Tool

Description

gov_contracts_search

Search AWARDED US state & local government contracts, normalized across jurisdictions (keyless open data). Filter by vendor (winning supplier), keyword (contract title/description), awarding agency, and minimum dollar amount. Covers state and county contract registries — pass a jurisdiction key (see gov_contracts_jurisdictions) to target one, or omit it to search all covered jurisdictions at once. Returns each contract with its ID, vendor, title, agency, amount, and dates. This is STATE/LOCAL award data (for federal contracts use USAspending/SAM tools).

gov_spending_search

Search US STATE government spending / vendor payments — the 'checkbook' data of what an agency actually PAID a vendor (distinct from an awarded contract's value). Keyless. Filter by vendor, awarding agency, spending category keyword, and minimum amount. Pass a jurisdiction key (see gov_contracts_jurisdictions) to target one state, or omit it to search all covered states. Returns vendor, agency, amount, category, and fiscal year. Use gov_contracts_search for awarded contracts; use this for actual payments/expenditures.

gov_contracts_jurisdictions

List the US state & local jurisdictions covered by this pack, split into contract-award jurisdictions (gov_contracts_search) and spending/checkbook jurisdictions (gov_spending_search), with each one's key, level (state/county/city), data platform, source dataset URL, and live record count.