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General government

The government running itself: Congress, the IRS, tax collection, and central management.

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What the money shows

The government spent $511.4B on General government in 2025, which is 5% of all spending that year. General government outlays are up 25.4% from 2017. OMB history lists General government at 1.2% of federal outlays in 1962 and 5% in 2025. Department of the Treasury, the largest agency in this category, handles 79.2% of its latest outlay. The linked lobbying register category is Other.

Sources: USAspending · OMB Historical Tables

$511B
Latest outlay
$5.03
Of each $100
+25%
Since FY2017
Other
Mapped sector

Agencies spending it

Latest fiscal year, top agencies from USAspending.

Department of the Treasury$405B
Office of Personnel Management$53B
General Services Administration$42B
Department of the Interior$5.8B
Department of Homeland Security$2.4B
Government Accountability Office$944M
Executive Office of the President$761M
National Archives and Records Administration$747M

Lobbying in this sector

Up to five leading other clients in the lobby register.

Share since 1962

OMB history plus live rows once ingested.

Bills moving money here

A sector-filtered doorway into the bills register.

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