---
title: "USAspending agency overview"
description: "Official public agency overview by top-tier code and optional fiscal year."
url: "https://www.jsonify.com/sources/usaspending"
---

# USAspending agency overview

Official public agency overview by top-tier code and optional fiscal year.

Collects: Official public agency overview by top-tier code and optional fiscal year

Reads: api.usaspending.gov

- Status: Passed 7 Oct 2026, 13:54 UTC
- Checks: 3
- Revision: 9306b15
- HTML page: https://www.jsonify.com/sources/usaspending
- Build a pipeline using this source: https://factory.jsonify.com/setup?q=Build%20a%20dataset%20from%20USAspending%20agency%20overview&source=usaspending

## How a pipeline uses this source

1. **Sources** (sources): api.usaspending.gov
2. **Agency overview** (step): Collect official public agency overview by top-tier code and optional fiscal year.
3. **Checks** (step): 3 saved checks run against the live site and a stored copy of the page. Last passed 7 Oct 2026. When the site changes, Jason repairs the source and publishes a new revision.
4. **Your dataset** (output): Rows delivered to your sheet, warehouse, alerts or assistant on the schedule you choose.

## Checks and repairs

- 7 Oct 2026, 13:54 UTC Live check: Passed (revision 9306b15)
- 7 Oct 2026, 13:54 UTC Live check: Passed (revision 9306b15)
- 7 Oct 2026, 13:54 UTC Offline check: Passed (revision 9306b15)
- 7 Oct 2026, 02:48 UTC Live check: Passed (revision 9306b15)
- 7 Oct 2026, 02:48 UTC Live check: Passed (revision 9306b15)
- 7 Oct 2026, 02:48 UTC Offline check: Passed (revision 9306b15)

## What it reads

### agency\_overview

Collect official public agency overview by top-tier code and optional fiscal year.

| Field | Type | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| fiscal\_year | integer | Fiscal year. |
| toptier\_code | string | Toptier code. |
| name | string | Name. |
| abbreviation | string | Abbreviation. |
| agency\_id | integer | Agency ID. |
| mission | null | Mission. |
| website | string | Website. |
| congressional\_justification\_url | null | Congressional justification URL. |
| about\_agency\_data | string | About agency data. |
| subtier\_agency\_count | integer | Subtier agency count. |
| messages | array | Messages. |
| source\_url | string | URL of the public source record. |
| observed\_at | string | Timestamp when the record was collected. |
| scope\_note | string | Coverage and interpretation notes for the result. |

Example row (synthetic):

| fiscal\_year | toptier\_code | name | abbreviation | agency\_id | mission | website | congressional\_justification\_url | about\_agency\_data | subtier\_agency\_count | messages | source\_url | observed\_at | scope\_note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 3 | 3 | Example name | Example abbreviation | 12345 |  | https://example.com/fixture |  | Example about agency data | 1 | \[ "Example messages" \] | https://example.com/fixture | 2026-01-15T12:00:00Z | Example scope note |

## Limitations

Agency overview only, not budget totals or award listings. Year is US fiscal year; omitted year follows source default.

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