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Data dictionary

The data dictionary provides an overview of the FAC API from the perspective of historical Census data. Many users are familiar with the pipe-delimited CSV files distributed by Census. These documents help developers navigate from what-was to what-is.

Dictionary by endpoint

  1. general
  2. federal_awards
  3. notes_to_sefa
  4. findings
  5. findings_text
  6. corrective_action_plans
  7. passthrough
  8. secondary_auditors
  9. additional_ueis
  10. additional_eins

Endpoint: general (formerly gen)

Data from the general endpoint in the FAC API.
Census GSA Data type
AUDITYEAR audit_year TEXT
TYPEOFENTITY entity_type TEXT
FYSTARTDATE fy_start_date DATE
FYENDDATE fy_end_date DATE
AUDITTYPE audit_type TEXT
PERIODCOVERED audit_period_covered TEXT
NUMBERMONTHS number_months TEXT
EIN auditee_ein TEXT
AUDITEENAME auditee_name TEXT
STREET1 auditee_address_line_1 TEXT
CITY auditee_city TEXT
STATE auditee_state TEXT
ZIPCODE auditee_zip TEXT
AUDITEECONTACT auditee_contact_name TEXT
AUDITEETITLE auditee_contact_title TEXT
AUDITEEPHONE auditee_phone TEXT
AUDITEEEMAIL auditee_email TEXT
AUDITEEDATESIGNED auditee_certified_date DATE
CPAFIRMNAME auditor_firm_name TEXT
CPASTREET1 auditor_address_line_1 TEXT
CPACITY auditor_city TEXT
CPASTATE auditor_state TEXT
CPAZIPCODE auditor_zip TEXT
CPACONTACT auditor_contact_name TEXT
CPATITLE auditor_contact_title TEXT
CPAPHONE auditor_phone TEXT
CPAEMAIL auditor_email TEXT
CPADATESIGNED auditor_certified_date DATE
COGAGENCY cognizant_agency TEXT
OVERSIGHTAGENCY oversight_agency TEXT
TYPEREPORT_FS gaap_results TEXT
SP_FRAMEWORK sp_framework_basis TEXT
TYPEREPORT_SP_FRAMEWORK sp_framework_opinions TEXT
GOINGCONCERN is_going_concern_included BOOLEAN
MATERIALWEAKNESS is_internal_control_material_weakness_disclosed BOOLEAN
DUP_REPORTS is_aicpa_audit_guide_included BOOLEAN
DOLLARTHRESHOLD dollar_threshold BIGINT
LOWRISK is_low_risk_auditee BOOLEAN
TOTFEDEXPEND total_amount_expended BIGINT
AUDITOR_EIN auditor_ein BIGINT
FACACCEPTEDDATE fac_accepted_date DATE
CPAFOREIGN auditor_foreign_address TEXT
CPACOUNTRY auditor_country TEXT
EUI auditee_uei TEXT
MULTIPLEUEIS is_additional_ueis BOOLEAN
AUDITEECERTIFYNAME auditee_certify_name TEXT
AUDITEECERTIFYTITLE auditee_certify_title TEXT
SP_FRAMEWORK_REQUIRED is_sp_framework_required BOOLEAN
SIGNIFICANTDEFICIENCY is_internal_control_deficiency_disclosed BOOLEAN
MATERIALNONCOMPLIANCE is_material_noncompliance_disclosed BOOLEAN
Question 3.d - Audit Info agencies_with_prior_findings ARRAY
INTIALDATE date_created DATE
TYPE_AUDITCODE type_audit_code TEXT
SUPPRESSION_CODE is_public BOOLEAN
____ ready_for_certification_date DATE
____ data_source TEXT
____ is_secondary_auditors TEXT

Endpoint: federal_awards (formerly cfda)

