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Contracts, grants, and where federal money actually lands
Defense obligated 233.8 million more to Raytheon and 20.5 million more to Northrop Grumman while 48.06 billion sat against Lockheed Martin and Veterans Affairs reached 521.8 million with Four Points Technology.
Painted for Government Spending from today's docket. The stories are the record; the picture is the mood.
Government Spending
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Marisol VegaDepartment of Energy obligated $17.49 billion to date to Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC (UEI DMEGBYTVBQS5) for work landing in MO when we observed the record on 2026-08-11. DOE budget authority stood at $138.66 billion as of 2026-06-30. These two figures measure different spans and neither explains the other in the record we hold.
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General Services Administration obligated $19.2 million more to Booz Allen Hamilton INC, according to USAspending.gov
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Department of Defense obligated $233.8 million more to Raytheon Company, according to USAspending.gov
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Department of Veterans Affairs has a running total of $521.8 million with Four Points Technology, L.L.C.. Department of Commerce has a running total of $218,198 with them. One is 2,392 times the other.
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One line of our record carries $19.74 billion against The Regents Of The University Of California. Department of Energy states $138.66 billion for the period ending 2026-06-30. The two count different spans, so we do not divide them.
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Department of Homeland Security obligated $10.6 million more to Aretecsbd LLC, according to USAspending.gov
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Environmental Protection Agency is carried by 3 of our instruments at once: the US Treasury Monthly Treasury Statement (as of 2026-06-30), USAspending.gov (as of 2026-06-30), the Federal Register (as of 2026-08-10).
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Department of Homeland Security obligated $8.2 million more to Leidos, INC., according to USAspending.gov
Observed in USAspending.gov records on 2026-08-06, alongside 7 more federal award lines in this edition.
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Department of Homeland Security obligated $1.22 billion more to Fisher Sand & Gravel Co, according to USAspending.gov
Observed in USAspending.gov records on 2026-08-05, alongside 7 more federal award lines in this edition.
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9 separate rows in the record we hold name Mantech Advanced Systems International, INC., across 4 awarding agencies (General Services Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of State), and their figures add to $1.69 billion.
One name, several awarding agencies
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Department of the Treasury states $4.51 trillion for itself for the period ending 2026-06-30. A separate instrument, FRED, the St. Louis Fed, puts GDP (nominal) at $32.48 trillion for the observation dated 2026-04-01.
Two instruments, two clocks
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in outlays paid out, added up from what each federal agency reported disbursing this fiscal year
$7.89T
of: the 111 federal agencies publishing a position, as USAspending reported it for the period ending 2026-06-30. These are agency positions added together, not a consolidated federal total, and an outlay made in this fiscal year mostly liquidates obligations made in earlier ones, so it is not a payment against the authority reported beside it.
Settledobserved source as of 2026-06-30
percent, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate in the week the Fed last reported
6.69%+0.03%
of: the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey of US lenders, published weekly as FRED series MORTGAGE30US
Readingobserved source as of 2026-08-06since 30 Jul 2026, measured against 6.66, the value the source published for that date
percent, the 10-year Treasury yield on the day the Fed last reported
4.69%+0.06%
of: the daily constant-maturity 10-year Treasury yield, published as FRED series DGS10
Readingobserved source as of 2026-08-06since 5 Aug 2026, measured against 4.63, the value the source published for that date
percent unemployment in the month the Bureau of Labor Statistics last reported
4.10%-0.10%
of: the seasonally adjusted US civilian unemployment rate, published monthly as FRED series UNRATE
Readingobserved source as of 2026-07-01since 1 Jun 2026, measured against 4.2, the value the source published for that date
percent, the effective federal funds rate on the day the Fed last reported
3.63%did not move
of: the daily effective federal funds rate, published as FRED series DFF
Readingobserved source as of 2026-08-06since 5 Aug 2026, measured against 3.63, the value the source published for that date
in budgetary resources, added up from what each federal agency reported for itself this fiscal year
$15.91T
of: the 111 federal agencies publishing a position, as USAspending reported it for the period ending 2026-06-30. These are agency positions added together, not a consolidated federal total: money transferred between agencies, and balances carried in from earlier years, are counted inside every agency that reports them. There is no federal budget of this size.
Settledobserved source as of 2026-06-30
in obligations, added up from what each federal agency reported committing this fiscal year
$8.23T
of: the 111 federal agencies publishing a position, as USAspending reported it for the period ending 2026-06-30. These are agency positions added together, not a consolidated federal total: an amount that moves from one agency to another can be obligated, and reported, in more than one of them.
Settledobserved source as of 2026-06-30
in net obligations that moved over the 90 days each award was measured across
$41.59B
of: the 977 awards flagged outsized against their own agency's 99th percentile, excluding sub-$10k micro actions
Settledobserved source as of 2026-08-10
federal award leads in the record we hold
26,304
of: every lead the lake has ranked and this mirror has synced, all lead types, since we began observing
Settledobserved source as of 2026-08-10
federal awards whose total recorded obligation is ten dollars or less
24,251
of: awards whose CUMULATIVE obligation is at or under ten dollars, across the awards we have observed. This counts awards by their running total, not individual actions, and an award at this total is typically an accounting line or a correction rather than something bought. The smallest total was $0.01
Settledobserved source as of 2026-08-10
distinct award recipients, counted by government-issued UEI
2,048
of: recipients carrying a UEI across the leads we hold; a lead with no UEI is not counted
Settledobserved source as of 2026-08-10
awarding agencies represented in the leads we hold
37
of: distinct toptier awarding agency codes across the leads we hold
Settledobserved source as of 2026-08-10
Every figure states when we looked. These are computed over the federal awards and agency positions we have observed and synced, which is not the complete federal record. A figure is a reason to look, not a finding.
