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Agency Identifier

A coded identifier for the federal agency associated with the treasury account linked to the award. It identifies which agency owns or is tied to the account rather than describing the account itself.

Family: Award
Category: Contract Data
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: attribute
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__contractData__listOfTreasuryAccounts__treasuryAccount__treasuryAccountSymbol__agencyIdentifier
Title
Agency Identifier
FPDS Path
award/contractData/listOfTreasuryAccounts/treasuryAccount/treasuryAccountSymbol/agencyIdentifier
Description
A coded identifier for the federal agency associated with the treasury account linked to the award. It identifies which agency owns or is tied to the account rather than describing the account itself.
Business Meaning
This field lets analysts attribute obligations and funding relationships to the correct agency, which is essential for agency-level spend analysis, cross-agency funding reviews, and treasury-account-based reporting. It supports grouping awards by the agency responsible for the underlying account structure.
Example Value
17
Observed Non-Null Count
34,553,682

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__contractData__listOfTreasuryAccounts__treasuryAccount__treasuryAccountSymbol__agencyIdentifier
FPDS XML Path
award/contractData/listOfTreasuryAccounts/treasuryAccount/treasuryAccountSymbol/agencyIdentifier
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/contractData/listOfTreasuryAccounts/treasuryAccount/treasuryAccountSymbol/agencyIdentifier' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__contractData__listOfTreasuryAccounts__treasuryAccount__treasuryAccountSymbol__agencyIdentifier'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building

Common Usage

  • grouping awards by funding agency
  • joining to agency reference or lookup tables
  • filtering treasury-account-linked award records

Common Mistakes

  • assuming the code is the same as the awarding office or contracting agency
  • using the value alone without validating the related descriptive field or code set

Query Guidance

Use this field as a join key or filter on the coded agency identifier, and cast consistently if your warehouse stores it as text. For analysis, pair it with the corresponding agency name or description field; if multiple treasury-account records exist per award, deduplicate or aggregate intentionally before summarizing by agency.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__contractData__listOfTreasuryAccounts__treasuryAccount__treasuryAccountSymbol__agencyIdentifier AS agency_identifier
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__contractData__listOfTreasuryAccounts__treasuryAccount__treasuryAccountSymbol__agencyIdentifier IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__contractData__listOfTreasuryAccounts__treasuryAccount__treasuryAccountSymbol__agencyIdentifier AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__contractData__listOfTreasuryAccounts__treasuryAccount__treasuryAccountSymbol__agencyIdentifier IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.