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You have a right to know how the federal government spends our money.
This website, created by OMB Watch, is a free, searchable database of approximately $16.8 trillion in Federal government spending, with complete annual data from FY 2000 through FY 2006 and partial data available for FY 2007. To begin searching, select either the Grants or Contracts tab at the top left side of this page. You can easily switch back and forth as you search.
Federal Government Launches USASpending.gov
The Federal government has launched USASpending.gov, a website mandated by the Federal Funding, Accountability, and Transparency Act. The website is based on the software that runs FedSpending.org. OMB Watch intends to continue to operate and upgrade FedSpending.org, adding new features and data to provide a more powerful accountability tool for citizens. Read More.
Anniversary Edition of FedSpending.org Released
In celebration of the one-year anniversary of FedSpending.org, OMB Watch has released a new and improved edition of the site, with complete data from FY 2000 through FY 2006 for both Federal contracts and assistance spending and major functionality upgrades, including the addition of a mapping feature on all searches. Read more about the anniversary edition of the site in About This Site.
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*  (partial year) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contracts | $208.8 |
$219.8 |
$262.3 |
$304.1 |
$342.8 |
$385.4 |
$415.0 |
$146.7 |
| Grants | $294.5 |
$330.7 |
$406.2 |
$493.3 |
$449.6 |
$441.0 |
$488.5 |
|
| Loans | $108.0 |
$141.8 |
$216.8 |
$210.8 |
$154.8 |
$118.8 |
$95.4 |
|
| Insurance | $431.3 |
$492.2 |
$556.6 |
$567.2 |
$603.9 |
$653.2 |
$771.3 |
|
| Direct Payments (e.g. Social Security) | $768.3 |
$839.6 |
$841.5 |
$947.9 |
$965.5 |
$1,004.1 |
$1,092.7 |
|
| Other | $2.8 |
$2.7 |
$0.2 |
$0.7 |
$0.4 |
$0.3 |
$3.8 |
|
| Total | $1,813.7 |
$2,026.9 |
$2,283.6 |
$2,524.0 |
$2,516.9 |
$2,602.7 |
$2,866.7 |
$146.7 |
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 2007 contains only the first two quarters of federal contracts data.