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USAspending.gov presents data in a different way than in many transactional databases. This is generally done for the convenience of users so data is more understandable and accessible. The original data fields and information are also available unmodified in USAspending.gov and may be seen if the user chooses the "Complete (all information)" level of detail option available on all data searches (For more information on the complete levels of detail fields in USAspending.gov, see the Contracts Data Dictionary and the Federal Assistance Data Dictionary.

The cases where USAspending.gov has modified data from the Federal Assistance Awards Data System (FAADS) and the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) are outlined below in three sections: Changes to Grants and Contracts Data, Changes to Grants Data, and Changes to Contracts Data.

Changes to Both Grants and Contracts Data

Congressional District
We have regularized Congressional Districts to some extent by treating all incorrect codes/districts within a state as being district "90" (unknown), "98" (nonvoting), or "00" (statewide), depending on the state. Records with invalid state codes are listed as district "ZZ".

Major agencies
USAspending.gov has modified Federal Assistance Awards Data System and Federal Procurement Data System data to streamline the display of federal government agencies. Rather than produce tables that include each sub-agency within the data, it is advantageous to be able to produce tables and output by "major" agency. These generally correspond to departments of the federal government, but some were also chosen because they have a large number of awards. The "major" agencies are shown below:

Agency
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense*
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of State
Department of the Interior
Department of the Treasury
Department of Transportation
Department of Veterans Affairs
Environmental Protection Agency
General Services Administration**
NASA
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
National Science Foundation
Office of Personnel Management
Small Business Administration
Social Security Administration
U.S. Agency for International Development**
All other agencies***

*The Dept. of Defense, as listed here, includes the Dept. of the Army, Dept. of the Air Force, Dept. of the Navy, the civil Corps of Engineers, and the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, even though these have different initial two-digit agency codes in the federal agency coding scheme.

**U.S. AID and GSA are listed as major agencies for contracts, but not for assistance. Otherwise the two major agency lists are the same.

***The agencies combined into "All other agencies" above are slightly different between Federal Assistance Awards Data System and Federal Procurement Data System. Below are details for the "All other agencies" category first for Federal Assistance Awards Data System, then Federal Procurement Data System:

Federal Assistance Awards Data System "All other agencies"

Agency	Number of transactions
Railroad Retirement Board	139,803
Corporation for National and Community Service (formerly ACTION)	34,907
National Endowment for the Arts	17,018
Export-Import Bank of The United States	13,107
National Endowment for the Humanities	10,920
Institute of Museum and Library Services	8,103
Appalachian Regional Commission	3,318
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	1,090
Smithsonian Institution	999
National Historical Publications and Records Commission	828
United States Institute of Peace	339
African Development Foundation	310
Japan-United States Friendship Commission	147
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service	103
Selective Service System	1
National Labor Relations Board	1

Federal Procurement Data System "All Other Contracting Agencies"

Agency	Number of transactions
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	46,304
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	15,802
Broadcasting Board of Governors	11,947
Nuclear Regulatory Commission	10,705
Smithsonian Institution, except units under separate Board of Trustees	7,787
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION	4,694
Tennessee Valley Authority	4,606
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION	4,175
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT	3,769
Peace Corps	3,306
Consumer Product Safety Commission	2,917
Federal Election Commission	2,767
Corporation for National and Community Service	2,541
Federal Communications Commission	2,276
Securities and Exchange Commission	1,990
Federal Trade Commission	1,298
National Labor Relations Board	1,231
Railroad Retirement Board	1,151
Pretrial Services Agency - CSOSA	830
Commodity Futures Trading Commission	815
National Mediation Board	807
National Transportation Safety Board	644
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	592
Trade and Development Agency	511
Millennium Challenge Corporation	468
U.S. International Trade Commission	441
Federal Maritime Commission	404
National Gallery of Art	395
Commission on Civil Rights	391
Selective Service System	322
Merit Systems Protection Board	292
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board	225
National Endowment for the Humanities	217
National Endowment for the Arts	167
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science	110
Court Serv. and Offender Supervision Agency for District of Columbia	105
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum	53
National Capital Planning Commission	47
Federal Housing Finance Board	38
Committee for Purchase from People who are Blind or Severely Disabled	27
American Battle Monuments Commission	24

Federal Procurement Data System "All Other Funding Agencies"

Agency	Number of transactions
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	51,885
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	15,823
Broadcasting Board of Governors	11,994
Nuclear Regulatory Commission	10,764
Smithsonian Institution, except units under separate Board of Trustees	7,792
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION	4,927
Tennessee Valley Authority	4,606
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION	4,249
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT	3,585
Peace Corps	3,311
Consumer Product Safety Commission	2,919
Federal Election Commission	2,767
Corporation for National and Community Service	2,549
Federal Communications Commission	2,282
Securities and Exchange Commission	2,127
Federal Trade Commission	1,302
National Labor Relations Board	1,239
Railroad Retirement Board	1,164
Armed Forces Retirement Home	874
Pretrial Services Agency - CSOSA	830
Commodity Futures Trading Commission	816
National Mediation Board	814
National Transportation Safety Board	644
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	592
Trade and Development Agency	520
Federal Maritime Commission	482
Millennium Challenge Corporation	473
Inter-American Foundation	463
U.S. International Trade Commission	449
National Gallery of Art	395
Commission on Civil Rights	391
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board	351
Selective Service System	323
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH	319
Merit Systems Protection Board	307
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board	234
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board	226
National Endowment for the Humanities	217
Bankruptcy Courts	189
Office of Administration	188
National Endowment for the Arts	168
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science	155
Government Printing Office	145
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	133
Denali Commission	125
Farm Credit Administration	118
Office of the National Drug Control Policy	105
Court Serv. and Offender Supervision Agency for District of Columbia	105
Office of Management and Budget	89
Office of Homeland Security	81
U.S. District and Territorial Courts	76
Central Intelligence Agency	76
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations	64
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum	53
U.S. Court of Federal Claims	53
National Capital Planning Commission	51
Library of Congress	50
Office of the United States Trade Representative	46
THE JUDICIAL BRANCH	45
Federal Housing Finance Board	39
White House Office	38
Committee for Purchase from People who are Blind or Severely Disabled	36
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission	34
U. S. Postal Service	32
Federal Labor Relations Authority	25
American Battle Monuments Commission	24
Overseas Private Investment Corporation	23
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit	22
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council	20
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts	19
Election Assistance Commission	16
Office of Science and Technology Policy	15
Council of Economic Advisors	14
Federal Public Defenders	14
District of Columbia	11
U.S. Tax Court	10
U.S. Courts of Appeals-Judicial Circuits (except Federal Circuit)	8
National Security Council	8
African Development Foundation	7
General Accounting Office	6
Office of the Vice President of the United States	6
Court Security	6
Congress, generally, no additional specification available	6
Office of Government Ethics	5
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims	5
Office of Policy Development	4
National Credit Union Administration	4
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES	4
Office of Special Counsel	4
Federal Judicial Center	4
Council on Environmental Quality/Office of Environmental Quality	3
Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors	2
Advisory Council On Historic Preservation	2
GAO, except Comptroller General	2
Congressional Budget Office	2
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission	2
State Justice Institute	2
Export-Import Bank of the U.S.	1
U.S. Court of International Trade	1
Mississippi River Commission	1
Comptroller General of the United States	1
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court	1
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service	1
Morris K. Udall Scholarship National Environmental Policy Foundation	1

