Federal contracts — Uplink Archive

The IRE and NICAR Database Library has completed its federal contracts database for fiscal year 2005 with over 1 million records, providing journalists access to detailed information about government contracting to investigate business-government connections and federal spending in their communities.

The IRE and NICAR Database Library's federal contracts database now includes the complete set of entries for fiscal year 2005. All together, the data includes some 1 million records for the fiscal year 2005, and the Database Library continues to update fiscal year 2006 contracts monthly.

The Database Library's federal contracts collection contains more than 2.7 million records. The database includes the contracting agency, name and location of the business, the worksite, the amount of the transaction, type of work, and much more.

Journalists can use the data to report on connections between businesses and government officials, cover the impact of federal dollars in their communities, and monitor federal agency contract expenditures. For more information about the federal contracts database, visit www.ire.org/datalibrary/databases or call the Database Library at 573-884-7711.