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Funding Requesting Office Id Name

Human-readable name of the office that requested the funding associated with the award. It is the label version of the funding requesting office identifier in the FPDS award record, used to describe which office originated or requested the funds.

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__fundingRequestingOfficeID__name
Title
Funding Requesting Office Id Name
FPDS Path
award/purchaserInformation/fundingRequestingOfficeID/name
Description
Human-readable name of the office that requested the funding associated with the award. It is the label version of the funding requesting office identifier in the FPDS award record, used to describe which office originated or requested the funds.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts attribute spending and obligation activity to the office driving the funding request, not just the contracting office or awarding organization. It is useful for organization-level reporting, workload analysis, and tracing funding responsibility across components.
Example Value
DEF. CONTRACT. CMD. - WASHINGTON
Observed Non-Null Count
89,213,417

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Identify the requesting office behind an award
  • Group obligations by funding-originating office
  • Validate office labels against office ID codes

Common Mistakes

  • Using the name field as a unique identifier
  • Assuming the label is standardized across agencies or reporting periods

Query Guidance

Use this field for display, filtering by known office names, or sanity checks. For analysis, prefer grouping and joins on the corresponding office ID/code field, and keep this column as a label in SELECT output rather than a primary key in SQL.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__purchaserInformation__fundingRequestingOfficeID__name AS funding_requesting_office_id_name
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__purchaserInformation__fundingRequestingOfficeID__name IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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