DATA PRODUCT / USAspending.gov

U.S. Federal Contract Transactions Dataset

Action-level USAspending.gov contract transactions, including modifications, action dates and obligations, linked to federal contract awards.

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Technical overview

Federal Contract Transactions schema & provenance

Representative transaction fields in the public preview are shown below. The current published schema version is 0.1.0; this is a version label, not a run-completeness indicator. Check the live run status and generated timestamp for publication freshness. Delivered schemas are versioned separately.

Field nameTypeDescription
generated_award_idstringJoin key to federal contract awards.
transaction_idstringSource transaction identifier.
record_idstringNormalized transaction record identifier.
transaction_indexintegerTransaction position in source.
action_datedateDate of the contract action.
action_typestringType of contract action.
modification_numberstringModification identifier.
transaction_obligation_usdnumberTransaction obligation in USD, including zero or negative values.
descriptionstringReported action description.
data_quality_statusstringValidation status.

Primary source

USAspending.gov

Delivery model

Structured JSON/CSV packages with schema and delivery metadata.

Quality controls

Validation, provenance, deduplication and dataset-specific reconciliation where applicable.

Public dataset preview

Up to 10 sample records

Loaded from api.dmodifydata.com. The complete JSON/CSV delivery remains private.

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Parent dataset: Federal Contract Awards

Each transaction joins to its related award using generated_award_id. Use matching production run IDs for a consistent snapshot.

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How to cite this dataset

DModify Data Management. “U.S. Federal Contract Transactions Dataset.” DModify Data Management, https://dmodifydata.com/products/federal-contract-transactions/. Accessed [date].