USAspending Federal Awards — Clean JSON

Search $700B+ of US federal spending and get clean, structured award data. Filter by keyword, recipient state, award type and date range — receive normalized rows with recipient, amount, awarding agency, dates, description and a direct USAspending link.

Why this exists

USAspending.gov has every federal contract and grant, free and official — but its API is a POST endpoint with complex nested filters and raw field names. This actor wraps it into a simple input and returns flat, ready-to-use rows.

Input

{
  "keywords": ["cybersecurity"],
  "states": ["MI"],
  "awardTypes": ["A", "B", "C", "D"],
  "limit": 50
}

• keywords — terms to match (company, technology, program).
• states — optional recipient state codes (MI, CA, TX…).
• awardTypes — A,B,C,D = contracts (default). Grants: 02,03,04,05.
• startDate / endDate — optional YYYY-MM-DD. Default: last 12 months.
• limit — 1–100 awards.

Output (one item per award)

{
  "recipient": "LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION",
  "amount": 666310175.84,
  "awardingAgency": "Department of Defense",
  "awardingSubAgency": "Department of the Air Force",
  "awardType": "DELIVERY ORDER",
  "usaspendingUrl": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/..."
}

Use cases

• GovCon sales intelligence — who is winning what, and how much.
• Competitive analysis of federal vendors.
• Feed clean award data into dashboards or AI pipelines.

Notes

• Source: api.usaspending.gov (official, free, no key).
• Data is as-reported by the US government.

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