Recent Posts on Government spending

Note: This blog post was updated to clarify that the decrease in spending of $54 billion was ...

Federal agencies spent $10.1 trillion in fiscal year 2021. But $131.8 billion of that was not ...

As the pandemic enters its third year, the nation continues to face challenges related to COVID’s ...

The federal government spent more than $9 trillion last fiscal year, of which a large portion was ...

In fiscal year 2020, the federal government spent more than $665 billion on contracts, an increase ...

The F-35 is the most modern fighter jet in the world. It’s the Department of Defense’s most ...

After 6 years of declining deficits, the federal deficit increased to $587 billion in 2016 and U.S ...

Critical infrastructures—the facilities and systems that support banking, commerce, energy, and ...

Congress has voted to suspend the debt limit through March 15, 2017. But how could future lawmakers ...

Today marks the halfway point between the last decennial census and the next one in 2020. The census ...

State and local governments nationwide face long-term fiscal sustainability challenges. Since 2007 ...