What you see depends on where you look. The longer line shows White House calculations of money spent.1 The shorter line gives totals from the Census Bureau.2 Click on each year’s column for agency-specific data.
Notes: Fiscal years end Sept. 30.
1White House estimates reflect net dollar values for funding transfers between agencies and include overseas spending. Totals for fiscal 2011 and 2012 are based on figures submitted by the agencies.
2The Census calculations don't account for inter-agency transfers and don't include spending abroad. They include funds that are obligated to be spent even if they haven't yet been spent. Those amounts aren't in the White House totals. The Census discontinued its annual spending report after fiscal 2010, citing yearly savings of $700,000.
*FY2013 data reflect the president's spending proposals. Actual spending authority will be set by Congress.
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