New Data Released on FedSpending.org

On May 4, 2012, all three databases in Fedspending -- contracts, assistance, and Recovery Act data -- were updated with new information. Federal assistance data is now available from FY 2000 through the first quarter of FY 2012, contracts data is available from FY 2000 through the first quarter of 2012, and Recovery Act data for contracts, grants, and loans awarded from Feb. 17, 2009 through Dec. 31, 2011. In addition, OMB Watch has updated its Fedspending server so that more frequent updates will now be possible.

Summary of Federal Spending: Financial Assistance and Procurement
(in billions of dollars)

	FY 2000	FY 2001	FY 2002	FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011	FY 2012* (partial year)
Contracts	$205.6	$223.2	$263.5	$318.3	$346.4	$391.2	$431.9	$475.3	$541.8	$541.3	$537.7	$495.8	$19.5
Grants	$294.6	$331.1	$406.3	$493.7	$450.1	$441.6	$490.0	$429.9	$418.8	$664.9	$612.7	$545.0	$106.8
Loans	$0.0	$-0.0	$0.0	$0.0	$0.0	$0.0	$0.0	$0.3	$0.4	$0.6	$0.4	$-0.4	$-0.1
Insurance	$431.3	$492.2	$556.6	$567.2	$603.9	$653.2	$771.3	$5.4	$6.3	$444.1	$237.8	$9.6	$0.8
Direct Payments (e.g. Social Security)	$768.3	$839.6	$841.5	$947.9	$965.5	$1,004.1	$1,092.7	$634.5	$1,108.7	$1,279.5	$1,077.3	$894.8	$147.2
Other	$2.8	$2.7	$0.2	$0.7	$0.4	$0.3	$3.8	$3.6	$6.8	$2.0	$3.5	$7.8	$0.1
Total	$1,702.5	$1,888.8	$2,068.1	$2,327.9	$2,366.3	$2,490.5	$2,789.7	$1,549.0	$2,082.7	$2,932.3	$2,469.4	$1,952.6	$274.2

We hope you will explore this site. But mostly we hope you will use the data to hold our elected leaders and government agencies accountable for their actions.

*Note: FY 2012 for assistance information contains only part of the data for the first quarter of the fiscal year.

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