Terms of Service
Terms and conditions governing access and use of USA Spending tools and visualizations.
USA Spending is an independent project and is not affiliated with, operated by, sponsored by, or endorsed by the U.S. Government, USAspending.gov, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, or any government agency.
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing or using USA Spending, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these terms, you should discontinue use of the website immediately.
2. Service Description
USA Spending provides independent web-based visual data exploration tools, charts, tables, calculators, and research profiles based on public U.S. government spending datasets.
3. No Guarantee or Warranty
The service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We do not warrant that service will be error-free or uninterrupted.
4. Acceptable Use Policy
Users agree not to misuse service endpoints, launch denial-of-service attacks, scrape content at unreasonable request rates that disrupt site stability, or misrepresent site content as official government pronouncements.
5. Intellectual Property
The website architecture, design tokens, software code, custom graphics, and written commentary are protected by copyright. Original public government datasets remain public domain.
6. Government Data Rights
Government data displayed on this website originates from public government sources (primarily USAspending.gov) and remains subject to applicable public domain policies of the U.S. Government.
7. Calculators & Rate Tools
Calculators provide mathematical estimates for informational purposes only. Results must not be construed as financial, accounting, tax, or legal advice.
8. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, USA Spending and its operators shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from site use.
9. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, United States.
10. Contact Information
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