Changes to Only Grants Data (Federal Assistance Awards Data System)

Recipient Definition
Federal Assistance Awards Data System does not have any data fields that define a single recipient of assistance across multiple records (i.e., one entry that would list multiple awards for the same recipient). Clearly, this would be convenient, since it would be useful to look up a single recipient and find out the total assistance for any given year.

Therefore, USAspending.gov has created its own recipient ID based on the following steps: first, the name of the recipient in each Federal Assistance Awards Data System records is regularized by discarding some punctuation, removing words like "Co." or "Inc.", and standardizing certain abbreviations. Then, all records with the same regularized recipient name and recipient state are assumed to belong to the same recipient. A single overall recipient name is chosen for this group of records, based on the most commonly occurring name within the un-standardized recipient names for the group.

This method of grouping records by recipient name and state has some disadvantages. It may, for instance, treat a multi-state recipient as being more than one entity, thereby listing the same group twice in different states, or it may group unrelated entities together that happen to have the same name within the same state. But, the advantages of a common recipient name to enable aggregate totals across records outweigh the problems.

As a final step, the names of many recipients were standardized from the original federal data. State agencies, for instance, now begin with the name of the state fully spelled out. So the original recipient name of NC ST DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVIC, for example, was changed to NORTH CAROLINA DEPT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES. This should make searches easier and subtotals more meaningful.

Fiscal Year

Sometimes Federal Assistance Awards Data System marks information as being either corrections to data for a previous fiscal year or as late filings for a previous fiscal year. To give the proper scope of federal spending in any given fiscal year, we have displayed these data as being part of the fiscal year that they modify, not as part of the fiscal year in which they were reported.

Recipient Type

Federal Assistance Awards Data System' categorization of what type of entity receives assistance (e.g., individual, state government, private higher education) and how the assistance is delivered (e.g., direct payment, loan, block grant) includes too many values to be conveniently displayed on USAspending.gov. Therefore, we have grouped the original recipient types and assistance type into streamlined summary categories. Users can access the detailed categories Federal Assistance Awards Data System uses by selecting the "Complete (all information)" level of detail option available for all data output. The USAspending.gov groupings for recipient type and assistance type are detailed in the two charts below:

Recipient Type Translations

USAspending.gov recipient category	Federal Assistance Awards Data System recipient type
government	state government
government	county government
government	city or township government
government	special district government
government	independent school district
higher ed	State controlled institution of higher education
government	Indian tribe
nonprofit	other nonprofit
higher ed	private higher education
individual	individual
for profit	profit organization
for profit	small business
other	all other

Assistance Type Translations

USAspending.gov assistance category	Federal Assistance Awards Data System assistance type
grants and co-op. agreements	block grant
grants and co-op. agreements	formula grant
grants and co-op. agreements	project grant
grants and co-op. agreements	cooperative agreement
direct payments (both specified and unspecified)	direct payment for specified use, as a subsidy or other non-reimbursable direct financial aid
loans (both direct and guaranteed)	direct loan
loans (both direct and guaranteed)	guaranteed/insured loan
insurance	insurance
direct payments (both specified and unspecified)	direct payment with unrestricted use (retirement, pension, veterans benefits, etc.)
other	other reimbursable, contingent, intangible, or indirect financial assistance

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Program Titles

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Program is a database that classifies all federal programs that provide funding to local government agencies, private institutions, and individuals. Each program is assigned a number and name. Most of the time, CFDA program numbers match up with associated program titles easily. However, there are instances of CFDA program numbers appearing in Federal Assistance Awards Data System that are not listed in the current CFDA program title list. When this happens, USAspending.gov chooses a single best program title for each non-associated number. In some cases this suppresses variations in program titles for a single CFDA program number.

Changes to Only Contracts Data (Federal Procurement Data System)

Parent Company Definition
The most basic task that many users want to accomplish is to look up a particular contractor and find out which contracts they have received. This makes the most sense if done by parent company -- the entity that owns multiple divisions, "doing business as" names, or subsidiaries that may show up as individual contractor names.

The Federal Procurement Data System includes limited information on parent company identity. Therefore, USAspending.gov utilizes parent company information provided by Dun & Bradstreet. Where a search on this site groups together records by parent company, or when a user searches by parent company name, they are using parent company names and parent DUNS Numbers as supplied by Dun & Bradstreet.

There may exist some errors in these parent company assignments, so that transaction records that really apply to different contractors are grouped together. In cooperation with Duns & Bradstreet, we will periodically fix any such errors that are brought to our attention.

Competition Category
There are five data fields in Federal Procurement Data System that are useful for assessing the level of competition of a contract: the Extent Competed, Reason Not Competed, Number of Offers Received, Statutory Exception to Fair Opportunity, and Type of Set Aside. USAspending.gov has combined information from all five of these fields into one overall summation of the amount of competition for each transaction, called the competition category. More specific "transactions" are summed by these new competition categories in various tables.

