A webinar hosted by The Journalist’s Resource: “SAM.gov — the federal government’s System for Award Management — is one of the most underused databases in public-interest journalism. It tracks hundreds of billions of dollars in federal contracts and grants, the companies and organizations that receive them, and entities barred or suspended from doing business with the government. If you cover federal spending, government contractors, nonprofits, or public accountability, this data is for you.

“This session is a hands-on demo, not a panel discussion. We’ll walk through what’s in SAM.gov’s open data, how to access and navigate it, and how to start asking it real questions. Then we’ll open it up: Bring your story ideas, and we’ll work through what the data can and can’t tell you.”