What changed

FY2026 · complete year · data as of 2026-10-01^†

† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.

After each monthly load of federal spending data from USAspending, an edition here says what moved since the edition before it: the fiscal-year totals, the biggest risers and fallers across the rankings, the new names among the top 100 recipients, and the agencies whose totals changed most. Each edition's figures are stored when its data is loaded, so an edition never changes after it is published.

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What changed: October 2026 →
FY2026 · complete year · data as of 2026-10-01
Fiscal year 2026 ended on September 30, 2026. Federal award obligations for FY2026 totaled $5.16T across 77 agencies in the data as of 2026-10-01, up $356B since the September 2026 edition (data as of 2026-09-12). 2 names entered the top 100 recipients of federal money.
What changed: September 2026 →
FY2026 · year to date · preliminary · data as of 2026-09-12
Federal award obligations for FY2026 (year to date) totaled $4.80T across 77 agencies in the data as of 2026-09-12. No stored snapshot of an earlier load exists to compare with.

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