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Place of Performance Congressional District

A string value identifying the congressional district for the place where contract performance occurs. It locates the performance site within a U.S. congressional district; the example value "04" indicates a district code rather than a narrative location.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceCongressionalDistrict
Title
Place of Performance Congressional District
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/placeOfPerformance/placeOfPerformanceCongressionalDistrict
Description
A string value identifying the congressional district for the place where contract performance occurs. It locates the performance site within a U.S. congressional district; the example value "04" indicates a district code rather than a narrative location.
Business Meaning
This field supports geographic analysis of where federal contract work is actually performed, which is useful for assessing local economic impact, regional distribution of procurement activity, and district-level oversight or reporting.
Example Value
04
Observed Non-Null Count
13,126

FPDS Compare

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

  • District-level counts of awards or obligations by place of performance
  • Mapping contract activity to congressional representation areas
  • Joining to geography reference tables for regional analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the value is a free-text district name instead of a code
  • Filtering on numeric comparisons that drop leading zeros, such as turning "04" into 4

Query Guidance

Use this field as a string and preserve formatting, including leading zeros. When grouping or filtering, compare against exact text values and, if available, combine it with state or other geographic fields to avoid ambiguous district interpretation.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Top values

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