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ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART

ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART obligated $190.7K on federal contracts in FY2026 across 7 contract actions (+28% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was ANDREW APPLETON ($60.2K).

Obligations · FY2026
$190.7K
Actions
7
New awards: 5
Sole-source
25%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 190.3KFY2017
  2. 271.1KFY2018
  3. 656.2KFY2019
  4. 203.1KFY2020
  5. 241.9KFY2021
  6. 314.1KFY2022
  7. 450.8KFY2023
  8. 431.4KFY2024
  9. 149KFY2025
  10. 190.7KFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. ANDREW APPLETON$60.2K32%
  2. THE LUSTER CO LLC$48K25%
  3. EMMA AUSTIN EUBANK$37.8K20%
  4. MYRIAD MAGNETIC LLC$25.5K13%
  5. SPACESAVER SYSTEMS, INC.$17K8.9%
  6. ALISON DERIEMER$2,1501.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$165.2K87%
  2. IT & telecom$25.5K13%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia$190.7K100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition49%
    US 39% · $92.7K
  • Sole-source awards25%
    US 30% · $48K
  • Single-offer competitions23%
    US 8.7% · $44.7K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.1% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. PRINTING AND MAILING SERVICES$61.6K
    SYL, THE ART OF BOOKS SL· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Aug 8, 2024 – Oct 20, 2025· 33315324P00512844
  2. TRANSCRIPTION AND DIGITAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES$61.4K
    ALISON DERIEMER· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 26, 2023 – Oct 20, 2025· 33315323P00497558
  3. DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT SERVICES$60.2K
    ANDREW APPLETON· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 4, 2026· 33315326P00538727
  4. TECHNICAL AND RESEARCH SERVICES$48K
    THE LUSTER CO LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Apr 4, 2026 – Apr 4, 2026· 33315326P00521646
  5. ARCHIVAL PROCESSING SERVICES$37.8K
    EMMA AUSTIN EUBANK· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· May 1, 2026 – May 1, 2026· 33315326P00535525
  6. PURCHASE OF AV EQUIPMENT$25.5K
    MYRIAD MAGNETIC LLC· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Jun 8, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· 33315326P00537209
  7. DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION SERVICES$17K
    SPACESAVER SYSTEMS, INC.· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Apr 15, 2026 – Apr 15, 2026· 33315326P00536232

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.