Clarify the Agency Name field
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Leah
Include funding and awarding agency name (instead of just the office name) in the search results. For example, the funding agency in the search result may say "Office of Management", but doesn't say which agency (see attached). You need to click into each search result to see the actual agency. It has the agency logo, but with 300+ agencies, I don't have all the logos memorized. Including the actual agency name in the search results will help making the search function more efficient for the user.
In summary, it would be helpful if instead of "Office of Management" (which could be any agency) it said "Department of Energy, Office of Management". Or you could include separate fields for Funding Agency, and Sub-Agency/Office.
Chase Needler
Thanks for the suggestion — it's a good callout, and I want to offer some clarification based on how GovTribe currently handles this.
When you apply a filter for an agency like the Department of Energy (DOE) in GovTribe, the results you see — such as records labeled "Office of Management" or "Headquarters" — are already scoped within DOE. In other words, those sub-offices are in direct relation to your parent agency filter, so “Office of Management” in this case is DOE’s Office of Management, not another agency’s.
So while the current display may only show the sub-office name in the search results (and the agency logo), the data being shown is already connected to the parent agency based on your filters.
That said, I do see where you're coming from — with 300+ agencies and many offices using similar names (like “Office of Management”), it would still be helpful from a usability standpoint to show the full path (e.g., "Department of Energy, Office of Management") directly in the search result. This would make results more scannable and reduce mental effort, even when using correct filters.
It’s a thoughtful enhancement suggestion, and I’ll make sure to flag it to the product team for consideration. Let me know if you’d like to be looped in if we make changes in this area.