8 statements no single source above contains, each assembled from two or more of them
One name, several awarding agencies
$1.69 billionSum of the figures on those rows
Official ID match3 statements · USAspending.gov
What these figures are
A running total adds up every entry on that line since it opened, so it only ever grows. It is not a single payment, and it is not a yearly figure.
$1.69 billionSum of the figures on those rows The absolute values of the 9 rows added together, over the record we hold and no wider one.
The two sides were matched on an official identifier they share.
These are all true and they sit next to each other in the record we hold. None of them explains another.
One name, several awarding agencies
$5.99 billionSum of the figures on those rows
Official ID match3 statements · USAspending.gov
What these figures are
A running total adds up every entry on that line since it opened, so it only ever grows. It is not a single payment, and it is not a yearly figure.
$5.99 billionSum of the figures on those rows The absolute values of the 14 rows added together, over the record we hold and no wider one.
The two sides were matched on an official identifier they share.
These are all true and they sit next to each other in the record we hold. None of them explains another.
The same party, two scales
3,309 to 1Ratio between the two figures
Official ID match2 statements · USAspending.gov
What these figures are
A running total adds up every entry on that line since it opened, so it only ever grows. It is not a single payment, and it is not a yearly figure.
3,309 to 1Ratio between the two figures $1.19 billion divided by $360,000, both as observed in the leads we hold, and both the same kind of figure.
The two sides were matched on an official identifier they share.
Both of these are true and they sit next to each other in the record we hold. Neither one explains the other.
The same party, two scales
2,392 to 1Ratio between the two figures
Official ID match2 statements · USAspending.gov
What these figures are
A running total adds up every entry on that line since it opened, so it only ever grows. It is not a single payment, and it is not a yearly figure.
2,392 to 1Ratio between the two figures $521.8 million divided by $218,198, both as observed in the leads we hold, and both the same kind of figure.
The two sides were matched on an official identifier they share.
Both of these are true and they sit next to each other in the record we hold. Neither one explains the other.
One line, beside the figure it sits against
2figures, set side by side, not divided
Name match, weak2 statements · USAspending.gov
What these figures are
A running total adds up every entry on that line since it opened, so it only ever grows. It is not a single payment, and it is not a yearly figure.
A period total covers the one reporting period it names, and nothing before it.
The two sides were matched on name alone, which is a weak match.
Both of these are true and they sit next to each other in the record we hold. Neither one explains the other.
One line, beside the figure it sits against
2figures, set side by side, not divided
Name match, weak2 statements · USAspending.gov
What these figures are
A running total adds up every entry on that line since it opened, so it only ever grows. It is not a single payment, and it is not a yearly figure.
A period total covers the one reporting period it names, and nothing before it.
The two sides were matched on name alone, which is a weak match.
Both of these are true and they sit next to each other in the record we hold. Neither one explains the other.
3 instruments, one name
3figures, set side by side, not divided
Name match, weak3 statements · The Monthly Treasury Statement, USAspending.gov, The Federal Register · 1 receipt
What these figures are
A period total covers the one reporting period it names, and nothing before it.
The two sides were matched on name alone, which is a weak match.
These are all true and they sit next to each other in the record we hold. None of them explains another.
Two instruments, two clocks
13.90 percentThe first figure as a share of the second
Period match only2 statements · USAspending.gov, FRED, the St. Louis Fed · 1 receipt
What these figures are
A period total covers the one reporting period it names, and nothing before it.
13.90 percentThe first figure as a share of the second $4.51 trillion divided by $32.48 trillion. Two separate instruments with two separate observation times; the division is arithmetic on their stated values and nothing more.
The two sides were matched on the period alone, and on nothing else.
Both of these are true and they sit next to each other in the record we hold. Neither one explains the other.
7 separate sources, each on its own clock. 94 statements in today's window, newest first, each with the date its source published it.
This page is assembled from the instruments named below. Each one arrives on its own clock and states its own date, and every figure states when we looked. Statements put side by side are adjacent, not connected: we do not claim one explains another.
states through 8 Aug 2026read between and 14 statements
The 12 statements this source gave us beyond the 2 printed on the page, newest first. Each one carries the date the source published it.
states through 10 Aug 2026read between and 14 statements
The 12 statements this source gave us beyond the 2 printed on the page, newest first. Each one carries the date the source published it.
states through 7 Aug 2026last read 14 statements
The 12 statements this source gave us beyond the 2 printed on the page, newest first. Each one carries the date the source published it.
states through 31 Jul 2026last read 14 statements
The 12 statements this source gave us beyond the 2 printed on the page, newest first. Each one carries the date the source published it.
states through 30 Jun 2026last read 14 statements
The 12 statements this source gave us beyond the 2 printed on the page, newest first. Each one carries the date the source published it.
states through 29 Jul 2026read between and 14 statements
The 12 statements this source gave us beyond the 2 printed on the page, newest first. Each one carries the date the source published it.
states through 7 Aug 2026read between and 10 statements
The 8 statements this source gave us beyond the 2 printed on the page, newest first. Each one carries the date the source published it.
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