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New Data Released on FedSpending.org: October 22, 2009

On October 22, 2009, FedSpending.org was updated with new federal data, which provides site users with full spending data for federal contracts through part of the first three quarters of FY 2009 and federal assistance data for the first two quarters of FY 2008. The FedSpending.org database now contains over $21 trillion in federal spending dating back to FY 2000.

FedSpending.org Reaches 10 Million Searches!

In June, 2008, FedSpending.org logged its 10 millionth search by a person since the site was launched in October, 2006. OMB Watch continues to be overwhelmed and gratified by the public response to the website. To add to the total, select either the Contracts or Grants tab at the upper left and start searching.
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Summary of Federal Spending: Financial Assistance and Procurement
(in billions of dollars)

Total spending by year

 
FY 2000
FY 2001
FY 2002
FY 2003
FY 2004
FY 2005
FY 2006
FY 2007
FY 2008*Help link
(partial year)
FY 2009*Help link
(partial year)
Contracts
$208.8
$219.8
$259.6
$298.5
$341.9
$382.1
$419.9
$457.8
$527.5
$146.8
Grants
$294.5
$330.7
$406.2
$493.3
$449.8
$441.1
$488.9
$516.8
$219.0
 
Loans
$108.0
$141.8
$216.8
$210.8
$154.8
$118.8
$95.4
$102.3
$83.2
 
Insurance
$431.3
$492.2
$556.6
$567.2
$603.9
$653.2
$771.3
$856.6
$439.8
 
Direct Payments
(e.g. Social Security)
$768.3
$839.6
$841.5
$947.9
$965.5
$1,004.1
$1,092.7
$810.5
$600.5
 
Other
$2.8
$2.7
$0.2
$0.7
$0.4
$0.3
$3.8
$0.1
$0.1
 
Total
$1,813.7
$2,026.9
$2,280.8
$2,518.5
$2,516.2
$2,599.6
$2,872.0
$2,744.1
$1,870.1
$146.8

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*Note: FY 2008 contains a full year of contracts data, but only the first two quarters of federal assistance data. FY 2009 contains only the first two quarters and a small amount of the third quarter of federal contracts data.