Transactions were classified as follows. "Full and open" competition means that all responsible sources (or potential contractors) are permitted to compete. Those with Extent Competed indicating full and open competition or competitive delivery order were provisionally put in the full and open competition category. "Full and open with at least one exclusion" includes competitions in which a certain sources are not permitted to compete. "Exclusive competitions" can happen only if certain conditions are met. Transactions were removed from this category that had a reason for non-competition, a statutory exception to fair opportunity, or a set-aside and added to the "competition after exclusion of sources" category. Those remaining in the full and open competition category that had zero or one offers were moved to a category of full and open competition with only one bid. The other noncompetition categories are modeled from Federal Procurement Data System Extent Competed values. "Follow-on contract" is a contract that continues the funding stream and obligations of a contract that has already been issued.

The table below shows how USAspending.gov streamlines Federal Procurement Data System competition categories:

Federal Procurement Data System 'Extent Competed' Description	USAspending.gov Competition Category	Exceptions
Full and Open Competition	Full and open competition	except for records moved to categories below
Competitive Delivery Order	Full and open competition	except for records moved to categories below
Full and Open Competition	Competed after exclusion of sources	Records with a reason for non competition, statutory exception to fair opportunity, or set-aside
Competitive Delivery Order	Competed after exclusion of sources	Records with a reason for non competition, statutory exception to fair opportunity, or set-aside
Full and Open Competition	Full and open competition, but only one bid	Records still in "full and open competition category", but with zero or one offers
Competitive Delivery Order	Full and open competition, but only one bid	Records still in "full and open competition category", but with zero or one offers
Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources	Competed after exclusion of sources
Competed under SAT (Simplified Acquisition Threshold)	Competed after exclusion of sources
Not Available for Competition	Not available for competition
Follow On to Competed Action	Follow-on to previous contract
Not Competed	Not competed
Not Competed, under SAT (Simplified Acquisition Threshold)	Not competed
Non-Competitive Delivery Order	Not competed

Competition Graphs

Contractor profiles and summary level search results receive pie charts which graphs four categories for levels of competition. The graph uses Full and Open Competition, and Full and Open Competition But Only One Bid unaltered from the rest of the site. However, most of the remaining categories (Competition after Exclusion of Sources, Follow-on Contract, Not Available for Competition, and Not Competed) are compressed into one group on the graph (although the accompanying table still lists the specific amounts for the individual categories) which represents less than full competition. The final category used for the graph is unknown. It should also be noted that for graphing purposes, negative numbers, which represent de-obligated funds, are treated as zero in the graph (although they are listed in the accompanying table).

Contracts Data Dictionary

This is a list of all of the data fields in USAspending.govs copy of the Federal Procurement Data System (Federal Procurement Data System) (federal contracts) database. It can be used to see what kind of data each field displayed in the extensive or complete levels of detail contains. The "Field Type" column provides the type and size of the field, in case you wish to load USAspending.gov data into your own database. The "% blank" column shows what percentage of the data records have the data field blank -- this can be useful when you want to estimate whether a particular data element is well maintained or not.

Amounts (Award)

This section shows dollar amounts of awards.

Data Field	Description	Field Type
Dollars Obligated	The net dollar amount that is obligated or de-obligated by this transaction. If the net is a de-obligation, the amount will be negative.	double(18,2)
Current Contract Value	The contract value in dollars for the base contract and any options that have been exercised. For a new award, this is a total; for a modification, it is a change in value (positive or negative).	double(18,2)
Ultimate Contract Value	The total contract or order value in dollars including all options (if any). For IDVs, the estimated value for all orders expected to be placed against the vehicle. For modifications, the change (positive or negative) in the total contract value.	double(18,2)

Purchaser Information (Award)

This section shows information about the purchaser for the award, i.e. the governmental agency or agencies that made the purchase.

Data Field	Description	Field Type
Major Agency	The original Federal Procurement Data System contracting agency code, modified by USAspending.gov to show the major agency giving out the contract. Major agencies are usually departments of the government. All minor agencies are listed within a general category.	char(2)
Modified Contracting Agency	The contracting agency code, as modified by USAspending.gov to replace disused agency codes with current ones.	varchar(4)
Contracting Agency	A code for the governmental agency or bureau that executed or is otherwise responsible for the transaction.	varchar(4)
Contracting Office	The agency supplied code for the contracting office that executes the transaction.	varchar(6)
Program / Funding Agency	A code for the agency that provided the preponderance of the funds obligated by this transaction. If left blank, defaults to Contracting Agency.	varchar(4)
Program / Funding Office	The agency provided code that identifies the office that provided the preponderance of funds. If the Funding Agency is a DoD agency, the code is the DoD Activity Address Code (DODAAC).	varchar(6)
Reason For Purchase For DoD	A code that indicates why a civilian agency made a purchase for DoD.	char(1)
Funded by Foreign Government or International Org.	Indicates that a foreign government, international organization, or foreign military organization bears some of the cost of the acquisition.	char(1)
Program Source/Treasury Account Symbol: Agency Code	Agency Code part (First 2 charcaters) of Treasury Account Symbol (9 chracters) assigned by U.S. Department of Treasury	varchar(2)
Program Source/Treasury Account Symbol: Account Code	Account Code part (3rd to 6th charcaters) of Treasury Account Symbol (9 chracters) assigned by U.S. Department of Treasury	varchar(4)
Program Source/Treasury Account Symbol; Sub-Account Code (OPTIONAL)	Sub-Account Code part (7th to 9th charcaters) of Treasury Account Symbol (9 chracters) assigned by U.S. Department of Treasury	varchar(3)

Contract Information (Award)

This section shows basic contract information for an award.

