Data Broker

USASpending's Broker is a web application that allows agencies to upload, validate, review, publish, and certify their spending data to USASpending. Agency users can do this via Broker submissions which are:

• DABS Submissions: the main submissions in compliance with The Data Act that include all various agency spending data for a period of time.
• FABS Submissions: an agency's assistance data that will be used to populate the agency's DABS submission D2 files.

Both functions of the Broker go through similar processes of uploading, validating, publishing, and certifying their data before it reaches USASpending. With each, the Broker enforces validations laid out by DAIMS to ensure the data is accurate.