USA Spending Contracts and Purchases
Dataset Summary
| Agency: | General Services Administration |
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| Category: | Federal Government Finances and Employment |
| Date Released: | 2008 |
| Date Updated: | 2009 |
| Time Period: | 2009 |
| Frequency: | Monthly |
| Description: | Provides US Federal Spending by agency. The Contracts section allows searching for data relating to all Federal contracts. There are three main categories of searches: by contractor, by location, and by contracting agency. The Purchase section allows users to view purchase cards spending of various federal agencies for each fiscal year. The data available on this website are extracted from the report published once every quarter on the GSA SmartPay website. The GSA SmartPay receives this data directly from the banks that issued the purchase cards. (more) |
Dataset Information
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Data.gov Data Category Type
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Tool Catalog
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| Specialized Data Category Designation | Administrative |
| Keywords | Federal contracts, Contracts, Awards, Grants, Loans, Assistance, Purchase Cards, GSASmartPay, GSA SmartPay, USASpending, USA Spending, Purchase, Travel, Fleet, contractor, contracting agency, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Recovery Act, ARRA, Top 100 contractors, federal assistance, insurance, direct payments, recipient, place of performance, Top 100 Recipients, acquisition, transaction, Original Subsidy Cost, Face Value, Direct Loan, Guaranteed Loan, FPDS, Federal Procurement Data System, FAADS, Federal Assistance Award Data System |
| Unique ID | 32 |
Contributing Agency Information
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Citation
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USA Spending http://www.usaspending.gov/source.php
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| Agency Program Page | www.usaspending.gov |
| Agency Data Series Page | http://www.usaspending.gov/fpds/index.php?reptype=a |
Dataset Coverage
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Unit of Analysis
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Federal Contracts Grants
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| Granularity | zip code |
| Geographic Coverage | US.Government wide |
Data Description
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Collection Mode
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Person/computer
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| Data Collection Instrument | http://www.usaspending.gov/source.php |
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Additional Dataset Documentation
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Technical Documentation
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OMB Control No. 3090-0284
