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Contracting Office Agency Id Name

Human-readable name of the contracting office agency tied to the purchaser information in an Other Transaction Award record. This is the text label for the agency identifier, not the underlying code.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID__name
Title
Contracting Office Agency Id Name
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/purchaserInformation/contractingOfficeAgencyID/name
Description
Human-readable name of the contracting office agency tied to the purchaser information in an Other Transaction Award record. This is the text label for the agency identifier, not the underlying code.
Business Meaning
It identifies which federal agency’s contracting office is associated with the transaction, which is essential for agency-level reporting, portfolio rollups, and attributing awards to the correct organizational owner. Analysts use it to summarize activity by department or component and to validate agency assignments against coded records.
Example Value
DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID__name
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/purchaserInformation/contractingOfficeAgencyID/name
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/purchaserInformation/contractingOfficeAgencyID/name' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID__name'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Agency-level award counts and obligations
  • Grouping transactions by contracting office owner
  • Validating coded agency fields against human-readable labels

Common Mistakes

  • Using the label as a stable key instead of the agency code
  • Assuming spelling or abbreviation variants represent different agencies

Query Guidance

Use this field for presentation, joins only when no code field is available, and QA checks against the paired agency ID. In SQL, aggregate by the coded identifier when possible and select this name field for readable output; normalize or trim text only for display, not for business logic.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID__name AS contracting_office_agency_id_name
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID__name IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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