Data Field	Description	Field Type
Date Signed	The date that a mutually binding agreement was reached. The date signed by the Contracting Officer or the Contractor, whichever is later.	date
Effective Date	The date that the parties agree will be the starting date for the contract's requirements. Usually, this is the same as the date signed, but may be different.	date
Current Completion Date	The current expected or scheduled contract completion date, based on the initial schedule, any options exercised at the time of the award, and any modifications made later.	date
Ultimate Completion Date	The estimated or scheduled completion date including the base contract or order and all options (if any) whether the options have been exercised or not. Defaults to be the same as the Current Completion Date.	date
Award Type	The type of award for this record. Types of awards include Purchase Orders (PO), Delivery Orders (DO), BPA Calls and Definitive Contracts.	char(1)
Reason For Modification	Code for the type of modification to an award or IDV performed by this transaction.	char(1)
Type of Contract Pricing	The type of contract as defined in FAR Part 16 that applies to this procurement. Can be fixed price, cost plus, labor hours, etc.	char(1)
Letter Contract	Indicates whether the award is a Letter Contract.	char(1)
Multi-Year Contract	Indicates whether this is a multi-year contract, a contract for the purchase of supplies or services for more than 1, but not more than 5, program years. Such contracts are issued under specific congressional authority for specific programs.	char(1)
Performance-Based Service Contract	Indicates whether the contract is a Performace-Based Service Acquisition (PBSA) as defined by FAR 37.601. A PBSA describes the requirements in terms of results rather than the methods of performance of the work and has other detailed requirements.	char(1)
Major Program	The agency determined code for a major program within the agency. For an Indefinite Delivery Vehicle, this may be the name of a GWAC (e.g., ITOPS or COMMITS).	varchar(100)
Contingency, Humanitarian, or Peacekeeping Operation	Indicates contract actions that exceed $200,000 and support a contingency operation, a humanitarian operation, or a peacekeeping operation.	char(1)
Cost or Pricing Data DoD	Indicates whether cost or pricing data was obtained, not obtained, or waived for DoD assigned contracts.	char(1)
Contract Financing	Type of financing used to effect payment (progress payments, advance payments, etc.).	char(1)
Cost Accounting Standards Clause	Indicates whether the contract includes a Cost Accounting Standards clause.	char(1)
Contract Description	A brief description of the goods or services bought (for an award) or that are available (for an IDV).	text
Purchase Card As Payment Method	Indicates whether the method of payment under an award is the Purchase Card. Agencies may issue formal contract documents and make payment using the Purchase Card. It is also permitted that agencies may report Purchase Card purchases.	char(1)
Number of Actions	The number of actions that involved contract modifications for additional supplies or services. Can be reported for new contracts or contract modification transactions. Data fields exists in XML schema version 1.2 and later only.	int(11)
National Interest Action	Code for contracts created in response to "national interests" (e.g. Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita). Note: data field only exists in XML schema version 1.2 and later.	varchar(4)

Contractor Information (Award)

This section shows basic information about the contractor/vendor for an award, such as its name, address, parent, and contact information.

Data Field	Description	Field Type
Vendor Name	The name of the vendor supplying the product or service as it appears in CCR or as entered by the user if CCR exception is selected.	varchar(100)
Vendor Alternate Name	An alternate name for the vendor.	varchar(255)
Vendor Legal Organization Name	The legal organizational name of the vendor.	varchar(120)
Vendor Doing Business As Name	The doing as business name of the contractor address.	varchar(80)
Vendor Name from Contract	The name of the contractor supplying the product or service as it appears on the contract.	varchar(80)
Best Vendor Name	A single name chosen as the vendor name by USAspending.gov. The name is the fist valid-appearing one from the following data fields in order: vendor Name, legal name, dba name, alternate name, vendor name from contract, parent company name.	varchar(120)
Best Vendor Name Type	A code showing which of the six name fields provided the best vendor name for this record.	char(1)
Division Name	The division name for the division of the vendor contracted. Usually taken from the CCR (Central Contractor Registry).	varchar(60)
Division Number or Office Code	Unknown meaning.	varchar(10)
Vendor Enabled	Not known.	char(1)
Vendor Location Disable Flag	Unknown meaning.	char(1)
CCR Exception	Indicates and gives the reason why a vendor/contractor not registered in the mandated Central Contractor Registry (CCR) system may be used in a purchase. Data field only exists in XML schema version 1.1 and later.	char(1)
Vendor Address Line 1	The first line of the street address for the contractor.	varchar(55)
Vendor Address Line 2	The second line of the street address for the contractor.	varchar(55)
Vendor Address Line 3	The third line of the street address for the contractor.	varchar(55)
Vendor Address City	The city of the contractor address.	varchar(35)
Vendor Address State	The state in the contractor address.	char(2)
Vendor Zip Code	The zip code in the contractor address.	varchar(10)
Vendor Country	The country code in the contractor address -- a three-letter abbreviation rather than the FIPS country code.	varchar(20)
Vendor Congressional District (Modified)	The Congressional District that the vendor's address falls within, in the form of a two-letter state abbreviation plus a two-digit number, as modified by USAspending.gov.	varchar(4)
Vendor Congressional District	The Congressional district of the contractor, as derived from the Zip+4 in the contractor address.	varchar(6)
Vendor Site Code	Unknown meaning. Apparently not FIPS codes.	varchar(15)
Vendor Alternate Site Code	Unknown meaning. Apparently not FIPS codes.	varchar(15)
Vendor DUNS Number	The Dun & Bradstreet number of the vendor. This is used to link records to the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) and only exists for vendors in the CCR.	varchar(13)
Parent DUNS Number	The Dun & Bradstreet number of the common parent of the affiliated group if the contractor receiving the award is a member of an affiliated group of corporations that files its federal income tax returns on a consolidated basis.	varchar(13)
Vendor Phone Number	The phone number of the contractor.	varchar(20)
Vendor Fax Number	The fax number of the contractor.	varchar(20)
CCR Registration Date	Date the initial registration for the contractor was submitted to the CCR (Central Contractor Registry).	date
CCR Renewal Date	Date the contractor's registration in the CCR (Central Contractor Registry) will expire.	date
Parent ID	A unique ID assigned by USAspending.gov to each parent company, so that records can be grouped by parent company. Information defining which parent companies apply to which data records was supplied by Eagle Eye.	bigint(20)
Parent Company Name	Eagle-Eye provided data field. The parent company for the vendor, as supplied by Eagle Eye and in some cases modified by USAspending.gov.	varchar(100)

Principal Place of Performance (Award)

This section shows the principal place of performance of the award -- the place where most of the work was done.

Data Field	Description	Field Type
Place Congressional District (Modified)	The Congressional District which was the primary place of performance for the contract (i.e. where the work took place) expressed as a two-letter state abbreviation plus a two-digit number, as modified by Eagle Eye and USAspending.gov.	varchar(4)
Place of Performance Code	The code from the combined FIPS Pub. 10 and FIPS Pub. 55 that identifies the place where the work is being performed.	varchar(5)
Place of Performance State	The U.S. state that is the principal place where the work was / is performed.	char(2)
Place of Performance Country	The country that is the principal place where the work was / is performed.	char(3)
Place of Performance Zip Code	The Zip code of the principal place where the work was / is performed. Data field exists only in XML schema version 1.2 and later.	varchar(10)
Place of Performance Cong. District	The Congressional district that is the principal place in which the work was / is performed.	varchar(6)

Product or Service Information (Award)

This section shows information about the product or service purchased by the award.

