A public-data training program

The Federal Budget, Hands-On

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Everything on this page is frozen public data (USAspending CC0 1.0, Treasury Fiscal Data, FRED) built by federal-budget-data, the same engine that powers appropriation-flow-simulator. No API calls at view time; the scenario math in engine.js runs a self-test in the console on load.

A training program by a federal budget analyst, built on public data only. Glossary · open your browser console to see the engine self-test.

The companion program — what the VA's budget analysts, financial analysts, and accounting technicians actually do, for beginners — is at learning.jbledger.com.

Glossary

The working vocabulary of federal budgeting, in plain English. Tap any dotted term anywhere in the program to look it up.

Narration

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