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The Grants/Other section of USAspending.gov allows visitors to search for information about federal assistance; including grants, insurance, direct payments, and other. Information about federal loan spending can be found on the Loans section. Navigation links on the left side of this page function as the main navigation interface for users. Currently, visitors can search three main categories: by recipient, by place of performance, and by major agency.

NEW! All the searches below can be limited to the funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by selecting the corresponding Business Fund Indicator from the advanced search pages. Reports that include spending for fiscal year 2009 can also be filtered to display only funds provided by the "Recovery Act" by clicking on the “Show only Recovery Act grants/other data” link found on the top right hand side of the page. You can switch back to the view that shows all spending information (includes both "Recovery Act" and non-"Recovery Act" funds) by clicking on the “Show all grants/other data” link.

Recipient searches can be performed by simply entering a search term such as company name or organization name in the cell and clicking go. The sidebar also provides quick tables for Top 100 Recipients per year, as well as award totals based on the state or congressional district location of the recipients (which may not necessarily be where the money was actually spent). The advanced search allows users to modify a simple name search with other factors such as amount of the total award, type of recipient, etc.

Location searches allow users to find out how much money is being spent in a location. The sidebar permits quick searches by states. The advanced search uses counties, cities as well as other search modifiers.

Agency searches can be done by either selecting a major agency from the sidebar menu or by selecting a year total for an agency from the "Overview by Major Agency" table. Advanced search allows you to modify your search by changing factors such as the year, type of award granted, type of recipient, etc. The advanced search also allows you to search for sub-offices within major agencies and departments as well as minor agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission.

Other searches include exploring federal grants/other spending based on the type of award granted to different types of recipients for each year. Also under the "Other" category, grants from specific programs within different federal agencies are available.

A Federal grant or other assistance transaction is an award an agency makes to a recipient when the principal purpose is to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States. An assistance transaction is distinct from a procurement contract or other acquisition transaction, which is an award an agency makes when the principal purpose is to acquire property or services for the direct benefit or use of the United States Government (data for acquisition transactions are at the contracts tab of this web site). The data on federal grants/other comes from Federal agencies via the Federal Assistance Award Data System (FAADS). Federal grant/other award data is also derived by a modified FAADS PLUS format from Agencies. See http://www.census.gov/govs/www/faads.html.