Federal Communications Commission federal obligations in California

A high-count FCC file on California

Federal Communications Commission as awarding agency, California as place-of-performance: 20,768 records summing to $4,052,173,217.51. A Federal Communications Commission 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 the carrier’s HQ is in California.

Twenty thousand seven hundred sixty-eight records is a high-count FCC file. A low implied mean can sit beside a multi-billion dollar stock. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 20,768 as 20,768 unique spectrum licenses, broadband subscribers, or unique carriers. The overlay Federal Communications Commission in California is the both-keys table. California federal spending is the all-agency state hub. Federal Communications Commission is the agency book without a CA filter. All spending ties lists other joins.

Universal Service and broadband-deployment folklore are unpublished program splits. $4,052,173,217.51 stays agency 027 × CA. Correlation is not causation: California did not “cause” $4,052,173,217.51 by existing as a large or small place. Population and outcome scores are not packet facts. The join is 027 × CA only.

Not a license census or broadband subscriber count

$4,052,173,217.51 does not measure spectrum licenses, broadband subscribers, or unique carriers. Those series are not USAspending fields on this aggregate. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 027 and a CA place-of-performance tag.

Do not treat 20,768 awards as a census of spectrum licenses, broadband subscribers, or unique carriers. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair. If California federal spending or Federal Communications Commission matched $4,052,173,217.51 and 20,768, the join would be pointless. Use the overlay when both keys must stay on. Nevada, Oregon, and Arizona FCC joins are other pairs, not addends.

California, not a Bay-versus-Inland split

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 the carrier’s HQ is in California. Recipient address can differ from that state tag.

Universal Service and broadband-deployment folklore are unpublished program splits. $4,052,173,217.51 stays agency 027 × CA. This packet does not split $4,052,173,217.51 by city, county, or named facility. 20,768 awards stay statewide. A county table would be a different extract.

USF-style volume still records obligations

Even a thick or thin file records obligations, not necessarily outlays. $4,052,173,217.51 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 20,768-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 $4,052,173,217.51. Sharing a state with FCC does not mean campaign donations funded these awards.

Citing FCC in California

Cite USAspending.gov: Federal Communications Commission (agency 027) obligated $4,052,173,217.51 on 20,768 awards coded to California. Name both sides. Keep “obligations.” Do not relabel the total as spectrum licenses, broadband subscribers, or unique carriers.

Prefer Federal Communications Commission in California if the overlay has refreshed after an ingest. California federal spending still includes every other awarding agency tagged to CA. Federal Communications Commission is the 027 parent without the CA filter. All spending ties indexes other pairs. Do not add those parents into $4,052,173,217.51.

A usable footnote names Federal Communications Commission, California, $4,052,173,217.51, and 20,768. The compact headline $4.05 billion is that same dollar total rounded. It is not a second extract. The implied mean near $195,116 is $4,052,173,217.51 divided by 20,768. Means are not medians. USAspending.gov remains the originating system.

Questions

How much has the Federal Communications Commission obligated in California?

USAspending.gov records $4,052,173,217.51 across 20,768 awards with awarding agency 027 and a California tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a count of spectrum licenses, broadband subscribers, or unique carriers. Federal Communications Commission in California is the live overlay for this pair. Keep both keys when quoting $4,052,173,217.51.

Is $4,052,173,217.51 a measure of spectrum licenses, broadband subscribers, or unique carriers?

No. The packet publishes $4,052,173,217.51 and 20,768 awards for agency 027 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 FCC file have 20,768 awards?

That is the award-record count for 027 × CA. Combined with $4,052,173,217.51, the average is about $195,116. Modifications and repeat instruments add rows. 20,768 is not unique spectrum licenses, broadband subscribers, or unique carriers. Later ingests can revise the count. Prefer the overlay if the table moved.

Where is the live table?

Federal Communications Commission in California is the overlay. California federal spending and Federal Communications Commission are the parents, not addends. All spending ties lists other pairs. Keep both sides of the join when citing $4,052,173,217.51. USAspending.gov is the source. Obligations are not outlays.