---
license: cc-by-nc-4.0
license_link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
pretty_name: US Federal Awards & Spending (USAspending)
tags:
- usaspending
- federal-contracts
- grants
- government-spending
- procurement
configs:
- config_name: S-agency_fy
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/S/agency_fy-*.parquet
- config_name: S-contract_awards
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/S/contract_awards-*.parquet
- config_name: S-naics_fy
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/S/naics_fy-*.parquet
- config_name: S-recipient_profiles
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/S/recipient_profiles-*.parquet
- config_name: M-agency_fy
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/M/agency_fy-*.parquet
- config_name: M-assistance_awards
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/M/assistance_awards-*.parquet
- config_name: M-cfda_fy
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/M/cfda_fy-*.parquet
- config_name: M-contract_awards
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/M/contract_awards-*.parquet
- config_name: M-naics_fy
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/M/naics_fy-*.parquet
- config_name: M-recipient_fy
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/M/recipient_fy-*.parquet
- config_name: M-recipient_profiles
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/M/recipient_profiles-*.parquet
- config_name: M-state_fy
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/M/state_fy-*.parquet
- config_name: L-agency_fy
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/L/agency_fy-*.parquet
- config_name: L-cfda_fy
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/L/cfda_fy-*.parquet
- config_name: L-naics_fy
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/L/naics_fy-*.parquet
- config_name: L-recipient_fy
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/L/recipient_fy-*.parquet
- config_name: L-recipient_profiles
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/L/recipient_profiles-*.parquet
- config_name: L-state_fy
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/L/state_fy-*.parquet
language:
- en
task_categories:
- tabular-classification
size_categories:
- 10M<n<100M
---

# US Federal Awards & Spending (USAspending)

Federal contract, grant and assistance awards from official USAspending.gov archives (FY2008–present) as analysis-ready tables with recipients, agencies, amounts and award metadata.

Part of the [DataForge Open Data program](https://data.zalize.com/open-data) — full production
packages, free for academic and personal use. Canonical dataset page:
**[https://data.zalize.com/datasets/us-federal-awards-usaspending-dataset](https://data.zalize.com/datasets/us-federal-awards-usaspending-dataset)**

## Package inventory (original bundles, served from CDN)

| Package | Tier | Rows | Size | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `usaspending-tier1-S-2026-08-05.zip` | S | — | 1.45 GB | `a46321e8fae6e18f1645366d8c61aff6819727aadff4ed84dc166f4873e035a0` |
| `usaspending-tier1-M-2026-08-05.zip` | M | — | 3.84 GB | `b7793cc3e33b5e5a2315b84b80899cc8b2bcc549a2999c1479e43481d08bd4cb` |
| `usaspending-tier1-L-2026-08-05.zip` | L | — | 1.04 GB | `04e00c0cb20557e26b6c4d7a19a07c28ecdc4a0f4a4b848cd1b6f5facc7ae9ef` |

All files are also served from the machine-readable open-data index:
<https://dl.zalize.com/open-data> (per-package URL: `https://dl.zalize.com/open-data/<package_id>`).

## Native parquet files (this repo)

Every table ships as snappy parquet under `data/<tier>/` and renders in the Dataset Viewer above (one config per tier / table).

## Original zip bundles (archive download)

The original production packages (csv + parquet + data dictionary + datasheet + license inside) are served from the DataForge open-data CDN (free, same license):

- [`usaspending-tier1-S-2026-08-05.zip`](https://dl.zalize.com/open-data/usaspending-tier1-S-2026-08-05) (1.45 GB, tier S)
- [`usaspending-tier1-M-2026-08-05.zip`](https://dl.zalize.com/open-data/usaspending-tier1-M-2026-08-05) (3.84 GB, tier M)
- [`usaspending-tier1-L-2026-08-05.zip`](https://dl.zalize.com/open-data/usaspending-tier1-L-2026-08-05) (1.04 GB, tier L)

## What you get

- S — Starter slice of recent award records
- M — Research pack across award types and years
- L — Full archive: FY2008–present award and transaction tables
- FCRA prohibited-use notice included in the DATASHEET
- Data dictionary, datasheet and QA report included with every package

## Use cases

- Government-market sizing and bid intelligence
- Recipient and vendor analysis
- Grant-funding landscape research
- Joining awards to registries via UEI/DUNS

## Source & methodology

USAspending.gov official award archives, FY2008–present

Coverage, update cadence and the full field-level data dictionary are on the
dataset page: https://data.zalize.com/datasets/us-federal-awards-usaspending-dataset (DATA-DICTIONARY.md and DATASHEET.md are
inside each package zip).

## License

**Dual license — CC BY-NC 4.0 (DataForge curated layer; academic/personal use, attribution + backlink required); commercial use requires a DataForge commercial license. Upstream data: public domain, official USAspending.gov archives (17 U.S.C. §105); FCRA prohibited-use notice ships in the DATASHEET**

- Academic / personal use: [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) on the
  DataForge curated layer — attribution and a backlink to
  <https://data.zalize.com> are required.
- Commercial use: requires a [DataForge commercial license](https://data.zalize.com/datasets)
  — contact us via the portal.
- Upstream license terms continue to apply to the underlying data.

## Citation

```text
DataForge (data.zalize.com), built from official USAspending.gov archives — https://data.zalize.com/datasets/us-federal-awards-usaspending-dataset
```

DOI (Zenodo mirror): 10.5281/zenodo.21837786 ·
GitHub Release mirror: https://github.com/wookat/dataforge-pipelines/releases/tag/open-data-usaspending-awards

## Usage

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("zalizedata/us-federal-awards-usaspending-dataset", "S-agency_fy", split="train")
print(ds[0])
```

Available configs: `S-agency_fy`, `S-contract_awards`, `S-naics_fy`, `S-recipient_profiles`, `M-agency_fy`, `M-assistance_awards`, `M-cfda_fy`, `M-contract_awards`, `M-naics_fy`, `M-recipient_fy`, `M-recipient_profiles`, `M-state_fy`, `L-agency_fy`, `L-cfda_fy`, `L-naics_fy`, `L-recipient_fy`, `L-recipient_profiles`, `L-state_fy`.

## Related datasets

More DataForge open datasets in **Government Spending & Procurement**:

- [Government Tenders & Contract Awards (US Federal + Global Portals)](https://huggingface.co/datasets/zalizedata/government-tenders-contract-awards-dataset)
- [Global Public Procurement Notices & Awards (TED + OCDS)](https://huggingface.co/datasets/zalizedata/global-public-procurement-ted-ocds-dataset)
- [US Research Grants (NIH + NSF)](https://huggingface.co/datasets/zalizedata/us-research-grants-nih-nsf-dataset)
- [Global Development Aid Activities & Transactions (IATI)](https://huggingface.co/datasets/zalizedata/global-aid-activities-iati-dataset)

Full catalog (25 datasets): <https://data.zalize.com/open-data> · all HF repos: <https://huggingface.co/zalizedata>