Data Transparency Our Data Transparency Team works to deliver on Treasury’s strategic goal to increase access to and use of federal financial data to strengthen governmentwide decision-making and accountability through data transparency. GSDMThe Governmentwide Spending Data Model (GSDM) is the authoritative source for the terms, definitions, formats, and structures for hundreds of distinct data elements that tell the story of how federal dollars are spent.GSDM provides federal agencies technical guidance about what data to report to Treasury, where to get that data, and how to submit it. Review the authoritative source for financial data elements.Data BrokerThe Data Broker is the tool by which agencies access a web-based application to securely load, validate, publish and certify financial data. There are two applications within the Broker that are supported:Data Accountability Broker Submission (DABS)Financial Assistance Broker Submission (FABS)USAspending.govSee the official source for spending data for the United States government. Find out how much the federal government spends each year; follow the money from Congress to agency to local communities and businesses.Fiscal DataLearn about the four pillars of federal finances - Revenue, Spending, Deficit, and Debt. See animated graphs and charts of how the government spends money. Look at how money coming in and going out has changed over time. Explore easy-to-use, comprehensive datasets in machine-readable formats such as CSV, JSON, XML or connect directly via API. Last modified 04/15/25