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| license: cc-by-4.0 |
| pretty_name: "USASpending.gov Federal Awards Scraper" |
| tags: [lead_gen, web-scraping, apify, lead-generation, automation, scraper] |
| size_categories: |
| - n<1K |
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| # USASpending.gov Federal Awards Scraper |
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| Scrape US federal contracts, grants and awards from the official USASpending.gov API — no login, no API key, no blocking. Award ID, recipient, amount, agency, dates and place of performance. Filter by type, date and keyword. Hundreds of thousands of awards per run. |
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| ## What the actor scrapes |
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| # 🏛️ USASpending.gov Federal Awards Scraper — US Contracts, Grants & Awards to JSON & CSV Scrape **US federal contracts, grants, loans and direct payments** straight from the **official USASpending.gov API**. This USASpending scraper covers every federal award — trillions of dollars in spending — with recipient, amount, outlays, award type, agency, dates and place of performance. **No login, no API key, no blocking** — one run can return hundreds of thousands of award records. Export federal spe |
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| ## Who this is for |
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| This sample is useful for anyone working in **lead gen, lead generation, automation** who wants a quick look at the shape of the data before running the live actor at scale. Treat it as a static snapshot — counts, prices and timestamps reflect the moment the sample was captured and will drift over time. |
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| ## Source |
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| **Live source:** This dataset is a static sample. For fresh, customizable extractions, run the live Apify actor: [logiover/usaspending-gov-scraper](https://apify.com/logiover/usaspending-gov-scraper) |
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| ## Fields |
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| - **`awardId`** — identifier |
| - **`recipientName`** — field captured by the actor |
| - **`awardAmount`** — field captured by the actor |
| - **`totalOutlays`** — field captured by the actor |
| - **`awardType`** — field captured by the actor |
| - **`description`** — textual description |
| - **`startDate`** — timestamp |
| - **`endDate`** — timestamp |
| - **`awardingAgency`** — field captured by the actor |
| - **`awardingSubAgency`** — field captured by the actor |
| - **`placeOfPerformanceState`** — field captured by the actor |
| - **`placeOfPerformanceCountry`** — field captured by the actor |
| - **`url`** — canonical URL of the item |
| - **`scrapedAt`** — timestamp the row was scraped |
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| ## Sample preview |
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| ```json |
| [ |
| { |
| "awardId": "HT940216C0001", |
| "recipientName": "HUMANA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS INC", |
| "awardAmount": 51269205263.03, |
| "totalOutlays": 0, |
| "awardType": "DEFINITIVE CONTRACT", |
| "description": "IGF::OT::IGF", |
| "startDate": "2016-08-01", |
| "endDate": "2025-12-31", |
| "awardingAgency": "Department of Defense", |
| "awardingSubAgency": "Defense Health Agency", |
| "placeOfPerformanceState": "KY", |
| "placeOfPerformanceCountry": "USA", |
| "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_HT940216C0001_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-", |
| "scrapedAt": "2026-05-14T18:23:12.567Z" |
| }, |
| { |
| "awardId": "DENA0003525", |
| "recipientName": "NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC", |
| "awardAmount": 42111665692.01, |
| "totalOutlays": 25057221229.35, |
| "awardType": "DEFINITIVE CONTRACT", |
| "description": "IGF::CL,CT::IGF CONTRACT AWARD DE-NA0003525 TO THE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY&ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC (NTESS) FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES (SNL)", |
| "startDate": "2017-01-18", |
| "endDate": "2027-04-30", |
| "awardingAgency": "Department of Energy", |
| "awardingSubAgency": "Department of Energy", |
| "placeOfPerformanceState": "NM", |
| "placeOfPerformanceCountry": "USA", |
| "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_DENA0003525_8900_-NONE-_-NONE-", |
| "scrapedAt": "2026-05-14T18:23:12.720Z" |
| } |
| ] |
| ``` |
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| ## Snapshot stats |
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| - Row count in this sample: **100** |
| - Data quality flag at capture time: `EXISTING_USED` |
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| ## License & Attribution |
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| Released under **Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)**. If you use this data, please credit the source actor and link back to its Apify Store page: [logiover/usaspending-gov-scraper](https://apify.com/logiover/usaspending-gov-scraper). |
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| The sample is provided as-is for evaluation and research. Source websites retain their own terms of service — downstream users are responsible for complying with them when running the live actor or redistributing scraped content. |
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