Inmates in federal prison have to get their clothes somewhere, and that somewhere happens to be Leslee Scott Inc., an Ogden company that made $2 million last year selling prison jumpsuits to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

The prison garb contract was among $2.1 billion in federal money paid to Utah companies during the 2005 budget year, according to an exhaustive new database of federal contracts compiled by OMB Watch, a federal budget watchdog group.

"The American people have largely been in the dark about to whom and where their tax dollars go," said Gary Bass, executive director of OMB Watch. "With Fedspending.org, we believe that will change."

Alliant Techsystems was by far the largest government contractor in the state in 2005, bringing in $434 million in contracts to manufacture ammunition for the Pentagon and space-vehicle launchers for NASA.

But some of the more interesting nuggets are farther down the list:

* Hoggan Health Industries was paid $511,194 to provide recreation and gymnastic equipment.

* Advanced Onsite Lube Inc. of Hyrum was paid $91,282 for recreation and fitness equipment.

* University of Utah pro- fessor Hendrik Bessembinder was paid $269,700 to be an expert witness in legal proceedings for the Treasury Department.

* Just-To-Clean LLC of Salt Lake City made $118,308 cleaning buildings for the Bureau of Reclamation and Defense Department.

* Black Diamond Equipment sold $95,679 worth of recreation clothing to the Pentagon.

* Walker Fruit and Produce provided $91,585 worth of fruit and vegetables to the Defense Department.

The Web site also includes a comprehensive list of federal grants, broken down by state or the branch of the federal government making the grant. The state received $11.1 billion in federal grants in the 2004 fiscal year and had received $7.4 billion through the first three quarters of 2005.

The database cost about $200,000 to put together, with financial backing from the Sunlight Foundation.

It is similar to what will eventually be posted by the government. Under a provision sponsored by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., the federal government will start putting all of its expenditures into a searchable database, as well.

Federal contracts to Utah-based firms

By fiscal year:

* 2000: $1.1 billion

* 2001: $1.2 billion

* 2002: $2 billion

* 2003: $2.2 billion

* 2004: $2.5 billion

* 2005: $2.1 billion

Source: OMB Watch compilation of federal contracting data