Database Offers Information on Federal Grants, Contracts

A new Web site features a searchable database of federal grants and contracts.

FedSpending was created by OMB Watch, a government-watchdog organization, which says it started the site after years of frustration at not being able to get information about the money spent by the federal government.

The new site relies on the government's own data, which the group says is, at times, flawed and incomplete.

OMB Watch says it hopes that use of the new site will prompt the

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