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Funding Requesting Agency Id Name

Human-readable name of the funding or requesting agency associated with the award record. This is the label counterpart to the agency identifier in the purchaser information segment of the FPDS award data.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__purchaserInformation__fundingRequestingAgencyID__name
Title
Funding Requesting Agency Id Name
FPDS Path
award/purchaserInformation/fundingRequestingAgencyID/name
Description
Human-readable name of the funding or requesting agency associated with the award record. This is the label counterpart to the agency identifier in the purchaser information segment of the FPDS award data.
Business Meaning
It identifies which federal entity initiated or funded the requirement, which is essential for attributing demand, analyzing interagency support relationships, and separating the requesting organization from the awarding organization. Analysts use it to understand program sponsorship, funding responsibility, and cross-agency procurement activity.
Example Value
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Observed Non-Null Count
102,422,036

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__purchaserInformation__fundingRequestingAgencyID__name
FPDS XML Path
award/purchaserInformation/fundingRequestingAgencyID/name
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/purchaserInformation/fundingRequestingAgencyID/name' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__purchaserInformation__fundingRequestingAgencyID__name'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Grouping obligations by requesting or funding agency
  • Comparing the requesting agency to the awarding agency
  • Filtering awards associated with a specific federal department or component

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the name itself is a stable identifier
  • Using it interchangeably with the awarding agency name

Query Guidance

Use this field in SELECT and GROUP BY clauses for readable agency reporting, but join or filter on the associated agency ID when exact matching is required. When standardizing results, normalize case and whitespace, and prefer the coded field for deduplication because labels may vary across records.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__purchaserInformation__fundingRequestingAgencyID__name AS funding_requesting_agency_id_name
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__purchaserInformation__fundingRequestingAgencyID__name IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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