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January 16, 2009

Who is the Government Giving Money To?

USAspending.gov

This is a wonderful, searchable site where you can view who is receiving money from the federal government for contracts, grants, and federal assistance.

It contains a list of the top 100 contractors as well as being searchable by congressional district or agency.

Here’s an example built using data from the site to show which agencies were awarded the most contracts in 2008.

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Topics: Fiscal Responsibility, Honest and Effective Government |

2 Responses to “Who is the Government Giving Money To?”

  1. E!!-lizabeth Crum Says:
    January 19th, 2009 at 6:02 pm

    Great graphic. Will link up!

  2. E!! The True Conservative Story™ » Blog Archive » Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act website Says:
    January 19th, 2009 at 6:09 pm

    […] Reckoner has an interesting little pie chart posted + a link to a website called USAspending.gov which says it exists because it has to (because […]

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