Department of Commerce federal obligations in Wisconsin

Commerce awards tagged to Wisconsin

Department of Commerce as awarding agency, Wisconsin as place-of-performance: 189 records summing to $1,381,583,747.17. A Department of Commerce award coded outside WI is out. An award in Wisconsin from a different awarding agency is out even if the topic sounds related. Wisconsin (WI) excludes Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, and Iowa. A Chicago-coded award is Illinois even if the firm sits in Kenosha.

One hundred eighty-nine records against $1,381,583,747.17 is a thin Commerce file: few rows, large dollars. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 189 as 189 unique unique firms, export dollars, or named bureaus. The overlay Department of Commerce in Wisconsin is the both-keys table. Wisconsin federal spending is the all-agency state hub. Department of Commerce is the agency book without a WI filter. All spending ties lists other joins.

Named NOAA or Census units are unpublished. Assigning $1,381,583,747.17 to a single bureau is a new extract. Correlation is not causation: Wisconsin did not cause $1,381,583,747.17 by existing as a large or small place. Population and outcome scores are not packet facts. The join is 013 × WI only.

Not a manufacturer or export ledger

$1,381,583,747.17 does not measure unique firms, export dollars, or named bureaus. Those series are not USAspending fields on this aggregate. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 013 and a WI place-of-performance tag.

Do not treat 189 awards as a census of unique firms, export dollars, or named bureaus. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair. If Wisconsin federal spending or Department of Commerce matched $1,381,583,747.17 and 189, the join would be pointless. Use the overlay when both keys must stay on. Minnesota, Illinois, and Michigan Commerce joins are other pairs, not addends.

Wisconsin statewide, not a Milwaukee-only map

Place of performance WI is a geography tag on the award, not a metro list and not a commuting zone. Wisconsin (WI) excludes Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, and Iowa. A Chicago-coded award is Illinois even if the firm sits in Kenosha. Recipient address can differ from that state tag.

Named NOAA or Census units are unpublished. Assigning $1,381,583,747.17 to a single bureau is a new extract. This packet does not split $1,381,583,747.17 by city, county, or named facility. 189 awards stay statewide. A county table would be a different extract.

Thin files still mean obligations

Even a thick or thin file records obligations, not necessarily outlays. $1,381,583,747.17 can include amounts that pay on a later schedule. Citing it as cash already sent in Wisconsin confuses two concepts. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total.

Wisconsin’s own budget is a different ledger. Mixing it with the 189-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 $1,381,583,747.17.

Citing Commerce in Wisconsin

Cite USAspending.gov: Department of Commerce (agency 013) obligated $1,381,583,747.17 on 189 awards coded to Wisconsin. Name both sides. Keep “obligations.” Do not relabel the total as unique firms, export dollars, or named bureaus.

Prefer Department of Commerce in Wisconsin if the overlay has refreshed after an ingest. Wisconsin federal spending still includes every other awarding agency tagged to WI. Department of Commerce is the 013 parent without the WI filter. All spending ties indexes other pairs. Do not add those parents into $1,381,583,747.17.

A usable footnote names Department of Commerce, Wisconsin, $1,381,583,747.17, and 189. The compact headline $1.38 billion is that same dollar total rounded. It is not a second extract. The implied mean near $7.31 million is $1,381,583,747.17 divided by 189. Means are not medians. USAspending.gov remains the originating system.

Questions

How much has the Department of Commerce obligated in Wisconsin?

USAspending.gov records $1,381,583,747.17 across 189 awards with awarding agency 013 and a Wisconsin tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a count of unique firms, export dollars, or named bureaus. Department of Commerce in Wisconsin is the live overlay for this pair. Keep both keys when quoting $1,381,583,747.17.

Is $1,381,583,747.17 a measure of unique firms, export dollars, or named bureaus?

No. The packet publishes $1,381,583,747.17 and 189 awards for agency 013 inside WI 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 189 awards?

That is the award-record count for 013 × WI. Combined with $1,381,583,747.17, the average is about $7.31 million. Modifications and repeat instruments add rows. 189 is not unique unique firms, export dollars, or named bureaus. Later ingests can revise the count. Prefer the overlay if the table moved.

Where is the live table?

Department of Commerce in Wisconsin is the overlay. Wisconsin 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 $1,381,583,747.17. USAspending.gov is the source. Obligations are not outlays.