Department of Veterans Affairs federal obligations in Hawaii

VA awards tagged to Hawaii

Department of Veterans Affairs as awarding agency, Hawaii as place-of-performance: 2,591 records summing to $3,277,575,623.64. A Department of Veterans Affairs award coded outside HI is out. An award in Hawaii from a different awarding agency is out even if the topic sounds related. Hawaii (HI) is a distinct place-of-performance key. California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska VA rows are other cells.

Two thousand five hundred ninety-one awards is a mid-count VA file: more rows than a thin Energy cell, fewer than a USDA assistance flood. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 2,591 as 2,591 unique enrolled veterans, hospital beds, or disability ratings. The overlay Department of Veterans Affairs in Hawaii is the both-keys table. Hawaii federal spending is the all-agency state hub. Department of Veterans Affairs is the agency book without an HI filter. All spending ties lists other joins.

Honolulu-versus-neighbor-island clinic folklore is not a packet split. $3,277,575,623.64 stays on the HI tag. Correlation is not causation: Hawaii did not “cause” $3,277,575,623.64 by existing as a large or small place. Population and outcome scores are not packet facts. The join is 036 × HI only.

2,591 rows are not 2,591 veterans

$3,277,575,623.64 does not measure enrolled veterans, hospital beds, or disability ratings. Those series are not USAspending fields on this aggregate. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 036 and an HI place-of-performance tag.

Do not treat 2,591 awards as a census of enrolled veterans, hospital beds, or disability ratings. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair. If Hawaii federal spending or Department of Veterans Affairs matched $3,277,575,623.64 and 2,591, the join would be pointless. Use the overlay when both keys must stay on. California and Alaska VA joins are other pairs, not addends.

Hawaii is not the mainland VA book

Place of performance HI is a geography tag on the award, not a metro list and not a commuting zone. Hawaii (HI) is a distinct place-of-performance key. California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska VA rows are other cells. Recipient address can differ from that state tag.

Honolulu-versus-neighbor-island clinic folklore is not a packet split. $3,277,575,623.64 stays on the HI tag. This packet does not split $3,277,575,623.64 by city, county, or named facility. 2,591 awards stay statewide. A county table would be a different extract.

Obligations ahead of clinic cash

Even a thick or thin file records obligations, not necessarily outlays. $3,277,575,623.64 can include amounts that pay on a later schedule. Citing it as cash already sent in Hawaii confuses two concepts. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total.

Hawaii’s own budget is a different ledger. Mixing it with the 2,591-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 $3,277,575,623.64.

Citing the VA–Hawaii pair

Cite USAspending.gov: Department of Veterans Affairs (agency 036) obligated $3,277,575,623.64 on 2,591 awards coded to Hawaii. Name both sides. Keep “obligations.” Do not relabel the total as enrolled veterans, hospital beds, or disability ratings.

Prefer Department of Veterans Affairs in Hawaii if the overlay has refreshed after an ingest. Hawaii federal spending still includes every other awarding agency tagged to HI. Department of Veterans Affairs is the 036 parent without the HI filter. All spending ties indexes other pairs. Do not add those parents into $3,277,575,623.64.

A usable footnote names Department of Veterans Affairs, Hawaii, $3,277,575,623.64, and 2,591. The compact headline $3.28 billion is that same dollar total rounded. It is not a second extract. The implied mean near $1.26 million is $3,277,575,623.64 divided by 2,591. Means are not medians. USAspending.gov remains the originating system.

Questions

How much has the Department of Veterans Affairs obligated in Hawaii?

USAspending.gov records $3,277,575,623.64 across 2,591 awards with awarding agency 036 and a Hawaii tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a count of enrolled veterans, hospital beds, or disability ratings. Department of Veterans Affairs in Hawaii is the live overlay for this pair. Keep both keys when quoting $3,277,575,623.64.

Is $3,277,575,623.64 a measure of enrolled veterans, hospital beds, or disability ratings?

No. The packet publishes $3,277,575,623.64 and 2,591 awards for agency 036 inside HI 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 VA file have 2,591 awards?

That is the award-record count for 036 × HI. Combined with $3,277,575,623.64, the average is about $1.26 million. Modifications and repeat instruments add rows. 2,591 is not unique enrolled veterans, hospital beds, or disability ratings. Later ingests can revise the count. Prefer the overlay if the table moved.

Where is the live table?

Department of Veterans Affairs in Hawaii is the overlay. Hawaii federal spending and Department of Veterans Affairs are the parents, not addends. All spending ties lists other pairs. Keep both sides of the join when citing $3,277,575,623.64. USAspending.gov is the source. Obligations are not outlays.