This week we're talking about pie. Federal budget pies, that is. The first pie we're looking at is total federal spending. Join us every day this week for a different slice of pie.

In some charts, you see that military is more than half the budget. But in others, you see that it's much less than that. Let's settle this once and for all.

Labor Force Participation, Employment, and Unemployment data are now current through 2011.

Which states get the most federal money to fund research on alternative fuels?

There are two new indicators available in the Federal Priorities Database, both related to state-level energy consumption: Energy Consumption by Source: fossil fuel, nuclear, and renewable-based energy consumption, as well as total energy consumption Energy Consumption Per Person: per-capita energy consumption

In honor of Earth Day this past Sunday, NPP’s focus this week is on the environment. The Federal Priorities Database—our collection of spending and indicators compiled into one easy-to-use, free search tool--has several data collections related to energy and the environment.  The data below have the latest available information about ...

Betty from Hailey, Idaho, wrote to us about subsidies for oil companies. Thanks for writing, Betty – it's an interesting subject. Warning: We may have to get a bit wonky.

We've updated all of our electric emissions indicators to reflect the latest available published data. In addition, we renamed the datasets from State Emissions to Electric Emissions, a name that better reflects what the numbers stand for--emissions from electric power plants. This update affects the following, which are now current through ...

President Obama released a budget in February, the House passed a very different budget in March, and the Senate has declined to do a budget. The seeds are planted for stalemate this election year. Why can't Congress just pass a budget without all this conflict?

The House and Senate return this week from their spring recess with the seeds of a summer budget stalemate already planted.As required by law, in February President Obama released the Administration’s budget request for fiscal year 2013 (which begins on Oct. 1). Although just a proposal, the annual request serves ...