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Search for federal awards from DHS in 2024 for any AI-related recipients, up to 15 results."}],"resultDescription":"Returns a JSON object containing the original query parameters, an array of matching award records (each with award ID, recipient name, award amount in USD, description, awarding agency and sub-agency, start and end dates, and a direct USAspending.gov URL), a count of returned records, and a data attribution string crediting USAspending.gov.","failureModes":["Recipient name shorter than 3 characters returns a validation error","No matching awards found returns an empty awards array","Invalid ISO date format for since/until causes a parsing error","Limit exceeding 50 returns a validation error","Misspelled agency name may return zero results without an explicit error","Network timeout if USAspending.gov upstream is slow"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when you need structured, queryable federal contract award data tied to a specific recipient company, especially when you also want to filter by agency or date range. 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