Below is a list of all Federal agencies spending for the past 3 reported years (2009-2011). The list is ordered from highest to lowest spending amount in 2011, and any agency with federal spending below $1 million in 2011 was taken off the list.
If you take the time to look through this, you will see some interesting trends:
- the spike in spending for DoD Independent Agencies in 2010
- VA spending has increased every year
- GSA spending went up about $90 million in 2011
| Agency Name | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Department of Defense | 8.5B | 12.7B | 12.6B |
| Department of Veteran Affairs | 7.4B | 7.7B | 8.2B |
| Department of Homeland Security | 964.6M | 1.4B | 1.4B |
| U. S. Postal Service | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.4B |
| Department of Justice | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.1B |
| Department of Agriculture | 719.3M | 771.7M | 767M |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 725.8M | 765.7M | 709.5M |
| Department of Interior | 682.6M | 748.9M | 703.3M |
| General Services Administration | 524.8M | 543.3M | 634.5M |
| Department of Defense – Independent Agencies | 5.0B | 573.5M | 560.4M |
| Department of State | 338.3M | 452.6M | 504.7M |
| Department of Transportation | 378.4M | 401.8M | 347.1M |
| X-MISC. IND. Agencies (All) | 286.3M | 258.7M | 273.4M |
| Department of Treasury | 309.5M | 359.5M | 272.6M |
| Department of Commerce | 242.1M | 281.4M | 198.2M |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) | 155.9M | 160.3M | 148M |
| Department of Energy | 154.3M | 147.1M | 141.9M |
| Social Security Administration | 119.8M | 123.6M | 95.3M |
| Department of Labor | 78.9M | 87.6M | 80.7M |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 81.7M | 87.7M | 77.7M |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | 59.9M | 81.5M | 76.1M |
| Agency for International Development | 31.7M | 45.6M | 51.5M |
| U. S. Courts | 50.8M | 53.8M | 51.2M |
| Office of Personnel Management | 36.3M | 43.3M | 39.4M |
| X-Tribal Organizations (All) | 31.1M | 31.6M | 36.9M |
| Smithsonian Institution | 28.7M | 30.8M | 30.7M |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 30.8M | 32.1M | 27.5M |
| National Science Foundation | 22.2M | 22.7M | 22.6M |
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission | 20.9M | 23.5M | 21M |
| Small Business Administration | 23.6M | 18.7M | 20.1M |
| National Credit Union Administration | 10.2M | 12.9M | 15.8M |
| Department of Education | 9.3M | 11.9M | 11.7M |
| Equal Opportunity Commission | 12.8M | 13.7M | 11M |
| Executive Office of the President | 9.2M | 11.8M | 10.8M |
| National Archives Records | 9.4M | 11.0M | 10.6M |
| Securities Exchange Commission | 8.8M | 13.3M | 10M |
| Government Accountability Office | 5.5M | 14.6M | 9.5M |
| U. S. Senate | 8.3M | 8.7M | 8.4M |
| Library of Congress | 7.5M | 8.6M | 7.5M |
| Corporation for National Service | 7.0M | 5.9M | 5.2M |
| Government Printing Office | 4.3M | 4.9M | 4.5M |
| Overseas Private Investment Corporation | 3.1M | 3.6M | 4.3M |
| Federal Trade Commission | 4.6M | 4.7M | 3.9M |
| Federal Communications Commission | 6.0M | 4.1M | 3.5M |
| Export Import Bank | 3.4M | 2.8M | 2.8M |
| Farm Credit Administration | 2.2M | 3.2M | 2.8M |
| International Trade Commission | 3.1M | 3.1M | 2.1M |
| Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service | 2.9M | 2.3M | 1.7M |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | 2.2M | 1.9M | 1.7M |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission | 1.4M | 1.4M | 1.3M |
| Railroad Retirement Board | 962.0K | 1.2M | 1.1M |
Data gathered from USAspending.gov
