What do you do with this?

A founder selling to the federal government

You want to know which agency is funding work in your category, who is already winning those contracts, and what comes up for re-bid soon.

1. 1Open the sector that matches your product (e.g. AI infrastructure, defense, biotech).
2. 2Note the top recipients and top agencies. These are your competitive landscape and your buyer list.
3. 3On the awards page, set a min-dollar threshold and filter by your target agency. Look at award descriptions to learn how the government writes these problems up.
4. 4Watch the top 3 incumbents. We'll email you the day any of them lands a new award — fresh signal that the program is alive.

An equity research analyst tracking a public-co customer

A name you cover sells to the government. Their 10-K mentions a few large contracts. You want to verify, size, and watch them in real time.

1. 1Search the recipients directory for the company name. Open the profile.
2. 2The profile shows every tracked contract, dollar totals, agency mix, period-of-performance status, and a sector breakdown. Cross-check against the 10-K.
3. 3Recompete radar on the homepage shows which of their contracts expire in the next 12 months — these are the at-risk revenue lines.
4. 4Add the entity to your watchlist with your email. Every new award lands in your inbox.

A journalist or researcher on a beat

You cover energy / defense / health / immigration policy. You want to know what just happened this week, what's coming up for rulemaking, and which contractors are quietly accumulating influence.

1. 1Read the weekly brief — top awards, regulatory shifts, opportunities closing. One email a Sunday.
2. 2Open the Federal Register page filtered to your beat's agencies for the freshest rules and notices.
3. 3Use sector / agency hub pages to find ranked top recipients. Click into any recipient profile for the long-form view.
4. 4Save a search filter as a feed — we'll email you every time something new matches.

A grants officer or program manager

You're applying for a federal grant or are required to know what your competitors are receiving. You want a fast picture of where the money is moving.

1. 1Open the Grants.gov opportunities page, filtered to closing in the next 14–30 days.
2. 2Click any sector to see the agency mix and the largest recent awards in that space.
3. 3Find peer institutions in the recipients directory; open their profiles to see exactly what they've been funded for.
4. 4Save a search for 'closing soon, my sector' and we'll keep you alerted.

A curious citizen

You read a headline ("the government just gave $X to Y") and you want to know if it's true, who Y is, and what they've gotten before.

1. 1Type the company name into the search box up top.
2. 2Open the profile. Every contract, every grant, every agency, every dollar — verbatim from primary sources.
3. 3Subscribe to the weekly brief if you'd like one synthesized read on Sundays.