Seven thousand two hundred sixty-three awards is a thick Defense action file. Modifications can add rows without each row being a new weapon system. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 7,263 as 7,263 unique troops, installations, or contract employees. The overlay Department of Defense in West Virginia is the both-keys table. West Virginia federal spending is the all-agency state hub. Department of Defense is the agency book without a WV filter. All spending ties lists other joins.

This packet does not name a depot, a Guard unit, or a contractor campus. Unique recipients are unpublished. Correlation is not causation: West Virginia did not “cause” $2,635,971,981.25 by existing as a large or small place. Population and outcome scores are not packet facts. The join is 097 × WV only.

Not a troop or installation census

$2,635,971,981.25 does not measure troops, installations, or contract employees. Those series are not USAspending fields on this aggregate. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 097 and a WV place-of-performance tag.

Do not treat 7,263 awards as a census of troops, installations, or contract employees. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair. If West Virginia federal spending or Department of Defense matched $2,635,971,981.25 and 7,263, the join would be pointless. Use the overlay when both keys must stay on. Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia Defense joins are other pairs, not addends.

Questions

How much has the Department of Defense obligated in West Virginia?

USAspending.gov records $2,635,971,981.25 across 7,263 awards with awarding agency 097 and a West Virginia tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a count of troops, installations, or contract employees. Department of Defense in West Virginia is the live overlay for this pair. Keep both keys when quoting $2,635,971,981.25.

Is $2,635,971,981.25 a measure of troops, installations, or contract employees?

No. The packet publishes $2,635,971,981.25 and 7,263 awards for agency 097 inside WV 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 DoD file have 7,263 awards?

That is the award-record count for 097 × WV. Combined with $2,635,971,981.25, the average is about $362,932. Modifications and repeat instruments add rows. 7,263 is not unique troops, installations, or contract employees. Later ingests can revise the count. Prefer the overlay if the table moved.

Where is the live table?

Department of Defense in West Virginia is the overlay. West Virginia federal spending and Department of Defense are the parents, not addends. All spending ties lists other pairs. Keep both sides of the join when citing $2,635,971,981.25. USAspending.gov is the source. Obligations are not outlays.