Data Field	Description	Field Type
Major Product or Service Code	The major category that the Federal Procurement Data System Product or Service Code for the record falls within. Data field created by USAspending.gov.	char(2)
Product or Service Code	The code that best identifies the product or service procured. If more than one code applies, then the code that represents most of the ultimate contract value is reported.	varchar(4)
DoD Program, System, or Equipment Code	Two codes that identify the program and weapons system or equipment purchased by a DoD agency. The first character is a number 1-4 that identifies the DoD component. The last 3 characters identify that component's program, system, or equipment.	varchar(4)
DoD Claimant Program Code	A claimant program number designates a grouping of supplies, construction, or other services. This data field may have a code from the DoD Procurement Coding Manual Section III, DoD Claimant Program Number.	char(3)
Principal NAICS Code	The principal North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code (used to designate major sectors of the economies of Mexico, Canada, and the United States) that indicates the industry in which the contractor does business.	varchar(6)
Information Technology Commercial Item Category	A code that designates the commercial availability of an information technology product or service.	char(1)
Govt. Furnished Equipment or Property	Indicates whether Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) or Government Furnished Property (GFP) used for the contract, pursuant to FAR 45.
Use of EPA Designated Products	Indicates whether EPA approved products with a minimum recovered material content were used, or whether an exception was made.	char(1)
Recovered Material Clauses	Indicates whether Recovered Material Certification and/or Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Products clauses were included in the contract.	char(1)
Sea Transportation	Indicates whether the contractor anticipates that some of the supplies may be transported by sea.	char(1)
Contract Bundling Reason	Indicates that the value of the contract, including all options, is expected to exceed $5M as a result of consolidating separate small contracts into a single contract likely to be unsuitable for a small business concern, and the reason for bundling.	char(1)
Consolidated Contract	Indicates whether the contract is a consolidated contract. This is only required if the Funding Agency or the contracting agency is a DoD Agency. Data field exists in XML schema version 1.2 and later only.	char(1)
Product Country of Origin	Identifies the country of origin of the product.	char(2)
U.S. Contract	When product has substantial foreign components or services are performed by foreign entities, this field indicates whether the contract is still technically a U.S. contract.	char(1)

Record Information (Award)

This section shows information about a Federal Procurement Data System award record, such as its identifying IDs, which IDV it links to, its fiscal year, its version, etc.

Data Field	Description	Field Type
Identifying Agency ID	This is a code for a governmental agency, but it does not necessarily represent the agency that issued the contract. Instead, it serves only as part of the unique identification for Federal Procurement Data System awards records.	varchar(4)
Procurement Instrument ID	A unique ID for each contract, agreement, or order. It is not a unique ID for Federal Procurement Data System records, since there can be more than one record for each contract, agreement, or order.	varchar(50)
Modification Number	An identifier that uniquely identifies a modification for a contract, agreement, or order.	varchar(25)
Transaction Number	Unique identifier for each transaction for a contracting action or modification. There can be more than one in situations such as when an action includes more than one contract type.	varchar(6)
Fiscal Year	The federal government fiscal year (starting September 1) in which the award or IDV record was reported.	smallint(6)
IDV Agency ID	This is a code for an agency, but it does not necessarily represent the agency that issued the contract. Instead, it serves as part of the unique identification for Federal Procurement Data System IDV records. For awards records, it partially identifies a linked IDV record.	varchar(4)
IDV Procurement Instrument ID	For an IDV record, this is a unique identifier for each contract, agreement, or order. For awards records, it partially identifies a linked IDV record.	varchar(50)
IDV Modification Number	For IDV records, uniquely identifies the modification of the contract, agreement, or order. For awards records, it partially identifies a linked IDV record.	varchar(25)
Solicitation ID	Identifier used to link transactions to solicitation information.	varchar(25)
XML Schema Version	The version of the XML schema (i.e., the data format) used to transmit the data record. XML formats before 1.2.1 do not include all data fields.	varchar(10)
Created By	An identifier for the person or role that created the Federal Procurement Data System record.	varchar(50)
Created Date	The date on which the Federal Procurement Data System record was created.	date
Last Modified By	An identifier for the person or role at an agency who last modified the Federal Procurement Data System record (does not include modifications by Federal Procurement Data System staff).	varchar(50)
Last Modified Date	The date on which this Federal Procurement Data System record was last modified by someone at an agency (does not include modifications by Federal Procurement Data System staff).	date
Federal Procurement Data System Record Status	Equals F for Final for all records available to the public.	char(1)

Competition Information (Award)

This section shows information on how an award was competed.

Data Field	Description	Field Type
Competition Category	The Extent Competed field, with code values regrouped into broader categories by USAspending.gov. Indicates whether the contract was competed or not.	char(1)
Extent Competed	A code that represents how the contract was competed.	char(3)
Reason Not Competed	A code for the reason the contract was not competed -- i.e., solicitation procedures other than full and open competition pursuant to FAR 6.3.	char(3)
Number of Offers Received	The number of actual offers/bids received in response to the solicitation.	smallint(6)
Pre-award Synopsis Requirement	Indicates whether the synopsis requirements of FAR Subpart 5.2 were followed.	char(1)
Synopsis Waiver Exception	Indicates participation in the SBA/OFPP Pilot Program that allows for waiver of the synopsis requirement in the FAR Subpart 5.2 when agencies acquire services with an anticipated value between $25,000 and $100,000 using small businesses set-asides.	char(1)
Alternative Advertising	Indicates whether the contracting officer used methods to advertise the requirement other than the advertising that is required by FAR 5.201 (currently, by using FedBizOpps).	char(1)
Commercial Item Acquisition Procedures	Indicates whether the solicitation used the special requirements for the acquisition of commercial items intended to more closely resemble those customarily used in the commercial marketplace as defined by FAR Part 12.	char(1)
Commercial Item Test Program	Indicates whether the solicitation used Commercial Item Acquisition Procedures (FAR Part 12) and Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR Part 13.5) for acquisitions above the Simplified Acquisition Threshold and below $5,000,000.	char(1)
Small Business Compet. Demonstration Program	Indicates whether the contract was awarded to a U.S. business concern as a result of a solicitation issued on or after Jan 1, 1989 as part of the Small Business Competitiveness Program (FAR Part 19.10).	char(1)
A-76 (FAIR Act) Action	Indicates whether the contract action resulted from an A-76/Fair Act competitive sourcing process.	char(1)
Competitive Procedures	Data fields not extensively used in production and since disused, do not display.	char(3)
Solicitation Procedures	A code for the type of solicitation procedures used. Data field exists only in XML schema version 1.2 and later.	varchar(5)
Type of Set Aside	A code for the type of set aside determined for the contract action. Data field exists only in XML schema version 1.2 and later.	varchar(10)
Evaluated Preference	The type of preference determined for the contract action, reported when a contract was made pursuant to the socioeconomic program price evaluation preferences -- FAR 19.11 and FAR 19.13. Data field exists only in XML schema version 1.2 and later.	varchar(6)
Type of Research	A code used when the contract was awarded as part of a Small Business Innovation Research or Small Technology Transfer Research Program. Data field exists only in XML schema version 1.2 and later.	char(3)
Statutory Exception To Fair Opportunity	A code indicating a statutory exception to Fair Opportunity, used awarding a non competitive task order or delivery order exceeding $2500.00 against an IDIQ contract. Data field exists only in XML schema version 1.2 and later.	char(3)

