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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 18:41:58 EDT
From:         "McKinzie, Steven" <MCKINZIE@DICKINSN.Bitnet>
Subject:      Online Information on Grant Monies:
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Subject: Re:  Online Sources for Federal Grant money:

October 5, 1992

Dear Ms. Burns Duffy:

I am writing in response to your request of October 5, 1992 for
information about an online source for information about federal
grant money.  The Center for Electronic Records at the National
Archives does not offer on-line access to records in our custody.
However, we can outline a number of sources for data files about
the US government's spending patterns and budgets, including one
series that contains information about the distribution of
federal domestic assistance awards.

The data file "Budget Data and Title Files (US Government),
1940-1990", used to produce the Historical Tables of the U.S.
Budget is available from the National Technical Information
Service (NTIS, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA, (703)
487-4650).  The order number for this item is PB-100617.  This
agency may have information about other databases that may be of
assistance.

The holdings of the Center for Electronic Records include a
number of data files related to the spending patterns of the US
Government.  One series is the Federal Assistance Award Data
System (FAADS).  Data have been compiled quarterly, FY1981
through the second quarter of FY1992, and transferred to us.  The
files contain data on all federal domestic assistance awards
reported by participating agency programs including all major
federal departments and agencies with grant making authority.
In addition, the Center maintains Federal Outlay annual files,
July 1968 - Sept 1980.  They report Executive Branch dollar
outlays to states, counties, cities, and through program
appropriations.  The data were collected by the Office of
Economic Opportunity and are in the Records of the Community
Services Administration (Record Group 381).  From 1968-1974,
these files were also known as the Federal Information Exchange
System (FIXS).

A set of related files were produced by the Office of the
Secretary of Defense for Military Prime Contracts, FY1966 through
FY1975.  The data are on the distribution of military funds to
contractors during and after the Vietnam Conflict for contracts
over $10,000.  Each record includes data about the contract, the
contractor, and information about the DOD agency making the
award.

For information about the records in our collection, or others,
please contact the Center for Electronic Records (NSX), ATTN:
Reference Services, National Archives and Records Administration,
Washington, DC 20408.  The phone number is (202) 501-5579.  We
may also be contacted via Internet at tif@cu.nih.gov or BITNET at
TIF@NIHCU.  A partial, hardcopy, title list of holdings is made
available free of charge to interested individuals.  This title
list includes approximately 4,500 of the 14,000 electronic data
files in the collection of the Center.

Ted Hull Center for Electronic Records, National Archives, (202)
501-5579
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