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Data on Digital Media and Technology Expenditures in the United States Congress

Congressional Spending on Technology & Digital Media

How much does the United States Congress spend on technology and digital media? It's a hard question to answer right now, but a necessary one for those who want a 21st Century Congress that works as efficiently, effectively and accountably as possible. Here you will find spreadsheets containing our underlying data, work and analysis.

Read our full analysis of 2014 technology- and digital media-related spending for the Senate, the House and our conclusions. Please share your feedback, questions and improvements below or on Twitter to help us all get closer to the right numbers.

Disclaimer on Underlying Congressional Spending Data

Due to the lack of complete, verifiable and open spending data, these results are only a start. But we've opened our work so that you can use, improve upon and - hopefully - help us get to the correct answers.

Credits

These spreadsheets are manual classifications from Congressional disbursement data converted and provided to the public by the Sunlight Foundation. Thank you, Sunlight!

License

Creative Commons BY-NC-SA