Records of actual (past) national government spending at a detailed transactional level. Data must display ongoing expenditure, including transactions and subsidies. A database of contracts awarded or similar will not be considered sufficient. Open spending data shows whether public money is efficiently and effectively used. It helps to understand spending patterns, and to display corruption, misuse, and waste. We recommend that you consult our methodology section for more information.
| Data location | https://www.usaspending.gov/DownloadCenter/Pages/DataDo - Filter for spending data from the Federal Government |
| Data licence | https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#105 |
| Data format | CSV |
| Reviewer | Mor Rubinstein |
| Submitters | anonymous |
| Last modified | Mon Feb 27 2017 20:06:00 GMT+0000 (UTC) |
While there is a notice on public domain, the website also have a new D&B that states the following You shall not access, use or disseminate D&B Open Data in bulk, (i.e., in amounts sufficient for use as an original source or as a substitute for the product and/or service being licensed hereunder) Except for data elements identified above as D&B Open Data, under no circumstances are you authorized to use any other D&B data for commercial, resale or marketing purposes (e.g., identifying, quantifying, segmenting and/or analyzing customers and prospective customers). Systematic access (electronic harvesting) or extraction of content from the website, including the use of "bots" or "spiders", is prohibited. Federal government entities are authorized to use the D&B data for purposes of acquisition as defined in FAR 2.101 and for the purpose of managing Federal awards, including sub-awardees, or reporting Federal award information. This shows that it is not open