# US Public Money — question guides

> A clearly labelled sample of US public-spending buyer, supplier and award records.

This file covers /task-guides/. Use the site-wide reference at https://uspublicmoney.com/llms.txt for the broader site. Canonical website: https://uspublicmoney.com/. Documentation reviewed 2026-10-18; underlying records have their own dates. Fields to verify when supplied: award identifier; buyer and supplier identifiers; reporting period; sample coverage. Coverage is explicitly a sample. Missing awards or suppliers do not establish that spending did not occur. This is read-only discovery; robots rules and source licences still apply.

## Start here

- [Agent instructions](https://uspublicmoney.com/task-guides/agent-use.md): How to find a record, use native search, interpret missing data and cite an answer.
- [Data context](https://uspublicmoney.com/task-guides/data-context.md): Site-specific identity fields, coverage, dates and limitations.
- [Source guide](https://uspublicmoney.com/task-guides/sources.md): Claim-to-source links for published guidance.
- [Task guide](https://uspublicmoney.com/task-guides/index.md): Practical steps and links into existing site tools.

## Existing site tools

- [Start a search on uspublicmoney.com](https://uspublicmoney.com/): Existing public page; use its visible controls and source dates.
- [Reports](https://uspublicmoney.com/reports): Existing public page; use its visible controls and source dates.
- [Agencies](https://uspublicmoney.com/agencies): Existing public page; use its visible controls and source dates.
- [Concentration](https://uspublicmoney.com/reports/concentration): Existing public page; use its visible controls and source dates.

## Published question guides

- [What is the current federal government budget?](https://uspublicmoney.com/task-guides/what-is-the-current-federal-government-budget/index.md): Source-linked answer; published 2026-10-18.
- [What does it mean for federal funds to be obligated?](https://uspublicmoney.com/task-guides/what-does-it-mean-for-federal-funds-to-be-obligated/index.md): Source-linked answer; published 2026-10-18.
- [What does "discretionary spending" mean?](https://uspublicmoney.com/task-guides/what-does-discretionary-spending-mean/index.md): Source-linked answer; published 2026-10-18.

## Optional

- [Machine-readable action index](https://uspublicmoney.com/task-guides/agent.json): Observed GET form, fixed navigation, document index and coverage metadata.
- [Expanded reference](https://uspublicmoney.com/task-guides/llms-full.txt): Read when the individual documents are insufficient; includes published article text.
- [Guide sitemap](https://uspublicmoney.com/task-guides/sitemap.xml): Indexable human-readable guide URLs only.