Another option, a bit roundabout but perhaps better than scraping PDFs, would be to use data in the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) at www.fpds.gov. This records and tracks all contracts let by gov't agencies over $3000. You can search for, say, Department of the Army and get the a list of contracts the Army has let to any vendor. The results are downloadable in a .CSV file, one field of which is Vendor State. This does not include grants (such as awards from DoD to a university) since a lot of local work like Base Operating Support, logistics, mil construction, and more are usually completed by contractors (plus, the DoD branches can serve as the vendor in case they do work for either another branch or another agency -- much work in areas like RDT&E are contracted cross-branch; the FPDS data would then capture a good deal of money transferred from the agency to the state in general). A decent FAQ on what FPDS contains is here: http://www.fpds-ng.com/wiki/index.php/FPD
S-NG_FAQ
Best,
-Ian
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On Friday, February 17, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Brad Epperly wrote:
> I know that Rebecca
> Thorpe<http://www.polisci.washington.edu/directory/faculty/Faculty/faculty_thorpe.html>studies
> this, and her book looks at congressional-level defense outlays.
> Unfortunately that's all I know about it, so you should get in touch with
> her.
>
> Brad Epperly
> PhD Candidate
> Department of Political Science
> University of Washington
> Box 353530
> Seattle, WA 98195
> http://sites.google.com/a/uw.edu/epperly/
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Kyle Peyton <[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])>wrote:
>
> > Hi Chris,
> >
> > I'm trying to find this data as well. Perhaps we can put our heads
> > together.
> >
> > I think the best bet is the US Census Bureau. Check this link:
> > http://www2.census.gov/pub/outgoing/govs/special60/
> >
> > There is a file called "FES 1981-1994.zip" that contains this information
> > by State for 1981-1994. Unfortunately, this isn't terribly helpful as it's
> > in PDF format and will be tedious to extract for a long time-series. Not to
> > mention it doesn't extend to the years of interest. Many of the other files
> > here (like the Microsoft access databases) cover the period 1902-2008 and
> > contain some really helpful information. There is plenty of data on
> > aggregate defense expenditures. Unfortunately, I have yet to find anything
> > with the State disaggregation produced in those .PDF reports.
> >
> > I've e-mailed a contact at the Census for access that contains the
> > information in the .PDFs for the longer time period. I'll let you know if
> > anything comes of it.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Kyle
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Political Methodology Society [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Chris Dennis
> > Sent: Friday, 17 February 2012 11:15 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])
> > Subject: [POLMETH] Defense Spending by State
> >
> > Does anyone have defense spending data by state annually from 1980 through
> > 2008?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Chris Dennis
> >
> > Dept. of Political Science
> >
> > Cal. State Univ. at Long Beach
> >
> > Long Beach, CA 90840
> >
> > website: www.csulb.edu/~cdennis (http://www.csulb.edu/~cdennis)<
> > http://www.csulb.edu/~cdennis>
> >
> > (for data click on "Research" and
> > for teaching materials
> >
> > click on "Resources")
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