TANF individual and family participation numbers are now current through fiscal year 2011.

School breakfast, school lunch, and summer lunch participation numbers are now current through fiscal year 2011.

Today the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5326, the appropriations bill for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, NASA, and other related agencies.H.R. 5326 includes an amendment that would prohibit the Department of Commerce from funding the American Community Survey (ACS), a yearly household survey conducted by the Census Bureau. ...

Having access to a single, comprehensive source for U.S. federal spending data isn't a partisan matter. We support the DATA Act because accurate spending information is critical to an informed budget conversation.

State Children's Health Insurance Program enrollments are now current through fiscal year 2010.

Tracking federal spending is tricky, but it's critical to having an informed discussion about the budget. Because "federal spending" can mean different things and involves multiple sources of data, we often don't know exactly how much is spent on a particular program. The DATA Act wants to fix that.

The White House used to put out a Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget every year, but it was discontinued during the George W. Bush presidency. President Obama has not resurrected the practice. Meanwhile, valuable information about how the federal government spends our tax dollars is going extinct

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