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What is USASpending.gov?

USASpending.gov is the public federal spending website operated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service. It publishes award and transaction data reported under FFATA and the DATA Act, including prime awards, agencies, recipients, obligations, dates, award types, and identifiers.

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Short explanation

USASpending.gov is the source behind Fonteum's `usaspending-awards` and `usaspending-award-transactions` families. Fonteum uses the public API and monthly archive data to connect federal award facts to the UEI spine, procurement agency profiles, NAICS pages, contractor profiles, and top-contractor snapshots. The data describes reported federal awards and obligations; it is not a compliance verdict about a recipient.

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Last updated: 2026-07-11Reviewed by: Fonteum data standards desk — Source-provenance editorial review. Definitions checked against primary federal sources.

How it’s used

  • Federal award joins: USASpending.gov award records connect recipients, agencies, dates, obligations, award type, NAICS, and UEI where available.
  • Procurement source family: Fonteum registers `usaspending-awards` and `usaspending-award-transactions` as US-Government-Works procurement sources.
  • Public-records context: USASpending.gov award facts sit beside SAM.gov registration, SAM.gov exclusions, FAPIIS, and SBA certification facts.

Frequently asked questions

Who operates USASpending.gov?
USASpending.gov is operated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service.
What does USASpending.gov publish?
It publishes federal award and transaction data, including recipients, agencies, award amounts, obligations, dates, award types, and identifiers.
How does Fonteum use USASpending.gov?
Fonteum uses USASpending.gov award data to build source-dated procurement profiles, agency pages, NAICS pages, and award summaries on the UEI spine.

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What’s on file, by the numbers

Platform snapshot · 2026-08-30

13.4Mproviders & companiesProviders, organizations, owners, and facilities on file
26.2Msource-linked factsSource-linked field facts in the dated platform snapshot
90sources with dataDistinct snapshot source IDs with at least one positive record count
16fresh sourcesDistinct source IDs whose latest positive-data snapshot falls within the preceding 45 days
111sources integratedActive registry rows; integration does not establish a load
13state Medicaid jurisdictionsDistinct states represented in the state-exclusions serving table

Integrated, with-data, and fresh-observation counts are separate. No platform-wide source-completeness count is published. Completeness is source-specific and must be evaluated against the named source's expected scope. State coverage is a separate jurisdiction measure.

Source authority is record-specific

Use the issuer named on the record.

Fonteum spans federal, state, and global public publishers. A source page or returned record identifies its issuer and dataset where that metadata is available. A platform registry count does not assign every page to one authority or establish loaded, fresh, or complete coverage.

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Research pages expose the named public file and observation date where those fields are available. Source-file SHA-256 coverage is separate; facts do not currently link deterministically to signatures.

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Daily observations

Dated table row-count observations can detect local drift. They do not imply that an upstream publisher released or Fonteum ingested new data that day.

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