Reading Time: 8 minutesDuring fiscal year 2012, the U.S. federal government spent $539.4 billion through grant programs, most through state and local (S&L) governments. The federal government has undertaken numerous initiatives to automate and improve their grants management process, including Grants.gov.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn response to the First Open Government National Action Plan (2011), award-winning websites like
Data.gov, USASpending.gov, Performance.gov, and ITDashboard made more and better data available for
public consumption.
