Lafayette Square Institute and the Center for USA Lending Launch Federal Credit Lab Platform

Federal Credit Lab provides publicly available data visualizations and analysis on the allocation of federal credit across the U.S. economy. 

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Lafayette Square Institute and the Center for USA Lending launched the Federal Credit Lab, a publicly available data and insights platform providing data and analysis of the U.S. government credit portfolio to generate actionable insights for policymakers, program administrators, researchers, and the public. 

The United States government is one of the largest lenders in the world. Its portfolio contains over $5 trillion in cumulative outstanding loans and loan guarantees. In Fiscal Year 2026 alone, Congress authorized nearly $1 trillion in new loan and loan guarantees spanning over 100 programs and 20 federal agencies.

Federal Credit Lab is a joint initiative of two nonprofit organizations, the Lafayette Square Institute and the Center for USA Lending, aimed at making this portfolio data more readily accessible to inform better program assessment, delivery, budgeting, and design.

"Federal credit is one of the most powerful and least understood sets of tools by which policymakers can mobilize private capital to address national challenges," said Jack Moriarty, Executive Director of Lafayette Square Institute. "Our objective in building Federal Credit Lab with our partners at the Center for USA Lending is to enhance our collective understanding of this toolkit to inform the next generation of industrial policy and the allocation of capital to the people and places that need it." 

"Modern systems and better information lead to better policy. The Federal Credit Lab puts that premise into practice. It is a platform that makes the government's lending enterprise substantially more visible, accessible, and accountable. We see this as a foundation, one we hope to build on in partnership with federal credit agencies," said Doug Criscitello, Executive Director of the Center for USA Lending.

"By applying analytics to the complex workflows across the federal credit portfolio, Lafayette Square Institute and the Center for USA Lending are creating conditions for government and capital markets to better serve workers and communities in every zip code," said Damien Dwin, Founder and CEO of Lafayette Square and Board member of Lafayette Square Institute.

"The Federal Credit Lab platform aspires to make the world of federal credit accessible to a much wider audience of stakeholders by centralizing and unifying a previously disparate set of data sources," said Laura Hohenberger, Senior Associate for Data Analytics and Policy at Lafayette Square Institute.

The launch of the Federal Credit Lab featured a joint event in Washington, D.C. that included a platform demo and expert speakers. Additional programming on select thematic areas in the federal credit portfolio is slated throughout 2027. Lafayette Square Institute and the Center for USA Lending invite public feedback on applied research questions for future analysis.

About Lafayette Square Institute
Lafayette Square Institute (LSI) is a nonprofit policy and data analytics platform committed to aligning private capital with the public interest. Through deep bipartisan relationships, innovative finance tools, and data analysis, LSI mobilizes investment in the people and places that need it. 

About Center for USA Lending
The Center for USA Lending is a nonpartisan organization advancing a modern, effective credit ecosystem. It connects public and private stakeholders, elevates borrower needs, and promotes the use of modern technology to ensure access to capital for the borrowers federal credit is intended to serve.

Contact: Laura Hohenberger, Senior Associate, Data Analytics and Policy, Lafayette Square Institute, [email protected] 

SOURCE Lafayette Square Institute