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COTR Name

Human-readable name of the NASA Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) associated with the IDV record. It identifies the person tied to the technical oversight role for the instrument and is a label field rather than a coded identifier.

Family: IDV
Category: NASA Specific Fields
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: label
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__agencySpecificIDVElements__NASASpecificIDVElements__COTRName
Title
COTR Name
FPDS Path
IDV/agencySpecificIDVElements/NASASpecificIDVElements/COTRName
Description
Human-readable name of the NASA Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) associated with the IDV record. It identifies the person tied to the technical oversight role for the instrument and is a label field rather than a coded identifier.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts attribute technical oversight responsibility and trace who was associated with administration of the IDV from NASA's perspective. It can support reviews of accountability, role assignment patterns, and internal management of awards, especially when comparing contracting activity across offices or individuals.
Example Value
KINNEY, T.
Observed Non-Null Count
57,697

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__agencySpecificIDVElements__NASASpecificIDVElements__COTRName
FPDS XML Path
IDV/agencySpecificIDVElements/NASASpecificIDVElements/COTRName
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/agencySpecificIDVElements/NASASpecificIDVElements/COTRName' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__agencySpecificIDVElements__NASASpecificIDVElements__COTRName'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • NASA-specific IDV record interpretation

Common Usage

  • Identify the NASA technical representative linked to an IDV
  • Group awards by named COTR for oversight analysis
  • Validate NASA-specific administrative data against other award records

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the value is a unique person identifier
  • Using raw text matching without normalizing spelling, punctuation, or initials

Query Guidance

Select and display the field as a text label. For analytics, normalize casing and trim whitespace before grouping, and use LIKE or cleaned-text comparisons only when exact identity matching is not required; do not join on this field unless no better identifier exists.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Top values

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