Contract Marketing Data (Award)

This section shows contract marketing data for an award -- whether a fee was paid for use of the IDV that the award was under.

Data Field	Description	Field Type
Fee Paid For Use of IDV	Actual fee paid, in dollars, in order to use the IDV.	double(18,2)

Contractor Characteristics (Award)

This section shows characteristics of the contractor for an award, such as its size, its type, and a set of flags showing whether it is in various special categories.

Data Field	Description	Field Type
Organizational Type	A code for the type of organization of the vendor.	varchar(30)
Number of Employees	The contractor's business size in terms of number of employees. Usually obtained from the CCR (Central Contractor Registry).	int(11)
Annual Revenue	The contractor's annual gross revenue, taken from an average of the last three years. Usually obtained from the CCR (Central Contractor Registry).	double
Small Business	Indicates whether the vendor is a small business.	char(1)
8A Firm	Indicates whether the vendor is an 8(a) Program Participant Organization.	char(1)
Hist. Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Firm	Indicates whether the vendor is a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Firm.	char(1)
Small Disadvantaged Business	Indicates whether the vendor is a Small Disadvantaged Business Organization.	char(1)
Sheltered Workshop (JWOD Provider)	Indicates whether the vendor is a Sheltered Workshop (JWOD Provider) Organization.	char(1)
Historically Black College or University	Indicates whether the vendor is a Historically Black College or University.	char(1)
Educational Institution	Indicates whether the vendor is an Educational Institution.	char(1)
Woman Owned Business	Indicates whether the vendor is a Woman Owned Business.	char(1)
Veteran Owned Business	Indicates whether the vendor is a Veteran Owned Business.	char(1)
Service Disabled Veteran Owned Firm	Indicates whether the vendor is a Service-Related Disabled Veteran Owned Business.	char(1)
Local Government	Indicates whether the vendor is a Local Government Organization.	char(1)
Minority Institution	Indicates whether the vendor is a Minority Institution.	char(1)
American Indian Owned Business	Indicates whether the vendor is an American Indian Owned Business.	char(1)
State Government	Indicates whether the vendor is a State Government Organization.	char(1)
Federal Government	Indicates whether the vendor is a Federal Government Organization.	char(1)
Minority Owned Business	Indicates whether the vendor is a Minority Owned Business.	char(1)
Asian-Pacific American Owned Business	Indicates whether the vendor is an Asian-Pacific American Owned Business.	char(1)
Tribal Government	Indicates whether the vendor is a Tribal Government Organization.	char(1)
Black American Owned Business	Indicates whether the vendor is a Black American Owned Business.	char(1)
Native American Owned Business	Indicates whether the vendor is a Native American Owned Business.	char(1)
Subcontinent Asian (Asian-Indian) American Owned Business	Indicates whether the vendor is a Subcontinent Asian (Asian- Indian) American Owned Business.	char(1)
Nonprofit Organization	Indicates whether the vendor is a Nonprofit Organization.	char(1)
Hispanic American Owned Business	Indicates whether the vendor is a Hispanic American Owned Business.	char(1)
Emerging Small Business	Indicates whether the vendor is an Emerging Small Business.	char(1)
Hospital	Indicates whether the vendor is a Hospital.	char(1)

Legislative Mandates (Award)

This section shows whether various legislative mandates apply to the award.

Data Field	Description	Field Type
Walsh-Healy Act	Indicates whether the transaction is subject to the Walsh-Healy Act (designed to prevent "bid brokering").	char(1)
Service Contract Act	Indicates whether the transaction is subject to the Service Contract Act (concerning payment of prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits to service employees).	char(1)
Davis-Bacon Act	Indicates whether the transaction is subject to the Davis-Bacon Act (concerning the payment of prevailing wages on public works projects).	char(1)
Clinger-Cohen Act	Indicates the funding office has certified that the information technology purchase meets the planning requirements in 40 USC 1422 and 1423.	char(1)
Other Statutory Authority	Indicates whether the transaction is subject to other statutory authority (i.e., legislation other than the Economy Act).	text

Preference Programs (Award)

This section shows whether various preference programs apply to the award.

Data Field	Description	Field Type
Business Size Determination	The Contracting Officer's determination of whether the contractor meets the small business size standard for award to a small business for the NAICS code that is applicable to the contract.	char(1)
Subcontracting Plan	A code for a type of subcontracting plan requirement (FAR Part 19.702).	char(1)
Price Evaluation Percent Difference	The percent difference between the award price and the lowest priced offer from a responsive, responsible non-HUBZone or non-SDB.	char(2)
Reason Not Awarded to Small Disadvantaged Business	If contract was not awarded to a Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), this designates the reason.	char(1)
Reason Not Awarded to Small Business	If contract was not awarded to a small business, this designates a reason.	char(1)

NASA-Specific Data (Award)

This section shows a set of data elements that are only filled in for awards made by NASA.
This section is only displayed in Complete detail reports.

