Department of Veterans Affairs in Virginia 11th District (VA-11)
USAspending.gov tags $5,530,092,749.09 to Department of Veterans Affairs inside Virginia 11th District (VA-11) — 1,463 award records, not outlays. One thousand four hundred sixty-three Veterans Affairs awards equal about four percent of VA-11's district book — the same geography as the GSA cell, a different awarding agency (036). That pair is Department of Veterans Affairs and Virginia 11th District (VA-11) — not Virginia's entire federal inflow, not Department of Veterans Affairs nationwide, and not cash already paid. The cell is 4.1% of this district's published obligation total ($135,818,189,140.10). Implied average obligation is about $3,779,967.70 ($5,530,092,749.09 ÷ 1,463). Correlation is not causation.
Key figures
- Veterans Affairs in Virginia 11th District (VA-11): $5,530,092,749.09 across 1,463 USAspending awards.
- Implied mean about $3,779,967.70 per record; district share 4.1% of $135,818,189,140.10.
- Agency 036 × VA-11 is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a named-recipient list.
- Cite USAspending.gov; quote Virginia 11th District and Department of Veterans Affairs if live tables moved.
- Virginia federal spending and All spending ties are parents and an index, not amounts to add into $5,530,092,749.09.
Veterans Affairs obligations coded to Virginia 11th District (VA-11)
Awarding agency 036 and congressional district VA-11 meet here. $5,530,092,749.09 is the USAspending.gov obligation sum on awards that carry both tags. It is not Department of Veterans Affairs's nationwide total, not every federal dollar coded to Virginia 11th District (VA-11), and not an outlay register. The packet does not split compensation from medical care or construction inside agency 036. 1,463 is an action count: modifications and repeat awards add rows. Unique recipients are unpublished. This cell is not a veteran census, a clinic roster, or a named-contractor file.
Dividing $5,530,092,749.09 by 1,463 yields about $3,779,967.70 per award on average. That ratio is two packet facts. It is not a typical contract, grant, or benefit line. 1,463 awards is a moderate Veterans Affairs file. It is not a clinic roster. Unique veterans and named facilities are unpublished. Do not treat VA-11's 036 cell as a synonym for every Veterans Affairs account nationwide. Open Virginia 11th District for the district table without this agency filter, Department of Veterans Affairs for agency 036 without a VA-11 filter, Virginia federal spending for every awarding agency in the Virginia extract, and All spending ties for the rest of the join list. Quote those hubs as parents, not as addends to $5,530,092,749.09.
What Veterans Affairs contributes to this pair
USAspending labels awarding agency 036 as Department of Veterans Affairs. That code produced $5,530,092,749.09 when crossed with Virginia 11th District (VA-11) place of performance. The agency-wide 036 hub does not require VA-11 geography. The district hub does not require Veterans Affairs. Only this tie applies both filters, which is why it cites 1,463 awards. The packet does not split compensation from medical care or construction inside agency 036.
Correlation is not causation: Virginia 11th District (VA-11) did not cause $5,530,092,749.09 by existing as a large or small place. Population, outcome scores, and named facilities are not packet facts. The join is 036 × VA-11 only. This cell is not a veteran census, a clinic roster, or a named-contractor file. Do not invent contractors or award recipients to fill the gap. Campaign donations on FEC tables do not fund this USAspending cell; the datasets are separate.
District geography versus Virginia statewide totals
Virginia 11th District (VA-11) on this join is a USAspending geography field, not a claim that every dollar was disbursed to residents of that district. Awards can list VA-11 while later work occurs elsewhere. Awards tagged to other Virginia districts belong on those ties even when the awarding agency is also 036. Virginia 11th District (VA-11) is a numbered congressional place-of-performance code inside Virginia. Other Virginia districts are separate joins even when they reuse awarding-agency 036. Virginia 11th District (VA-11) is a numbered USAspending geography inside Virginia. GSA × VA-11 on this slice uses agency 047, not 036.
Why this is not an outlay register
USAspending.gov records an obligation when the federal government commits funds on an award. $5,530,092,749.09 is that kind of sum for Department of Veterans Affairs inside VA-11 coding. Later deobligations, recoveries, or payment schedules can change what leaves the Treasury without this join rewriting itself into a cash register. Assistance and contract awards can share the same awarding-agency rollup; this packet does not split them. Net obligations can include downward adjustments. This page reports $5,530,092,749.09 as given. Clinic visits or compensation already paid would be an outlay story this packet does not tell.
Live tables versus this snapshot
Cite USAspending.gov: Department of Veterans Affairs (agency 036) obligated $5,530,092,749.09 on 1,463 awards coded to Virginia 11th District (VA-11). Name Department of Veterans Affairs and Virginia 11th District (VA-11) together. Keep the obligation word. If Virginia 11th District or Department of Veterans Affairs has refreshed, prefer the live hub over this snapshot for current rows. The pair is not a veteran census, a clinic roster, or a named-contractor file. 4.1% of $135,818,189,140.10 is the district share on this packet, not a performance score.
Keep Department of Veterans Affairs, Virginia 11th District (VA-11), $5,530,092,749.09, and 1,463 awards together. All spending ties indexes other pairs. Department of Veterans Affairs is the 036 parent without a VA-11 filter. Virginia federal spending is the Virginia parent. Do not add those parents to this cell. Sharing a district with Veterans Affairs does not mean campaign donations funded these awards, and it does not convert obligations into outlays. This page reports one USAspending join.
What this packet refuses to infer
1,463 awards is a moderate Veterans Affairs file. It is not a clinic roster. Unique veterans and named facilities are unpublished. Share near four percent can appear on both the GSA and Veterans Affairs VA-11 cells because the district denominator is huge. Same share is not the same agency. A large row count makes a program split tempting; the packet still does not supply one. A small row count makes a named-facility story tempting; the packet still does not name facilities or contractors. The implied mean (about $3,779,967.70) and the district share (4.1% of $135,818,189,140.10) are ratios of packet facts. Prefer Virginia 11th District and Department of Veterans Affairs if the live tables moved.
Questions
- How much Veterans Affairs spending is coded to Virginia 11th District (VA-11)?
- USAspending.gov lists $5,530,092,749.09 in Department of Veterans Affairs obligations across 1,463 awards in Virginia 11th District (VA-11). Agency 036 × VA-11 is an obligation join, not an outlay. The cell is 4.1% of the district total ($135,818,189,140.10). Average obligation is about $3,779,967.70.
- Does $5,530,092,749.09 include every Veterans Affairs program in VA-11?
- The packet publishes one awarding-agency rollup. The packet does not split compensation from medical care or construction inside agency 036. $5,530,092,749.09 is the agency 036 sum inside VA-11. This page will not name contractors. 1,463 is an action count, not a program count.
- Is $5,530,092,749.09 cash already paid in Virginia 11th District (VA-11)?
- No. Obligations are commitments on USAspending.gov awards, not Treasury outlays. Treating $5,530,092,749.09 as checks cleared in Virginia 11th District (VA-11) confuses those terms. Later ingests can revise 1,463 awards. Prefer the live hubs if tables moved.
- What share of VA-11 obligations is agency 036?
- Agency 036 accounts for 4.1% of $135,818,189,140.10 in district-wide obligations. That share is $5,530,092,749.09 ÷ $135,818,189,140.10. It is not a ranking of Virginia districts and not an outlay share.
USAspending.gov congressional district place-of-performance joined to awarding agency. District 90/98 (multi/non-voting placeholders) are omitted. Obligations are not outlays.