Rhode Island
GDX reports $782M of VA expenditures for Rhode Island in FY2024, across all categories. In the 3 categories that can be compared like-for-like, GDX reports $395M and USAspending shows $389M of obligations (98.4%). 1 category sits outside that band and is listed as a variance to review.
GDX expenditure, USAspending obligations, coverage ratio
| Category | GDX expenditure | USAspending obligations | Coverage ratio | Band (all states) | Status | Structural explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Compensation & Pension GDX source: VBA Office of Performance Analysis & Integrity (PA&I), county-level payment data | $349M | $349M | 100.0% | 100.0%–100.0% | Within tolerance | Within the band set by all states this year. |
Education & Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment GDX source: VBA PA&I, county-level payment data | $39.5M | $39.5M | 100.0% | 100.0%–100.0% | Within tolerance | Education payments to schools can follow the school's location on one side and the student's residence on the other. |
Insurance & Indemnities GDX source: Insurance Service Office of Budget and Oversight (payment records with SSN/address) | $0 | $2.3M | — | 93.5%–126.8% | Too small to compare | GDX reports less than $1M here; ratios on small amounts reflect rounding, not coverage. |
Construction GDX source: VA Office of Construction & Facilities Management (CFM), by station | $6.7M | $345K | 5.1% | 5.6%–5801% | Variance to review | Construction is obligated up front and spent over several years; single-year ratios swing with project phasing. USAspending below GDX can reflect items GDX draws from VA's financial systems that have no award row, or rows without a usable state. |
Medical Care GDX source: VHA Allocation Resource Center (ARC) and FMS | $384M | — | — | — | Not comparable | Most of VA medical spending is the payroll and operating cost of VA hospitals and clinics, which is not an award and never appears on USAspending. VHA's cost-of-care assistance listings (64.009–64.050) are reported inconsistently from year to year, and contract place of performance follows the facility rather than the patient's home. |
Loan Guaranty GDX source: FMS (through FY2023); VBA PA&I (FY2024+) | $71K | — | — | — | Not comparable | USAspending records guaranteed loans by face value with zero federal obligation per loan; the budgetary cost (subsidy and claims) is not in the award file. |
Memorial Benefits GDX source: NCA Office of Finance Service; VBA PA&I | $2.5M | — | — | — | Not comparable | Mostly National Cemetery Administration operating cost with no award record; only the burial-allowance and grant pieces appear on USAspending. |
Compared categories · FY2024
Grey = GDX expenditure · teal = USAspending obligations (amber when outside tolerance)
Each pair is scaled to its own larger value.
- Compensation & Pension100.0%$349M$349M
- Education & Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment100.0%$39.5M$39.5M
- Construction5.1%$6.7M$345K
Multi-year trend, compared categories
Sum of the categories compared in each year
Programs, recipients and offices
Assistance listings
Obligations mapped into compared categories
- VETERANS COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY64.109 · Compensation & Pension · 60 rows$319M
- POST-9/11 VETERANS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE64.028 · Education & Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment · 60 rows$28.4M
- VETERANS DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DEATH64.110 · Compensation & Pension · 56 rows$24.3M
- VETERAN READINESS AND EMPLOYMENT64.116 · Education & Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment · 60 rows$7.2M
- PENSION FOR NON-SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY FOR VETERANS64.104 · Compensation & Pension · 51 rows$4.3M
- SURVIVORS AND DEPENDENTS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE64.117 · Education & Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment · 60 rows$2.6M
- LIFE INSURANCE FOR VETERANS - DIRECT PAYMENTS FOR INSURANCE64.031 · Insurance & Indemnities · 151 rows$2.3M
- PENSION TO VETERANS SURVIVING SPOUSES, AND CHILDREN64.105 · Compensation & Pension · 48 rows$1.9M
- AUTOMOBILES AND ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES64.100 · Education & Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment · 12 rows$428K
- MONTGOMERY GI BILL SELECTED RESERVE64.032 · Education & Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment · 55 rows$403K
- SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING FOR DISABLED VETERANS64.106 · Education & Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment · 12 rows$347K
- MONTHLY ALLOWANCE FOR CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS BORN WITH SPINA BIFIDA64.127 · Compensation & Pension · 36 rows$124K
- ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE64.124 · Education & Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment · 44 rows$103K
- POST-VIETNAM ERA VETERANS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE64.120 · Education & Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment · 6 rows$7K
- VETERAN RAPID RETRAINING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM64.130 · Education & Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment · 1 rows$3K
Construction contractors
PSC Y contracts performed in this state
- $210K
- $72K
- SGJV2, LLC1 award · largest action →$63K
- $0
- $0
Awarding offices (construction)
Office that recorded the obligation
- 241-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 01 (36C241)3 awards$273K
- PCAC (36C776)2 awards$72K
Observations for Rhode Island, all years
- Rhode Island — Construction, FY2024low · strength 0.42
GDX reports $6.7M of Construction expenditures for Rhode Island in FY2024; USAspending shows $345K of obligations under the same category definitions (5.1% of GDX). The ratio sits below the tolerance band set by 47 compared states that year (5.6% to 5801%; median 185.0%). GDX figures are expenditures and USAspending figures are obligations; the difference is a variance to review, not a finding.
