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US federal agency budgets in Duaer

In Duaer: Budget authority, obligations, and outlays of US federal agencies for the current fiscal year, from USAspending. One successful search uses 1 credit.

What you get

Duaer US federal agency budgets lists US federal agencies with their current fiscal year budget authority, obligations, and outlays from USAspending, largest first.

Pick Duaer Data → US federal agency budgets in the node creator, or open the data market. Related: US Federal Register, IMF indicators.

When to use it

  • Rank US agencies by budget.
  • Get one agency’s share of federal spending.

When not to use it

Search on the canvas

  1. Open the node creator and pick Duaer Data → US federal agency budgets.
  2. Fill Sort (budget, obligated, or outlays). Optional: Words (such as NASA).
  3. Limit defaults to 10, max 20. Execute.

A search uses 1 credit only when it returns rows. No rows, wrong input, or an upstream failure uses 0.

Call the API

  • GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/usaspending?sort=budget&limit=5
  • Authorization: Bearer <Duaer key>

The call skill below matches Copy skill in the Duaer data market, with parameters, examples, and result fields.

Call skill

Same text as Copy skill.

---
name: duaer-usaspending
description: >-
  Duaer US federal agency budgets. Budget authority, obligations, and outlays of US federal agencies for the current fiscal year, from USAspending.
  One successful search uses 1 Duaer credit.
---

# Duaer US federal agency budgets

Duaer US federal agency budgets lists US federal agencies with their current fiscal year budget authority, obligations, and outlays from USAspending, largest first.

## When to use

- Rank US agencies by budget.
- Get one agency’s share of federal spending.

## When not to use

- Regulations and notices. Use https://skills.duaer.com/federal-register.md.
- Company finances. Use https://skills.duaer.com/sec-filings.md.

## Call

`GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/usaspending?sort=budget&limit=5`

Header: `Authorization: Bearer <Duaer key>`

Use an account key or a model API key.

Get a Duaer key: https://skills.duaer.com/keys.md

## Parameters

Provide `sort` or `words`.

- `sort` — `budget`, `obligated`, or `outlays`. Largest first.
- `words` — Optional. Agency name or abbreviation, such as defense or NASA.
- `limit` — Optional. Rows to return, from 1 to 20. Default 10.

## Examples

- `GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/usaspending?sort=budget&limit=5` — the five largest agencies by budget authority.
- `GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/usaspending?words=NASA` — NASA’s budget and outlays.

## Result

The response is `{ "items": [...] }`. Each item has `source`, `title`, `url`, and `summary`, plus:

- `agency`, `abbreviation`, `toptierCode` — agency and its codes.
- `fiscalYear`, `fiscalQuarter` — reporting period.
- `budgetAuthorityUsd`, `obligatedUsd`, `outlaysUsd` — US dollars.
- `shareOfTotalPct` — share of all federal budget authority.

Fields without a value are left out.

## Credits

A search that returns at least one row uses 1 credit.
An empty search, a search that finds nothing, or a failed search uses 0.
Wrong input returns 400 with a message and uses 0.
No remaining credits returns 402 and does not search.
A missing key returns 401.

## Related

- https://skills.duaer.com/federal-register.md — Duaer US Federal Register
- https://skills.duaer.com/imf.md — Duaer IMF indicators

Questions

How many credits does a US federal agency budgets search use in Duaer?

One credit when Duaer returns rows. A search with no rows or an error uses 0.

Which fiscal year does Duaer US federal agency budgets return?

Duaer US federal agency budgets returns the current fiscal year and latest quarter from USAspending; each row has fiscalYear and fiscalQuarter.

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