ttp://www.usaspending.gov USASpending.govis a database of spending by the
United States federal government.
History
Around the time of the Act's passage,
OMB Watch, a government
watchdog group, was developing a site that would do essentially everything the legislation required.
, director of
OMB Watch, contacted
Robert Shea, associate director of the
OMB, offering to help with development of the new site. Shea was initially reluctant to collaborate with Bass, in part because
OMB Watch is typically critical of the OMB, but eventually it was determined that the government site would be based on what OMB Watch was developing, with the group being paid $600,000 for their technology.
As of early 2008, the government's site offered the same data, API, and (for the most part) documentation as the OMB Watch site
fedspending.org
The
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 delegated responsibility for creating the website to the
Office of Management and Budget. On May 9, 2017,
Steven Mnuchin
Steven Terner Mnuchin ( ; born December 21, 1962) is an American investment banker and film producer who served as the 77th United States secretary of the treasury as part of the Cabinet of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021. Serving for a full pres ...
, the
United States Secretary of the Treasury, announced that he updated the site, providing a much broader view of government spending.
It has been reported that the
2011 United States federal budget
The 2011 United States federal budget was the United States federal budget to fund government operations for the fiscal year 2011. The budget was the subject of a spending request by President Barack Obama. The actual appropriations for Fiscal ...
holds a substantial reduction in funding for the
Electronic Government Fund, from which USASpending.gov draws its funding.
References
External links
USASpending.gov– official government spending database
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USASpending.govis a database of spending by the
United States federal government.
History
Around the time of the Act's passage,
OMB Watch, a government
watchdog group, was developing a site that would do essentially everything the legislation required.
, director of
OMB Watch, contacted
Robert Shea, associate director of the
OMB, offering to help with development of the new site. Shea was initially reluctant to collaborate with Bass, in part because
OMB Watch is typically critical of the OMB, but eventually it was determined that the government site would be based on what OMB Watch was developing, with the group being paid $600,000 for their technology.
As of early 2008, the government's site offered the same data, API, and (for the most part) documentation as the OMB Watch site
fedspending.org
The
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 delegated responsibility for creating the website to the
Office of Management and Budget. On May 9, 2017,
Steven Mnuchin
Steven Terner Mnuchin ( ; born December 21, 1962) is an American investment banker and film producer who served as the 77th United States secretary of the treasury as part of the Cabinet of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021. Serving for a full pres ...
, the
United States Secretary of the Treasury, announced that he updated the site, providing a much broader view of government spending.
It has been reported that the
2011 United States federal budget
The 2011 United States federal budget was the United States federal budget to fund government operations for the fiscal year 2011. The budget was the subject of a spending request by President Barack Obama. The actual appropriations for Fiscal ...
holds a substantial reduction in funding for the
Electronic Government Fund, from which USASpending.gov draws its funding.
References
External links
USASpending.gov– official government spending database
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