Vertical packs

Playbook packs

Four multi-page guides, each written for a single vertical. Work through the pages in order — every page is a self-contained read, and the guide keeps your place in the sidebar.

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4-page guide

DoD Contracting

How Pentagon money is structured in federal data — vehicles, orders, sub-agencies, and expiring work.

Defense vendorsCapture teamsOversight analysts

IntermediateOpen guide

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4-page guide

Federal Grants

Grants are a different machine from contracts. Four pages on programs, recipients, and geography.

NonprofitsUniversitiesLocal governments

SBIR and STTR aren't a single data field. Four pages on finding the awards anyway — and reading a company's trajectory.

Deep-tech foundersUniversity labsR&D analysts

Emergency money moves differently. Four pages on funding codes, agency breakdowns, and reconciling the numbers.

JournalistsOversight staffEmergency managers

IntermediateOpen guide

Each pack assumes you know the basics of federal spending data. If you're new, start with the foundation playbooks first — then come back for the vertical you work in.