Data from the federal_awards endpoint in the FAC API.
Census GSA Data type
AUDITYEAR + DBKEY General.report_id TEXT
AUDITYEAR General.audit_year TEXT
EIN General.auditee_ein TEXT
CFDA federal_agency_prefix + federal_award_extension TEXT
AWARDIDENTIFICATION additional_award_identification TEXT
FEDERALPROGRAMNAME federal_program_name TEXT
AMOUNT amount_expended BIGINT
CLUSTERNAME cluster_name TEXT
STATECLUSTERNAME state_cluster_name TEXT
PROGRAMTOTAL federal_program_total BIGINT
CLUSTERTOTAL cluster_total BIGINT
DIRECT is_direct BOOLEAN
PASSTHROUGHAWARD is_passthrough_award BOOLEAN
PASSTHROUGHAMOUNT passthrough_amount BIGINT
MAJORPROGRAM is_major BOOLEAN
TYPEREPORT_MP audit_report_type TEXT
FINDINGREFNUMS audit_findings.finding_ref_number TEXT
LOANS is_loan BOOLEAN
LOANBALANCE loan_balance TEXT
FINDINGSCOUNT findings_count INT
ELECAUDITSID award_reference TEXT
OTHERCLUSTERNAME other_cluster_name TEXT

Endpoint: notes_to_sefa (formerly notes)

Data from the notes_to_sefa endpoint in the FAC API.
Census GSA Data type
AUDITYEAR + DBKEY General.report_id TEXT
AUDITYEAR General.audit_year TEXT
TITLE title TEXT
CONTENT content TEXT
____ accounting_policies TEXT
____ is_minimis_rate_used TEXT
____ rate_explained TEXT
____ contains_chart_or_table TEXT

Endpoint: findings (formerly findings)

Data from the findings endpoint in the FAC API.
Census GSA Data type
AUDITYEAR + DBKEY General.report_id TEXT
AUDITYEAR General.audit_year TEXT
ELECAUDITSID FederalAward.award_reference TEXT
FINDINGSREFNUMS reference_number TEXT
TYPEREQUIREMENT type_requirement TEXT
MODIFIEDOPINION is_modified_opinion BOOLEAN
OTHERNONCOMPLIANCE is_other_matters BOOLEAN
MATERIALWEAKNESS is_material_weakness BOOLEAN
SIGNIFICANTDEFICIENCY is_significant_deficiency BOOLEAN
OTHERFINDINGS is_other_findings BOOLEAN
QCOSTS is_questioned_costs BOOLEAN
REPEATFINDING is_repeat_finding BOOLEAN
PRIORFINDINGREFNUMS prior_finding_ref_numbers TEXT

Endpoint: findings_text (formerly findingstext)

Data from the findings_text endpoint in the FAC API.
Census GSA Data type
AUDITYEAR + DBKEY General.report_id TEXT
AUDITYEAR General.audit_year TEXT
FINDINGREFNUMS finding_ref_number TEXT
TEXT finding_text TEXT
CHARTSTABLES contains_chart_or_table TEXT

Endpoint: corrective_action_plans (formerly captext)

Data from the corrective_action_plans endpoint in the FAC API.
Census GSA Data type
AUDITYEAR + DBKEY General.report_id TEXT
AUDITYEAR General.audit_year TEXT
FINDINGREFNUMS finding_ref_number TEXT
TEXT planned_action TEXT
CHARTSTABLES contains_chart_or_table TEXT

Endpoint: passthrough (formerly passthrough)

Data from the passthrough endpoint in the FAC API.
Census GSA Data type
AUDITYEAR + DBKEY General.report_id TEXT
AUDITYEAR General.audit_year TEXT
ELECAUDITSID award_reference TEXT
PASSTHROUGHNAME passthrough_name TEXT
PASSTHROUGHID passthrough_id TEXT

Endpoint: secondary_auditors (formerly cpas)

Data from the secondary_auditors endpoint in the FAC API.
Census GSA Data type
AUDITYEAR + DBKEY General.report_id TEXT
AUDITYEAR General.audit_year TEXT
CPAFIRMNAME auditor_name TEXT
CPAEIN auditor_ein TEXT
CPASTREET1 address_street TEXT
CPACITY address_city TEXT
CPASTATE address_state TEXT
CPAZIPCODE address_zipcode TEXT
CPACONTACT contact_name TEXT
CPATITLE contact_title TEXT
CPAPHONE contact_phone TEXT
CPAEMAIL contact_email TEXT

Endpoint: additional_ueis (formerly ueis)

Data from the additional_ueis endpoint in the FAC API.
Census GSA Data type
AUDITYEAR + DBKEY General.report_id TEXT
AUDITYEAR General.audit_year TEXT
UEI additional_uei TEXT

Endpoint: additional_eins (formerly eins)

Data from the additional_eins endpoint in the FAC API.
Census GSA Data type
AUDITYEAR + DBKEY General.report_id TEXT
AUDITYEAR General.audit_year TEXT
EIN additional_ein TEXT