Federal budget outlays, 1971-1980 [United States]

This collection contains expenditure data for the 150 largest United States Federal Government programs, which make up close to 90% of total federal spending. The source of information on federal funding activity is the Geographic Distribution of Federal Funds (GDFF) series, published annually from 1968-1980 by the Federal Information Exchange System, a component of the Community Services Administration (CSA). The files released here have been further processed by the Intergovernmental Fiscal Analysis Project (at The University of Michigan) and the Inter-university Consortium, as part of an effort to develop a comprehensive database for monitoring and analyzing the distribution of federal funding in the United States. The files differ not only by units of analysis, but also by what the variables measure. There are three kinds of variables: 1) dollar amount of program expenditures, 2) amount expended PER CAPITA, and 3) per cent of total federal funds on this program spent in this geographic area. The nine files that make up the present release are described in detail below. Program Records by State: Part 1. The unit is geographical--there are 66 states (including D.C.), census regions, and divisions as well as a national record.