Data Field	Description	Field Type
Agency-Specific Data Agency ID	The code for the agency that uses agency-specific data elements in this data record.	varchar(4)
Proposal Number	NASA-specific data element. The identifying number assigned to the proposal by NSPIRES or other NASA entity. Allows tracking of proposals to awards.	varchar(18)
PR Number	NASA-specific data element. The identifying number that is assigned by the SAP system to a requisition.	varchar(12)
Closeout PR	NASA-specific data element. Indicator of a requisition that closes a procurement.	char(1)
Procurement Placement Code	NASA-specific data element. Indicator of a combination of CICA, set-aside, and socioeconomic data. The Procurement Placement Code (PPC) identifying the type of solicitation process used and the extent of competition obtained on the procurement.	char(2)
Solicitation Issue Date	NASA-specific data element. The date a solicitation is posted in FedBizOps or Grants.gov.	char(1)
Contract Administration Delegated	NASA-specific data element. Indicator of which contract admin functions have been delegated.	varchar(10)
Advisory / Assistance Services Contract	NASA-specific data element. Indicator of whether a contract is for advisory or assistance services.	char(1)
Support Services Type Contract	NASA-specific data element. Indicator of whether a contract is for support services.	char(1)
New Technology or Patent Rights Clause	NASA-specific data element. Indicator of whether a contract contains a New Technology or Patent Rights Clause.	char(1)
Management Reporting Requirements	NASA-specific data element. Indicator of whether a contract contains a requirement for contractors to provide cost/performance reports, and which reports are required.	char(1)
Property Financial Reporting	NASA-specific data element. Indicator of whether a contract contains a requirement for contractors to provide property reports.	char(1)
Value Engineering Clause	NASA-specific data element. Indicator of whether a contract contains a value engineering clause.	char(1)
Security Code	NASA-specific data element. Indicator of whether Defense Industrial Security clearances are required during contract performance.	char(1)
Administrator Code	NASA-specific data element. The code which identifies the individual at the contracting installation responsible for administration of the contract.	char(3)
Contracting Officer Code	NASA-specific data element. The code which identifies the contracting officer for the award.	char(3)
Negotiator Code	NASA-specific data element. The code which identifies the negotiator for the award.	char(3)
COTR Name	NASA-specific data element. The name of the contracting officer's technical representative for the award.	varchar(15)
Alternate COTR Name	NASA-specific data element. The name of the alternate contracting officer's technical representative for the award.	varchar(15)
Organization Code	NASA-specific data element. The organization code for the responsible technical organization to which the contract has been awarded.	varchar(5)
Contract Fund Code	NASA-specific data element. Indicator of whether the contract is fully funded, incrementally funded, or not funded.	char(1)
Physically Complete	NASA-specific data element. Indicator of whether the work under the contract is complete.	char(1)
Date Physically Complete	NASA-specific data element. Date on which work under the contract has been completed.	char(1)
Installation Unique	NASA-specific data element. This field may be used at the discretion of individual NASA centers to collect data not elsewhere reported on the form.	varchar(9)
Funded Through Date	NASA-specific data element. For incrementally funded contracts, the date through which the contract is funded.	char(1)
Cancellation Date	NASA-specific data element. Cancellation date.	char(1)
Principal Investigator First Name	NASA-specific data element. The first name of the principal investigator -- the person proposed by a research institution or firm who bears the prime responsibility for overall technical direction of the work.	varchar(40)
Principal Investigator Middle Init.	NASA-specific data element. The middle initial of the principal investigator -- the person proposed by a research institution or firm who bears the prime responsibility for overall technical direction of the work.	varchar(6)
Principal Investigator Last Name	NASA-specific data element. The last name of the principal investigator -- the person proposed by a research institution or firm who bears the prime responsibility for overall technical direction of the work.	varchar(75)
Alternate Principal Investigator First Name	NASA-specific data element. The first name of the alternate person proposed by a research institution or firm who bears the prime responsibility for overall technical direction of the work.	varchar(40)
Alternate Principal Investigator Middle Init.	NASA-specific data element. The middle initial of the alternate person proposed by a research institution or firm who bears the prime responsibility for overall technical direction of the work.	varchar(6)
Alternate Principal Investigator Last Name	NASA-specific data element. The last name of the alternate person proposed by a research institution or firm who bears the prime responsibility for overall technical direction of the work.	varchar(75)
Field of Science or Engineering	NASA-specific data element. A code for the field of science or engineering in which a research project is being conducted.	char(2)
Final Invoice Paid Date	NASA-specific data element. The date that Finance issued payment for the final invoice.	char(1)
Accession Number	NASA-specific data element. The Federal Records Center number under which files for this procurement are archived.	varchar(20)
Destroy Date	NASA-specific data element. The date that files for this procurement can be destroyed.	char(1)
Accounting Installation	NASA-specific data element. Code identifying the field installation responsible for funding the procurement.	char(2)

Federal Assistance Data Dictionary

This is a list of all of the data fields in USAspending.govs copy of the Federal Assistance Awards Data System (Federal Assistance Awards Data System) (federal assistance) database. It can be used to see what kind of data each field displayed in the extensive or complete levels of detail contains. The "Field Type" column provides the type and size of the field, in case you wish to load USAspending.gov data into your own database. The "% blank" column shows what percentage of the data records have the data field blank -- this can be useful when you want to estimate whether a particular data element is well maintained or not.

Recipient Information

This section shows information about the recipient of the award, such as the name, location, and type of the recipient.

