Follow the Money

U.S. Federal Spending Dossier

Search any agency, company, industry, place or year to see who is paid, what is committed versus actually paid, who delivers it, how competitive it was, and the contract down to its solicitation — pulled live from USAspending.gov and counted at the award level.

Committed vs paid, by fiscal year

Bars = obligated (committed). Line = outlays (actually paid out).
Obligated (committed) Outlays (paid)

What is paid · unpaid · still to come

Money status

Of every committed dollar, how much has actually left the Treasury.

Outlays by fiscal year

Cash actually paid out each year.

“Committed” = obligated funds (a binding promise to pay). “Paid” = outlays. “Unpaid” = committed but not yet disbursed. “Ceiling headroom” (contracts) = the additional amount that could be paid if all options are exercised — money that may be paid later.

Who gets the money

Top recipients

By industry (NAICS)

Top industries

North American Industry Classification System — what the money buys.

NAICS applies to contracts/IDVs. Grants & assistance are classified by CFDA / Assistance Listing instead.

The agency, down to the contracting office

Top awarding agencies

Awarding sub-agencies

Competed vs sole-source

Competition mix

By obligated dollars among the largest contracts analysed.

By extent of competition

Largest awards — expand any row for the contract & its RFP

Click + detail on a row to pull competition, number of offers, set-aside, the solicitation / RFP number (with a SAM.gov & FPDS link), contract ceiling, sub-award count, and the contracting office — straight from USAspending’s award record.

Red flags

Heuristic signals worth investigating — not proof of wrongdoing. Each links back to the underlying data.