USASpending.gov
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Description
USAspending.gov is the official government source for spending data related to the United States federal government. Its primary goal is to promote transparency in federal spending by providing detailed information about how the federal government spends money, including through contracts, grants, loans, and other financial assistance. This transparency helps citizens to track where their tax dollars go, aiding in government accountability.
USAspending.gov is the official government source for spending data related to the United States federal government. Its primary goal is to promote transparency in federal spending by providing detailed information about how the federal government spends money, including through contracts, grants, loans, and other financial assistance. This transparency helps citizens to track where their tax dollars go, aiding in government accountability.
Data
Scope
The site includes data from FY2008 to the present, covering federal awards like contracts, grants, loans, and other financial assistance. It allows users to search this data by various parameters such as state, congressional district, county, city, and zip code.
Feedback loop
Continuous feedback from users has led to enhancements in features and data presentation. The Department of the Treasury, which manages the site, has been proactive in incorporating user feedback to improve functionality and data integrity.[1]
Limitations
There are known issues like the delayed reporting of Department of Defense procurement data due to security concerns, and not all optional or unreported data is clearly explained.
Functionality
Search and Data Exploration
Readers can explore data through interactive maps, graphs, and profiles of agencies, federal accounts, states, and recipients. A special feature includes a COVID-19 Spending portal, highlighting federal funding related to the pandemic response.
Data Quality
Despite improvements, there have been ongoing concerns about data quality, including issues with timeliness, completeness, and accuracy of the reported data. Efforts have been made to address these issues, with recommendations from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) for better integration of agency systems and clearer disclosure of data limitations.[2]
Find a Recipient
Recipients are any entity that has received federal money in the form of contracts, grants, loans, or other financial assistance. Our Recipient Profiles offer insights into a specific recipient, including award trends over time and top 5 rankings from a variety of categories.
https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient
Key links
History
The creation of USAspending.gov was mandated by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (FFATA). This act required a searchable website where the public could access details on federal spending. Subsequent legislation like the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA Act) further refined data reporting standards to ensure accuracy and completeness.[3]
References
MErge
 | This page in a nutshell: Database of spending by the United States federal government |
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.[4] 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.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6]
See also
- System for Award Management (SAM.gov)
References
- ↑ https://www.gao.gov/blog/usaspending.gov-offers-insight-government-spending-data-quality-and-user-awareness-impact-its-usefulness
- ↑ https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106214
- ↑ https://www.usaspending.gov/about/GetStarted/Pages/WhatYouWillNotFind.aspx
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
Further reading
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External links
- USASpending.gov – official government spending database
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