Data Field	Description	Field Type
Recipient Name	The name of the recipient of the award.	varchar(45)
Recipient City Code	The five-digit FIPS city code for the city in the address of the recipient of the award.	varchar(5)
Recipient City Name	The city in which the address of the recipient of the award is located.	varchar(21)
Recipient County Code	The three-digit FIPS county code for the county in which the address for the recipient of the award is located.	char(3)
Recipient County Name	The county in which the address for the recipient of the award is located.	varchar(21)
Recipient State Code	The two-digit FIPS state code for the state or territory in which the address for the recipient of the award is located.	char(2)
Recipient State Name	The name of the state or territory in which the address for the recipient of the award is located.	varchar(25)
Recipient Zip Code	The Zip code in the address of the recipient of the award.	varchar(9)
Congressional District	The Congressional District of the recipient, modified by USAspending.gov to fix some bad data and to use a 2-letter state followed by 2 digit format. 90 means not known, 00 means at large or statewide, 98 means nonvoting, 99 means no representative.	varchar(4)
Recipient Congressional District	The Congressional district in which the address of the recipient of the award is located. 90 indicates district not known, 00 at-large or statewide, 98 nonvoting, 99 no representative.	char(2)
Recipient Category	The original Federal Assistance Awards Data System recipient type code, modified by USAspending.gov into a set of broader categories (government, individual, nonprofit, for profit, higher ed, other).	char(1)
Recipient Type	The type of recipient (i.e., state government, local government, Indian tribe, individual, small business, for-profit, nonprofit, etc.)	char(2)
Recipient Address Line 1	Recipient 's Full address Line 1	char(35)
Recipient Address Line 2	Recipient 's Full address Line 2	char(35)
Recipient Address Line 3	Recipient 's Full address Line 3	char(35)
Recipient DUNS Number	Unique nine-digit number issued by Dun & Bradstreet to the Agency. Followed by optional DUNS Plus 4 which allows an agency to submit different bank account data for a single DUNS (Assigned by Dun & Bradstreet)	char(13)
Dun & Bradstreet Confidence Code	Optional data field to enter the D&B Confidence Code received for validated DUNS data (As provided to agencies by Dun & Bradstreet when obtaining DUNS). OMB encourages Agencies to submit this code with their file submissions to affirm the accuracy of data validated through the D&B process.	char(2)

Project and Award Info

This section shows information about which agency granted the award under what governmental program, and provides some ID numbers for the award.

Data Field	Description	Field Type
Major Agency	The original Federal Assistance Awards Data System agency code, modified by USAspending.gov to show the major agency giving out the award. Major agencies are generally departments of the government. All minor agencies are listed within a general category.	char(2)
Agency Code	A code indicating which governmental agency or bureau provided the award.	varchar(4)
Agency Name	The name of the governmental agency or bureau that provided the award.	varchar(72)
Federal Award ID	An agency-specific unique ID number for each individual assistance award. There may be more than one action record per assistance award, because of continuations, revisions, funding adjustments, corrections, etc.	varchar(16)
Federal Award ID Modification	A modification number used to indicate action records that modify a previous action record with the same federal award ID.	varchar(4)
State Application ID Number	A number assigned by state (as opposed to federal) review agencies to the award during the grant application process.	varchar(20)
CFDA Program Number	The numeric code that indicates the program under which this award was funded within the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA). Numbers that contain AAA, AAB etc. are pseudo-codes and are not in CFDA.	varchar(7)
CFDA Program Title	The title of the program under which the award was funded, taken from the Catalog of Federal Domestic ASsistance (CFDA).	varchar(74)
Assistance Category	The original Federal Assistance Awards Data System assistance type code, modified by USAspending.gov into a set of broader categories (direct grants, loans, insurance, etc.)	char(1)
Assistance Type	The type of assistance provided by the award: whether it is a grant, cooperative agreement, direct payment, loan, insurance, etc.	char(2)
Program Source/Treasury Account Symbol: Agency Code	Agency Code part (First 2 charcaters) of Treasury Account Symbol (9 chracters) assigned by U.S. Department of Treasury	varchar(2)
Program Source/Treasury Account Symbol: Account Code	Account Code part (3rd to 6th charcaters) of Treasury Account Symbol (9 chracters) assigned by U.S. Department of Treasury	varchar(4)
Program Source/Treasury Account Symbol; Sub-Account Code (OPTIONAL)	Sub-Account Code part (7th to 9th charcaters) of Treasury Account Symbol (9 chracters) assigned by U.S. Department of Treasury	varchar(3)

Action

This section shows a detailed action taken under the award -- an amount of money granted or subtracted, the dates involved, the fiscal quarter, and the type of action.

Data Field	Description	Field Type
Fiscal Year	The fiscal year in which the award occurred. It may be different from the fiscal year of the award record if the record is a late filing or correction of an amount for a prior fiscal year. Data field added by USAspending.gov.	smallint(6)
Fiscal Year / Quarter	The fiscal year and fiscal year quarter for this record, with the first four digits being the year, the fifth the quarter.	varchar(5)
Action Type	The type of action for the record: whether it is a new assistance action, a continuation, a revision, or a funding adjustment.	char(1)
Federal Funding Amount	Amount of federal government's obligation or contingent liability, in dollars. A negative number represents a decrease in funding.	int(11)
Non-Federal Funding Amount	Amount of non-federal funding, in dollars. A negative number represents a decrease in funding.	int(11)
Total Funding Amount	The total federal plus non-federal funding amount in dollars. A negative number represents a decrease in funding.	int(12)
Face Value of Direct Loan/Loan Guarantee	The face value of the direct loan or loan guarantee	bigint(16)
Original Subsidy Cost of the Direct Loan/Loan Guarantee	The original subsidy cost of the direct loan or loan guarantee	bigint(16)
Obligation / Action Date	Obligation or action date for the award.	date
Starting Date	The starting date for the award.	date
Ending Date	The ending date for the award.	date
Record Type	Federal Assistance Awards Data System record type: 1 = county aggregate record, 2 = individual action record	char(1)
Correction / Late Indicator	Indicates that the action record is either a correction of a record from a previous quarter or a late reported record from a previous quarter. The previous quarter is indicated in the Corrected Fiscal Year / Quarter data field.	char(1)
Corrected Fiscal Year / Quarter	The fiscal year (first four digits) and quarter (fifth digit) of the previous fiscal year and quarter that this record corrects, or which it is a late report for.	varchar(5)

Principal Place

This section shows the principal place of performance of the activity supported by the award.

Data Field	Description	Field Type
Principal Place Code	A code for the principal place of performance for the award. The first two digits are the state FIPS code, the next five the county FIPS (three digits followed by ) or city FIPS code. 00*** = multi-state, 00FORGN = foreign country.	varchar(7)
Principal Place State	The state or territory name of the principal place of performance for the award.	varchar(25)
Principal Place County or City	The city or county name of the principal place of performance for the award.	varchar(25)
Principal Place of Performance Zip Code	The 9 digit zipcode (zip+4) of the principal place of performance for the award.	varchar(9)
Principal Place of Performance Congressional District	The Congressional District of the principal place of performance for the award.	varchar(2)