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Place of Performance Congressional District

Identifies the congressional district associated with the place where the work under the Other Transaction award is performed. It is a geographic attribute that records the district as a string value, often in a short coded format such as "01".

Family: Other Transaction Award
Category: Place Of Performance
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: attribute
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceCongressionalDistrict
Title
Place of Performance Congressional District
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/placeOfPerformance/placeOfPerformanceCongressionalDistrict
Description
Identifies the congressional district associated with the place where the work under the Other Transaction award is performed. It is a geographic attribute that records the district as a string value, often in a short coded format such as "01".
Business Meaning
This field enables congressional and regional analysis of where federal-supported work occurs, supporting oversight, territory-based reporting, and comparisons of award activity across districts. It is useful for mapping performance locations to political geography and assessing local distribution of procurement activity.
Example Value
01
Observed Non-Null Count
38,515

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceCongressionalDistrict
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/placeOfPerformance/placeOfPerformanceCongressionalDistrict
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/placeOfPerformance/placeOfPerformanceCongressionalDistrict' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceCongressionalDistrict'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Map award performance locations to congressional districts
  • Aggregate obligations by district for oversight reporting
  • Join to district reference tables for geographic rollups

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the value is a district name instead of a code
  • Dropping leading zeros or grouping inconsistent code formats together

Query Guidance

Use the field as a string dimension in GROUP BY, JOIN, and filter clauses, and preserve exact formatting when comparing values. If district codes are to be analyzed across datasets, standardize them first and pair them with state or other location fields to avoid ambiguous matches.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceCongressionalDistrict AS place_of_performance_congressional_district
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceCongressionalDistrict IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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