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USA Spending Grants and Loans

Dataset Summary

Agency: General Services Administration
Sub-Agency:
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 Grants section allows visitors to search for information about federal assistance; including grants, insurance, direct payments, and other. Information about federal loan spending can be found on the Loans section, which allows visitors to search for information about different federal loan categories, including Direct Loans and Guaranteed Loans.

Dataset Ratings

  Current Your Rating [?]
Overall 2 out of 5
(4 votes)
Data Utility 3 out of 5
(4 votes)
Usefulness 3 out of 5
(4 votes)
Ease of Access    4 out of 5
(4 votes)

Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type
Tool Catalog
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

Citation
Agency Program Page www.usaspending.gov
Agency Data Series Page http://www.usaspending.gov/fpds/index.php?reptype=a

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis
Federal Contracts Grants
Granularity zip code
Geographic Coverage US.Government wide

Data Description

Collection Mode
Person/computer
Data Collection Instrument http://www.usaspending.gov/source.php
Data Dictionary/Variable List

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation
Additional Metadata
OMB Control No. 3090-0284