Defense or civilian attribute

Whether a federal agency is classified as defense or civilian.

Values

GovTribe classifies federal agencies by whether they are part of the Department of Defense hierarchy.

Defense: The agency is the Department of Defense or is under the Department of Defense hierarchy.
Civilian: The agency is outside the Department of Defense hierarchy.

Current Federal Agency records checked May 2026.

Value	Federal Agency
`Defense`	14,682 (61.8%)
`Civilian`	9,058 (38.2%)

Decision text

The long-form text of a GAO bid protest decision when GovTribe has captured it.

Defense program type

The DOD program-governance type reported for an acquisition program.