USAspending

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Department of the Treasury

The official source of federal spending data: contract and assistance awards, subawards, and the organizations that received them. Fedwright uses it to show what an agency has bought and who supplied it.

www.usaspending.gov (opens in a new tab)

Data types

The kinds of records Fedwright takes from this source, and the API operations that return them.

Contract awards

Contract awards and their modifications: who won, from which agency, and for how much.

Checked for new records daily.

• Get a ContractGET /contracts/{id}
• List contractsGET /contracts
• List the transactions of a ContractGET /contracts/{id}/transactions

Direct payment awards

Federal assistance paid directly to individuals or organizations, with each award's transactions.

Checked for new records monthly.

• Get an assistance award of the direct-payments kindGET /assistance/direct-payments/{id}
• List direct paymentsGET /assistance/direct-payments
• List the transactions of an award of the direct-payments kindGET /assistance/direct-payments/{id}/transactions

Entities

The companies and organizations that receive federal awards, identified by their unique entity ID.

Checked for new records daily.

• Get an entityGET /entities/{uei}
• List entitiesGET /entities

Grant awards

Grants and cooperative agreements that agencies have awarded, with each award's transactions.

Checked for new records monthly.

• Get an assistance award of the grants kindGET /assistance/grants/{id}
• List grants and cooperative agreementsGET /assistance/grants
• List the transactions of an award of the grants kindGET /assistance/grants/{id}/transactions

Indefinite-delivery vehicles

Indefinite-delivery vehicles (IDVs): the contracts that agencies place task and delivery orders against.

Checked for new records daily.

• Get an IDVGET /idvs/{id}
• List IDVsGET /idvs
• List the transactions of an IDVGET /idvs/{id}/transactions

Loan awards

Federal loans, loan guarantees, and insurance that agencies have awarded, with each award's transactions.

Checked for new records monthly.

• Get an assistance award of the loans kindGET /assistance/loans/{id}
• List loansGET /assistance/loans
• List the transactions of an award of the loans kindGET /assistance/loans/{id}/transactions

Other assistance awards

Federal assistance awards that are not grants, loans, or direct payments, with each award's transactions.

Checked for new records monthly.

• Get an assistance award of the other kindGET /assistance/other/{id}
• List other assistanceGET /assistance/other
• List the transactions of an award of the other kindGET /assistance/other/{id}/transactions

Subawards

Awards that a prime recipient passes to other organizations, for contracts and for assistance.

Checked for new records weekly.

• Get a subawardGET /subawards/{id}
• List subawardsGET /subawards
• List the subawards of a contractGET /contracts/{id}/subawards
• List the subawards of a direct paymentGET /assistance/direct-payments/{id}/subawards
• List the subawards of a grantGET /assistance/grants/{id}/subawards
• List the subawards of a loanGET /assistance/loans/{id}/subawards
• List the subawards of an IDVGET /idvs/{id}/subawards
• List the subawards of another assistance awardGET /assistance/other/{id}/subawards