New Data Released on FedSpending.org
On Feb. 10, 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 2001 through the first quarter of FY 2011, contracts data is available from FY 2005 through 2010, and Recovery Act data for contracts, grants, and loans awarded from Feb. 17, 2009 through Sep. 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 |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contracts ** | $0.0 |
$0.0 |
$0.0 |
$0.0 |
$0.0 |
$391.2 |
$429.8 |
$475.0 |
$541.3 |
$540.4 |
$534.5 |
$0.0 |
| Grants | $294.5 |
$330.8 |
$406.3 |
$493.7 |
$450.1 |
$441.6 |
$489.9 |
$429.6 |
$418.1 |
$662.8 |
$553.8 |
$97.3 |
| Loans | $0.0 |
$0.0 |
$0.0 |
$0.0 |
$0.0 |
$0.0 |
$0.0 |
$0.0 |
$0.0 |
$0.0 |
$0.0 |
$0.0 |
| Insurance | $431.3 |
$492.2 |
$556.6 |
$567.2 |
$603.9 |
$653.2 |
$771.3 |
$5.4 |
$6.3 |
$444.1 |
$237.7 |
$0.1 |
| Direct Payments (e.g. Social Security) |
$768.3 |
$839.6 |
$841.5 |
$947.9 |
$965.5 |
$1,004.1 |
$1,092.7 |
$634.4 |
$1,108.6 |
$1,266.2 |
$880.9 |
$16.7 |
| Other | $2.8 |
$2.7 |
$0.2 |
$0.7 |
$0.4 |
$0.3 |
$3.8 |
$3.9 |
$6.9 |
$2.0 |
$2.1 |
$0.1 |
| Total | $1,496.9 |
$1,665.3 |
$1,804.6 |
$2,009.5 |
$2,019.8 |
$2,490.4 |
$2,787.5 |
$1,548.3 |
$2,081.2 |
$2,915.5 |
$2,209.0 |
$114.1 |
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 2011 for assistance information contains only part of the data for the first quarter of the fiscal year.
**Note: 2000-2004 contracts data are not currently held on Fedspending.org, but we plan to add these data back at the next update.
