DABS

Data Act Broker Submissions (DABS) are packages of files that represent the entirety of agency spending data for a period of time in the Broker application in compliance with The Data Act.

Structure

These submissions include the following files:

• File A: Appropriations
• File B: Object Class and Program Activity
• File C: Award Financial
• File D1: Award Contracts
• File D2: Award Assistance
• File E: Executive Compensation
• File F: Subawards
• Error/warning Reports
• Comment Files

These files are bundled together into the DABS Submission and the data included within the submissions get stored in the Broker database.

Nightly Pipeline

For any FABS submissions that get published during the day, the nightly pipeline will pull that data over to USASpending's database to be processed and surfaced.

Examples

For some examples, all published submissions are available on USASpending.gov's Agency Submission Files Page

See also

• Broker
• FABS