Department of Commerce federal obligations in California

Commerce awards tagged to California

Department of Commerce as awarding agency, California as place-of-performance: 1,469 records summing to $3,475,607,348.19. A Department of Commerce award coded outside CA is out. An award in California from a different awarding agency is out even if the topic sounds related. California (CA) excludes Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, and Hawaii. A Reno-coded award is Nevada even if a lab sits near the line.

One thousand four hundred sixty-nine awards is a mid-count Commerce file: neither a handful of fiscal vehicles nor an assistance flood. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 1,469 as 1,469 unique unique firms, NOAA stations, or census tracts. The overlay Department of Commerce in California is the both-keys table. California federal spending is the all-agency state hub. Department of Commerce is the agency book without a CA filter. All spending ties lists other joins.

NIST, NOAA, and EDA folklore is not a program split here. Those labels are unpublished inside $3,475,607,348.19. Correlation is not causation: California did not “cause” $3,475,607,348.19 by existing as a large or small place. Population and outcome scores are not packet facts. The join is 013 × CA only.

Not NOAA stations or a firm roster

$3,475,607,348.19 does not measure unique firms, NOAA stations, or census tracts. Those series are not USAspending fields on this aggregate. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 013 and a CA place-of-performance tag.

Do not treat 1,469 awards as a census of unique firms, NOAA stations, or census tracts. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair. If California federal spending or Department of Commerce matched $3,475,607,348.19 and 1,469, the join would be pointless. Use the overlay when both keys must stay on. Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona Commerce joins are other pairs, not addends.

California, not a Pacific Commerce rollup

Place of performance CA is a geography tag on the award, not a metro list and not a commuting zone. California (CA) excludes Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, and Hawaii. A Reno-coded award is Nevada even if a lab sits near the line. Recipient address can differ from that state tag.

NIST, NOAA, and EDA folklore is not a program split here. Those labels are unpublished inside $3,475,607,348.19. This packet does not split $3,475,607,348.19 by city, county, or named facility. 1,469 awards stay statewide. A county table would be a different extract.

Mid-count vehicles versus cash already paid

Even a thick or thin file records obligations, not necessarily outlays. $3,475,607,348.19 can include amounts that pay on a later schedule. Citing it as cash already sent in California confuses two concepts. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total.

California’s own budget is a different ledger. Mixing it with the 1,469-award USAspending file leaves this series. No fiscal year is published in this packet, so this page does not invent one. Keep the obligation label on $3,475,607,348.19.

Citing Commerce in California

Cite USAspending.gov: Department of Commerce (agency 013) obligated $3,475,607,348.19 on 1,469 awards coded to California. Name both sides. Keep “obligations.” Do not relabel the total as unique firms, NOAA stations, or census tracts.

Prefer Department of Commerce in California if the overlay has refreshed after an ingest. California federal spending still includes every other awarding agency tagged to CA. Department of Commerce is the 013 parent without the CA filter. All spending ties indexes other pairs. Do not add those parents into $3,475,607,348.19.

A usable footnote names Department of Commerce, California, $3,475,607,348.19, and 1,469. The compact headline $3.48 billion is that same dollar total rounded. It is not a second extract. The implied mean near $2.37 million is $3,475,607,348.19 divided by 1,469. Means are not medians. USAspending.gov remains the originating system.

Questions

How much has the Department of Commerce obligated in California?

USAspending.gov records $3,475,607,348.19 across 1,469 awards with awarding agency 013 and a California tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a count of unique firms, NOAA stations, or census tracts. Department of Commerce in California is the live overlay for this pair. Keep both keys when quoting $3,475,607,348.19.

Is $3,475,607,348.19 a measure of unique firms, NOAA stations, or census tracts?

No. The packet publishes $3,475,607,348.19 and 1,469 awards for agency 013 inside CA 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 1,469 awards?

That is the award-record count for 013 × CA. Combined with $3,475,607,348.19, the average is about $2.37 million. Modifications and repeat instruments add rows. 1,469 is not unique unique firms, NOAA stations, or census tracts. Later ingests can revise the count. Prefer the overlay if the table moved.

Where is the live table?

Department of Commerce in California is the overlay. California 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 $3,475,607,348.19. USAspending.gov is the source. Obligations are not outlays.