Spending Amounts Reported for Specific Agencies

Two Web sites offering information on government spending get their contract data from the same source - one is just easier to access and provides more detail. But the USASpending.gov tallies for 2005, a year the books have closed on, don't match the official numbers.

SOURCES: www.USASpending.gov (accessed May 15), Federal Procurement Data System | GRAPHIC: The Washington Post - May 20, 2008

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