Benign explanation: Construction and other multi-year awards are obligated up front and spent over several years: a state with a large new project shows USAspending well above GDX in the award year and below it later.
- Rhode Island — Construction, FY2021low · strength 0.34
GDX reports $28.4M of Construction expenditures for Rhode Island in FY2021; USAspending shows $2.0M of obligations under the same category definitions (7.0% of GDX). The ratio sits below the tolerance band set by 47 compared states that year (7.9% to 3651%; median 138.9%). GDX figures are expenditures and USAspending figures are obligations; the difference is a variance to review, not a finding.
Benign explanation: Construction and other multi-year awards are obligated up front and spent over several years: a state with a large new project shows USAspending well above GDX in the award year and below it later.
- Rhode Island — Construction, FY2016medium · strength 0.40
GDX reports $1.8M of Construction expenditures for Rhode Island in FY2016; USAspending shows $77.1M of obligations under the same category definitions (4377% of GDX). The ratio sits above the tolerance band set by 47 compared states that year (2.9% to 2607%; median 111.4%). GDX figures are expenditures and USAspending figures are obligations; the difference is a variance to review, not a finding.
Benign explanation: Construction and other multi-year awards are obligated up front and spent over several years: a state with a large new project shows USAspending well above GDX in the award year and below it later.
- Rhode Island — Construction, FY2014low · strength 0.76
GDX reports $3.4M of Construction expenditures for Rhode Island in FY2014; USAspending shows $2K of obligations under the same category definitions (0.0% of GDX). The ratio sits below the tolerance band set by 41 compared states that year (3.4% to 4473%; median 134.8%). GDX figures are expenditures and USAspending figures are obligations; the difference is a variance to review, not a finding.
Benign explanation: Construction and other multi-year awards are obligated up front and spent over several years: a state with a large new project shows USAspending well above GDX in the award year and below it later.
Pattern definition and thresholds: gdx-reconciliation-variance.
Categories GDX reports that are not compared
| Category | GDX expenditure | How GDX places it | Why not compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Care | $384M | Patient's home residence, not the site of care (research is booked to the facility performing it). | Most of VA medical spending is the payroll and operating cost of VA hospitals and clinics, which is not an award and never appears on USAspending. VHA's cost-of-care assistance listings (64.009–64.050) are reported inconsistently from year to year, and contract place of performance follows the facility rather than the patient's home. |
| Loan Guaranty | $71K | Through FY2023: Travis County, TX (processing location). FY2024+: county of the loan. | USAspending records guaranteed loans by face value with zero federal obligation per loan; the budgetary cost (subsidy and claims) is not in the award file. |
| Memorial Benefits | $2.5M | Place of performance (NCA) and county of the beneficiary (VBA burial). | Mostly National Cemetery Administration operating cost with no award record; only the burial-allowance and grant pieces appear on USAspending. |
- GDX expenditure
- VA's estimate of money spent in the fiscal year, by state (an expenditure measure, closer to outlays than to obligations; VA notes it can differ from both), from VA's Geographic Distribution of VA Expenditures report.
- USAspending obligations
- Net obligations recorded on USAspending.gov in the same fiscal year (sum of every transaction's federal action obligation), for the programs mapped to the same GDX category.
- Coverage ratio
- USAspending ÷ GDX. 100% means the award record accounts for the same dollars VA reports as spent. Obligations and expenditures are different measures, so exact agreement is not expected.