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{{short description|Database of spending by the United States federal government}}
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[http://www.usaspending.gov usaspending.gov] is a database of spending by the [[federal government of the United States|United States federal government]].
 
==History==
Around the time of the Act's passage, [[OMB Watch]], a government [[watchdog group]], was developing a site that would do essentially everything the legislation required.<ref name="wapo_on_omb">{{cite news| title =OMB Offers an Easy Way to Follow the Money| newspaper= [[The Washington Post]]|date=December 13, 2007| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/12/AR2007121202701.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage| author=Elizabeth Williamson |access-date=2008-01-21}}</ref>
[[Gary D. Bass|Gary Bass]], director of [[OMB Watch]], contacted [[Robert Shea]], associate director of the [[Office of Management and Budget|OMB]], offering to help with development of the new site. Shea was initially reluctant to collaborate with Bass, in part because [[OMB Watch]] is typically critical of the OMB, but eventually it was determined that the government site would be based on what OMB Watch was developing, with the group being paid $600,000 for their technology.<ref name="wapo_on_omb" /> As of early 2008, the government's site offered the same data, API, and (for the most part) documentation as the OMB Watch site, [http://www.fedspending.org fedspending.org].
 
The [[Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006]] delegated responsibility for creating the website to the [[Office of Management and Budget]]. On May 9, 2017, [[Steven Mnuchin]], the [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]], announced that he updated the site, providing a much broader view of government spending.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lawder|first1=David|title=U.S. Treasury upgrades website to better track federal spending data|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-budget-website-idUSKBN1851P4|access-date=May 9, 2017|work=Reuters|date=May 9, 2017}}</ref>
 
It has been reported that the [[2011 United States federal budget]] holds a substantial reduction in funding for the [[Electronic Government Fund]], from which USASpending.gov draws its funding.<ref name=wp20110414>{{cite web
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/budget-could-close-the-door-on-open-government/2011/04/13/AFttdXbD_blog.html?wpisrc=nl_fedinsider
|title=Budget could close the door on open government |author=Ed O'Keefe |date=14 April 2011 |work=Federal Eye
|publisher=Washington Post |format=blog posting |access-date=16 April 2011 }}</ref>
 
==See also==
* [[System for Award Management]] (SAM.gov)
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
==Further reading==
* {{cite report|url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R44027|title=Tracking Federal Awards: USAspending.gov and Other Data Sources|date=August 23, 2023|publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]]|id=R44027}}
 
==External links==
* [http://www.usaspending.gov/ USASpending.gov] – official government spending database
 
 
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usaspending.gov is a database of spending by the United States federal government.

History

Around the time of the Act's passage, OMB Watch, a government watchdog group, was developing a site that would do essentially everything the legislation required.[1] Gary Bass, director of OMB Watch, contacted Robert Shea, associate director of the OMB, offering to help with development of the new site. Shea was initially reluctant to collaborate with Bass, in part because OMB Watch is typically critical of the OMB, but eventually it was determined that the government site would be based on what OMB Watch was developing, with the group being paid $600,000 for their technology.[1] As of early 2008, the government's site offered the same data, API, and (for the most part) documentation as the OMB Watch site, fedspending.org.

The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 delegated responsibility for creating the website to the Office of Management and Budget. On May 9, 2017, Steven Mnuchin, the United States Secretary of the Treasury, announced that he updated the site, providing a much broader view of government spending.[2]

It has been reported that the 2011 United States federal budget holds a substantial reduction in funding for the Electronic Government Fund, from which USASpending.gov draws its funding.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elizabeth Williamson (December 13, 2007). "OMB Offers an Easy Way to Follow the Money". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/12/AR2007121202701.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage. 
  2. ↑ Lawder, David (May 9, 2017). "U.S. Treasury upgrades website to better track federal spending data". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-budget-website-idUSKBN1851P4. 
  3. ↑ Ed O'Keefe (14 April 2011). "Budget could close the door on open government" (blog posting). Federal Eye. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/budget-could-close-the-door-on-open-government/2011/04/13/AFttdXbD_blog.html?wpisrc=nl_fedinsider. 

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