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About the data

Most executive agencies
are required by law to report contract information to the General Services Administration (GSA). These agencies submit contract action reports for each contract exceeding $25,000. The ContractSearch database details all contract actions reported from fiscal year 1994 to the present. The data is updated quarterly.

Approximately 0.5 million actions are reported in a fiscal year, representing over 100,000 active contracts.

It is important to note that, because contract actions are reported throughout the life of the contract, the database contains information on contracts that originated well before 1994. For example, a five-year contract that originated in 1992 will be included in the database provided that one contract action is reported from the period beginning in 1994 to the date of termination of the contract. Most contracts have at least one contract action reported in a given fiscal year.


Reporting Agencies

The following table shows which executive departments and agencies are responsible for collecting and reporting the procurement information that makes up the ContractSearch database:

Department/Agency Data Reported?
Executive Office of the President Yes
Department of Agriculture Yes
Department of Commerce Yes
Department of Defense Yes
Department of Education Yes
Department of Energy Yes
Department of Health and Human Resources Yes
Department of Housing and Urban Development Yes
Department of the Interior Yes
Department of Justice Yes
Department of Labor Yes
Department of State Yes
Department of Transportation Yes
Department of Treasury Yes
Department of Veterans Affairs Yes
Corporation for National and Community Services (ACTION) Yes
Agency for International Development Yes
Administrative Conference of U.S. Yes
American Battle Monuments Commission Yes
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Yes
Board for International Broadcasting Yes
Commission on Civil Rights Yes
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Yes
Consumer Product Safety Commission Yes
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Yes
Environmental Protection Agency Yes
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Yes
Export-Import Bank of the U.S. No
Farm Credit Administration No
Federal Communications Commission Yes
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation No
Federal Emergency Management Agency Yes
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Yes
Federal Election Commission Yes
Federal Labor Relations Authority Yes
Federal Maritime Commission Yes
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Yes
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Yes
Federal Trade Commission Yes
General Services Administration Yes
Interstate Commerce Commission Yes
International Trade Commission Yes
J.F.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Yes
Merit Systems Protection Board Yes
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Yes
National Archives and Records Administration Yes
National Capital Planning Commission Yes
National Credit Union Administration No
National Endowment for the Arts Yes
National Endowment for the Humanities Yes
National Gallery of Art Yes
National Holocaust Memorial Museum Yes
National Labor Relations Board Yes
National Mediation Board Yes
National Science Foundation Yes
National Transportation Safety Board Yes
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Yes
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Yes
Office of Personnel Management Yes
Office of Thrift Supervision No
Overseas Private Investment Corporation No
Panama Canal Commission No
Peace Corps Yes
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Yes
Railroad Retirement Board Yes
Securities and Exchange Commission Yes
Selective Service System Yes
Small Business Administration Yes
Smithsonian Institution Yes
Social Security Administration Yes
Tennessee Valley Authority Yes
U.S. Information Agency Yes
U.S. Soldiers' & Airmen's Home Yes
U.S. Trade and Development Agency Yes



 

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