Department of Justice federal obligations in Pennsylvania

DOJ awards tagged to Pennsylvania

Department of Justice as awarding agency, Pennsylvania as place-of-performance: 3,785 records summing to $883,997,962.35. A DOJ award coded outside PA is out. An award in Pennsylvania from a different awarding agency is out even if the work sounds like courts or grants. Pennsylvania (PA) excludes New Jersey, Ohio, and Delaware.

Three thousand seven hundred eighty-five awards is a high-count file. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 3,785 as 3,785 unique cases, unique grantees, or named contractors. The overlay Department of Justice in Pennsylvania is the both-keys table. Pennsylvania federal spending is the all-agency state hub. Department of Justice is the agency book without a PA filter. All spending ties lists other joins.

A high-count file, modest dollars per row

Dividing $883,997,962.35 by 3,785 yields about $233,552.96. Justice portfolios can mix grants, contracts, and modifications; 3,785 is not 3,785 unique prosecutors or 3,785 named vendors. Do not invent contractor names.

Correlation is not causation: a high award count does not prove crime rose or fell. This packet does not rank Pennsylvania against other states. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair.

Not a crime score or a docket census

$883,997,962.35 does not measure offenses, convictions, or prison populations. Those series are unpublished here. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 015 and a PA place-of-performance tag. This page does not split the total by Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, or Harrisburg. A county table would be a different extract.

Obligations, not cash already paid

Even a thick file records obligations, not necessarily outlays. $883,997,962.35 can include amounts that pay on a later schedule. Citing it as cash already sent in Pennsylvania confuses two concepts. Deobligations move the total.

Pennsylvania’s own budget is a different ledger. Mixing it with the 3,785-award USAspending file leaves this series. Keep the obligation label on $883,997,962.35. FEC donations are a different dataset and do not fund this cell.

Citing DOJ in Pennsylvania

Cite USAspending.gov: Department of Justice (agency 015) obligated $883,997,962.35 on 3,785 awards coded to Pennsylvania. Name both sides. Keep “obligations.” The compact $884 million is that same dollar total rounded. Prefer Department of Justice in Pennsylvania if the overlay refreshed.

Pennsylvania federal spending still includes every other awarding agency tagged to PA. Department of Justice is the 015 parent without the PA filter. All spending ties indexes other pairs. Do not add those parents into $883,997,962.35. The implied mean near $233,552.96 is $883,997,962.35 divided by 3,785. Means are not medians.

High-count DOJ rows without a docket

Three thousand seven hundred eighty-five awards totaling $883,997,962.35 is a high-count justice texture: implied mean near $233,552.96. Grants, contracts, and modifications add rows. 3,785 is not 3,785 cases and not 3,785 unique grantees. This packet does not name defendants, U.S. Attorney offices, or contractors. Offenses, convictions, and prison populations are unpublished. A high award count does not prove crime rose. Pennsylvania excludes New Jersey, Ohio, and Delaware. This page does not split Philadelphia from Pittsburgh or Harrisburg.

Prefer Department of Justice in Pennsylvania if the overlay refreshed. Pennsylvania federal spending and Department of Justice are parents, not addends. All spending ties indexes other pairs. No fiscal year is in the facts. Keep obligations on $883,997,962.35. Unique recipients stay unpublished. FEC filings are a different dataset and do not fund this cell. A later ingest can restate 3,785; rewrite the dollar sentence and leave the pair as agency 015 × Pennsylvania.

Justice folklore does not add dockets. $883,997,962.35 on 3,785 records is agency 015 with Pennsylvania place of performance. Case names and crime scores stay unpublished. Prefer Department of Justice in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania federal spending, Department of Justice, and All spending ties are hubs. A high award count does not prove crime rose. Keep obligations, not outlays.

Questions

How much has the Department of Justice obligated in Pennsylvania?

USAspending.gov records $883,997,962.35 across 3,785 awards with awarding agency 015 and a Pennsylvania tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a crime score. Department of Justice in Pennsylvania is the live overlay. Keep both keys when quoting $883,997,962.35.

Does 3,785 awards mean 3,785 cases?

No. 3,785 is the award-record count for 015 × PA. Combined with $883,997,962.35, the average is about $233,552.96. Unique recipients are unpublished. Grants, contracts, and modifications add rows. This packet does not name defendants or vendors.

Is this DOJ’s nationwide total?

No. This page is agency 015 with Pennsylvania place of performance only. The agency-wide Department of Justice hub omits the PA filter. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov. Keep both the agency and the state when quoting the cell. USAspending.gov remains the source.

Where is the live table?

Department of Justice in Pennsylvania is the overlay. Pennsylvania federal spending and Department of Justice are the parents, not addends. All spending ties lists other pairs. Keep both sides when citing $883,997,962.35. Obligations are not outlays. Keep both the agency and the state when quoting the cell. USAspending.gov remains the source.