USAspending
Awards, recipients, agencies, obligations and outlays.
Open USAspending ↗OVERSEEDC RESEARCH STANDARD
Trace federal spending
Use official fiscal systems while keeping appropriations, obligations, outlays, awards and ceilings distinct.
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Interactive totals, recipient profiles and exports are withheld until USAspending and Treasury API ingestion, validation, caching and rate-limit handling are implemented.
Treasury Fiscal Data
Debt, revenue, spending and other fiscal datasets.
Open Fiscal Data ↗API documentation
Technical definitions and endpoint documentation.
USAspending API ↗Field definitions
Appropriation: Legal authority for an agency to incur obligations and make payments.
Obligation: A legally binding commitment that will result in outlays immediately or later.
Outlay: A payment made to liquidate an obligation.
Award amount: An assistance or contract transaction amount reported to USAspending.
Contract ceiling: A potential maximum value; not the same as obligated or paid funds.