USAspending.gov
LiveLast verified 24 Sept 2026
U.S. federal spending data: contracts, grants, agency budgets and award recipients from the DATA Act.
Example request
curl -s 'https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/references/agency/012/'
Free tier, in plain English
No key or account required and no published rate limit was found; verified a v2 endpoint returns live data with no auth.
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