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COTR Name

Human-readable name of the NASA Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) recorded on the award. It identifies the individual associated with technical oversight for the award and serves as the descriptive counterpart to the underlying NASA-specific award element.

Family: Award
Category: General
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: label
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__COTRName
Title
COTR Name
FPDS Path
award/agencySpecificAwardElements/NASASpecificAwardElements/COTRName
Description
Human-readable name of the NASA Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) recorded on the award. It identifies the individual associated with technical oversight for the award and serves as the descriptive counterpart to the underlying NASA-specific award element.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify who was designated to manage or oversee technical performance on NASA awards. It can support accountability reviews, follow-up on contract administration, and cross-checks against award documents or other oversight records.
Example Value
j ARVESEN
Observed Non-Null Count
820,194

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__COTRName
FPDS XML Path
award/agencySpecificAwardElements/NASASpecificAwardElements/COTRName
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/agencySpecificAwardElements/NASASpecificAwardElements/COTRName' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__COTRName'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Identify the named technical representative for a NASA award
  • Support award administration and oversight analysis
  • Compare personnel assignments across awards or time periods

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the value is a unique person ID or stable key
  • Using exact string matches without normalizing case, punctuation, or spacing

Query Guidance

Use this field as a descriptive text attribute in SELECT, GROUP BY, and filtering after normalization. For matching or deduplication, apply TRIM/UPPER and consider fuzzy comparison; do not rely on it alone for joins unless no other identifier exists.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__COTRName AS c_o_t_r_name
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__COTRName IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__COTRName AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__agencySpecificAwardElements__NASASpecificAwardElements__COTRName 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.