US Government political money — 2012 cycle

The US Government × 2012 join

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle put $446,316 at US GOVERNMENT × 2012. 655 contributions and 244 donors travel with that dollar figure. Do not invent named contributors. US GOVERNMENT is a catch-all employer string, not a census of every federal workplace and not a single agency PAC. U.S. GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, and named-agency spellings can sit on other keys.

LobbyVault does not verify payroll against the US GOVERNMENT string. Alumni, spouses, retirees, and contractors can appear if that is what the receipt stored.

Putting $9,651,418 in context

4.62% is a share of a grouped parent, not a finding that US Government as an organization preferred 2012. Most of the $9,651,418 book sits outside this cell ($9,205,102).

US GOVERNMENT is a catch-all employer string, not a census of every federal workplace and not a single agency PAC. U.S. GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, and named-agency spellings can sit on other keys.

Cycle 2012 without mixing other strings

FEC cycle 2012 is the two-year federal clock labeled 2012. Inside that clock, US Government is one employer/occupation grouping among many. The 2012 election cycle hub shows other strings in the same window. This page keeps US Government and 2012 named together so neither hub is mistaken for the join. 655 contributions and 244 donors are counts on itemized receipts grouped to US GOVERNMENT in that window, not a workforce census.

The US GOVERNMENT string collected $446,316 in 2012 from 244 donors and 655 lines. That is a narrower roster than USPS on this slice, with a higher mean gift near $681. The label still does not name a cabinet department. The Us Government 2012 overlay is the overlay. The Us Government industry page is the parent grouping. The 2012 election cycle page is the cycle census. All FEC ties lists other joins.

Unitemized gifts and omitted rows

USAspending rows for the same calendar years are a different dataset. This join does not claim that $446,316 funded federal awards, or that federal awards funded the gifts. Campaign contributions are not federal awards. Geography or employer text on a contribution line does not convert the gift into an obligation.

Unitemized gifts and corporate treasury schedules are outside $446,316. LobbyVault does not treat 244 unique donors as a headcount of everyone associated with US GOVERNMENT in 2012. Mean gift size near $681 and mean per donor near $1,829 are ratios on this presidential-year cell. They are not a 10-K political-activity line. A one-cycle share of 4.62% is not a trend. The packet has no year-over-year series on this page.

Using All FEC ties without mixing cells

Internal links go to Us Government 2012, the Us Government industry hub, the 2012 election cycle, and All FEC ties. Use those four doors. The overlay lists disclosed names and recipient committees. The industry hub holds $9,651,418. The cycle hub holds other employer strings in 2012.

A complete citation: receipts grouped to US GOVERNMENT in FEC cycle 2012 total $446,316 from 244 donors and 655 itemized contributions, 4.62% of the all-cycle total of $9,651,418. The leftover outside 2012 is $9,205,102, or 95.4%. Cite FEC.gov. Live hubs override this snapshot. If the overlay disagrees, the overlay and FEC.gov control.

US GOVERNMENT is a catch-all employer string, not a census of every federal workplace and not a single agency PAC. U.S. GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, and named-agency spellings can sit on other keys.

Keep both join sides in every citation of the headline total. This /ties/ page is a snapshot of packet facts, not a substitute for live FEC.gov bulk files. Amended reports can move either side of the join; the newer extract controls. Internal links stay on the packet hrefs only. Unitemized activity and independent expenditures remain outside these totals.

Researchers comparing US Government across cycles should open each cycle’s /ties/ file separately rather than summing from memory.

US Government × 2012 is a join page. Quote $446,316 only with both sides named. The presidential-year window labeled 2012 is not interchangeable with adjacent even-year clocks. 655 itemized lines and 244 unique donors are extract counts. Sibling keys mentioned as possibilities are not totals on this page. FEC.gov bulk files remain the underlying source; LobbyVault publishes grouped aggregates. The US GOVERNMENT string collected $446,316 in 2012 from 244 donors and 655 lines. That is a narrower roster than USPS on this slice, with a higher mean gift near $681. The label still does not name a cabinet department.

Questions

What is the US Government total for FEC cycle 2012?

LobbyVault attributes $446,316 to that employer/industry string in 2012, from 655 contributions and 244 donors. These are itemized individual receipts. The all-cycle grouping is $9,651,418. Cite FEC.gov for $446,316, 655 contributions, and 244 donors on the US Government × 2012 join.

What share of US Government itemized receipts sits in 2012?

No. $446,316 is 4.62% of the all-cycle total of $9,651,418. Other cycles hold $9,205,102, or 95.4%. This page publishes only the 2012 intersection. A share is not a preference finding. Cite FEC.gov for $446,316, 655 contributions, and 244 donors on the US Government × 2012 join.

Is $446,316 a US Government treasury contribution?

No. The total is itemized individual contributions whose employer or occupation field grouped to US GOVERNMENT. Mean gift size near $681 across 655 lines is a ratio, not a treasury gift. Cite FEC.gov for $446,316, 655 contributions, and 244 donors on the US Government × 2012 join.

Who are the 244 unique donors on this cell?

They are 244 unique donors on itemized receipts grouped to US GOVERNMENT in 2012. Alumni, spouses, and other spellings may sit here or on other keys. LobbyVault does not verify payroll and does not invent names in this file. Cite FEC.gov for $446,316, 655 contributions, and 244 donors on the US Government × 2012 join.