Federal Communications Commission federal obligations in Wisconsin

FCC and Wisconsin as a coding pair

This page is a join of two USAspending.gov fields: awarding agency Federal Communications Commission (code 027) and place-of-performance Wisconsin. The extract sums to $1,783,055,734.26 on 8,283 awards. Those facts describe a coding intersection. They do not show that Federal Communications Commission spending caused Wisconsin outcomes, or that Wisconsin caused the federal award book.

The pair is not a Wisconsin broadband-availability ranking or a fiber-mile inventory. Correlation of an agency label with a state code is not causation. Place-of-performance can follow a rural carrier, a cooperative, or an administrative address in Madison or Milwaukee. Work tagged to Wisconsin can involve parties elsewhere, and Wisconsin work can be coded to another state.

FCC coverage maps and state broadband-office dashboards are other products. Mixing any of those series with $1,783,055,734.26 leaves the USAspending award file. The 8,283 figure counts award records, including modifications present in the extract, not unique people, firms, or facilities.

A busy tape under $1.78 billion

Eight thousand two hundred eighty-three awards under a $1.78 billion book is a high-volume tape. Dividing $1,783,055,734.26 by 8,283 awards yields an implied mean near $215,267. That quotient is a ratio of two packet facts, not a typical award size and not a median. A few large vehicles can pull the average while many smaller rows sit below it.

Volume and dollars are different columns. Cite both 8,283 and $1,783,055,734.26. USAspending.gov is the source. SpendingVault does not recast $215,267 as a product schedule or a beneficiary payment.

Later ingests can revise $1,783,055,734.26 and 8,283. This prose is a packet snapshot. The overlay is the live table. If those two disagree, use the overlay. Keep the obligation label so the cell is not read as cash already paid in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin statewide versus FCC nationwide

Wisconsin’s all-agency hub includes every awarding agency with performance in the state. $1,783,055,734.26 is only the Federal Communications Commission cell inside Wisconsin. The Federal Communications Commission national hub includes every state. This tie is the overlap, nothing more.

State budget documents in Wisconsin answer a different question. They are not the source of the 8,283 federal award records. If a chart mixes a General Fund table with this cell, the chart has left the USAspending.gov series.

A busy 8,283-row file with an implied mean near $215,267 fits many modest support actions rather than a handful of satellite-class contracts. This packet does not split USF programs. Do not rank Wisconsin as more or less connected because $1,783,055,734.26 appears next to the state code.

Support obligations are still not cash

An obligation records a legal commitment on an award. An outlay records cash leaving the Treasury. $1,783,055,734.26 is the first series. Using it as a proxy for checks already issued in Wisconsin will misstate timing. SpendingVault does not convert this cell into cash.

Multi-year vehicles can remain open after the obligation posts. Cite the pair as agency 027 × Wisconsin, $1,783,055,734.26, 8,283 awards, obligations only.

Where the structured rows live

The Wisconsin × Federal Communications Commission overlay holds the structured rows behind 8,283 awards and $1,783,055,734.26. The Wisconsin state page and the Federal Communications Commission agency page are the parents. The ties index lists other state–agency pairs on the same obligation basis.

Those views do not add a program-code mix or a unique-recipient count this packet omits. They also do not convert $1,783,055,734.26 into outlays.

How to cite FCC in Wisconsin

Cite USAspending.gov: Federal Communications Commission (awarding agency 027) obligated $1,783,055,734.26 on 8,283 awards coded to Wisconsin. Keep both sides of the join. Do not drop Wisconsin and call the figure a national FCC total. Do not drop Federal Communications Commission and call it Wisconsin’s entire federal book.

The implied mean near $215,267 remains a ratio of two packet facts. Place-of-performance is a coding field, not a complete map of Wisconsin subcontractors. Do not convert the Wisconsin FCC cell into a coverage percentage.

Questions

How much has the FCC obligated in Wisconsin?

USAspending.gov shows $1,783,055,734.26 in Federal Communications Commission obligations coded to Wisconsin across 8,283 awards. Awarding-agency 027 and Wisconsin place of performance define the join. The total is obligations, not outlays.

Does 8,283 awards mean 8,283 broadband projects?

No. 8,283 is an award-record count, including modifications. The implied mean is about $215,267 from $1,783,055,734.26 divided by 8,283. Unique projects and locations are not in this packet.

Is this a coverage statistic for Wisconsin?

No. $1,783,055,734.26 is an award-file obligation sum, not a coverage map or a speed test. FCC coverage publications are a different series.

Are FCC obligations in Wisconsin the same as outlays?

No. $1,783,055,734.26 is an obligation sum on 8,283 awards. Outlays are cash leaving the Treasury and can lag. SpendingVault does not convert this Wisconsin × FCC cell into cash.