Federal department or agency

Department of Justice

Department of Justice obligated $9.3B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 79,248 contract actions (+9% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was METROPOLITAN SECURITY SERVICES, INC. ($523.9M). It also awarded $868.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$9.3B
Actions
79.2K
New awards: 29.2K
Sole-source
19%
Small business
37%
Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 7.6BFY2017
  2. 7.8BFY2018
  3. 8.2BFY2019
  4. 8.6BFY2020
  5. 9.1BFY2021
  6. 9BFY2022
  7. 10BFY2023
  8. 9.3BFY2024
  9. 8.6BFY2025
  10. 9.3BFY2026
  11. -1.4MFY2027

Sub-agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$2.6B28%
  2. Federal Bureau of Investigation$2B22%
  3. Offices, Boards and Divisions$2B21%
  4. U.S. Marshals Service$1.5B16%
  5. Drug Enforcement Administration$519.1M5.6%
  6. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$435.9M4.7%
  7. Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$193.3M2.1%
  8. Office of Justice Programs$77.7M0.8%
  9. Office of the Inspector General$10.6M0.1%

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. METROPOLITAN SECURITY SERVICES, INC.$523.9M5.6%
  2. NAPHCARE LLC$208.9M2.2%
  3. MCKESSON CORPORATION$194.1M2.1%
  4. THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC$162.7M1.7%
  5. V2X SYSTEMS LLC$158.3M1.7%
  6. THE GEO GROUP, INC.$155.5M1.7%
  7. AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC$154.6M1.7%
  8. CGI FEDERAL INC.$152.8M1.6%
  9. FORFEITURE SUPPORT ASSOCIATES LLC$136.3M1.5%
  10. ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$132.5M1.4%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$2.5B26%
  2. Professional services$2.3B24%
  3. Health & medical$1.1B12%
  4. Facilities & utilities$1.1B12%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$842M9.0%
  6. Education & social services$587M6.3%
  7. Construction & real property$429.7M4.6%
  8. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$229M2.5%
  9. Equipment maintenance$210.2M2.3%
  10. Transportation & logistics$59.5M0.6%
  11. Research & development$1.9M0.0%
  12. Fuel$695.6K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$3B32%
  2. Tennessee$729.6M7.8%
  3. Texas$659.9M7.1%
  4. District of Columbia$544M5.8%
  5. Maryland$449.6M4.8%
  6. California$430.9M4.6%
  7. Florida$390.2M4.2%
  8. Colorado$313.5M3.4%
  9. Alabama$305.6M3.3%
  10. West Virginia$233.5M2.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition31%
    US 39% · $2.9B
  • Sole-source awards19%
    US 30% · $1.8B
  • Single-offer competitions12%
    US 8.7% · $1.2B
  • Urgency justifications0.9%
    US 5.1% · $85.6M
  • Year-end rush16%
    US 6.1% · $1.4B
  • Undefinitized contracts0.1%
    US 5.0% · $11.1M
  • Time-and-materials pricing32%
    US 4.2% · $3B

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

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. FBI-JEH$298.1M15%
    Federal Bureau of Investigation
  2. JMD-PROCUREMENT SERVICES SECTION$287.1M17%
    Offices, Boards and Divisions
  3. BUILDING AND FACILITIES (FAO)$106M60%
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
  4. ATF ACQUISITIONS MGMT DIV$100.4M23%
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division
  5. HEADQUATERS$88.3M19%
    Drug Enforcement Administration

Contracts terminated for default: 14

Awards to excluded parties

New awards, options exercised and added work this agency signed while the recipient was listed in SAM.gov as debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment or excluded (exact identifier matches).

In FY2026
$0
0 awards · 0 recipients
All loaded years
$11.7K
1 award · 1 recipient

None in FY2026.

SAM.gov lists what agencies report, and only exclusions in effect: those that ended are known from twice-yearly snapshots, so an end date is approximate. Agencies may award to an excluded party with a documented compelling reason. An exclusion is an administrative measure, not a conviction.

Source: Exclusions (debarred, suspended and otherwise excluded parties) (U.S. General Services Administration, SAM.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Exclusions as listed on Oct 9, 2026, history from Apr 28, 2022.

Largest awards

  1. DETENTION SERVICES - SAN DIEGO$805.7M
    THE GEO GROUP, INC.· Webb County, TX· Professional services· Oct 21, 2016 – Sep 21, 2026· DJJODT7C0003
  2. CO: TELLY RENFROE AWARD OF NEW TASK ORDER BASE YEAR INITIAL FUNDING$670.6M
    AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jun 6, 2019 – Sep 11, 2026· 15JPSS19F00000507
  3. ESA V MANAGED SERVICES (ATF AND FCS)$639.9M
    LEIDOS, INC.· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Apr 29, 2020 – Sep 28, 2026· 15A00020FAQA00189
  4. DETENTION SERVICES$568.1M
    THE GEO GROUP, INC.· DeKalb County, GA· Professional services· Oct 27, 2016 – Sep 28, 2026· DJJODT8C0005
  5. DETENTION SERVICES - LAS VERGAS, NV$561.5M
    CORECIVIC, INC.· Clark County, NV· Professional services· Oct 25, 2016 – Sep 21, 2026· DJJODT8C0001
  6. ACADEMIC ZONE DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT, REDSTONE ARSENAL, ALABAMA$519.7M
    BRASFIELD & GORRIE LLC· Jefferson County, AL· Construction & real property· May 7, 2024 – Jun 24, 2026· 15F06724F0000733
  7. DESIGN BUILD FCI LEAVENWORTH$465.7M
    CLARK CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC· Montgomery County, MD· Construction & real property· Aug 7, 2023 – Aug 14, 2026· 15B70023C00000008
  8. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE TECHNOLOGY BUILDINGS 2 & 3 WITH PARKING GARAGES$420.4M
    BRASFIELD & GORRIE LLC· Jefferson County, AL· Construction & real property· Nov 22, 2022 – Sep 18, 2026· 15F06723F0000010

Federal grants & assistance awarded

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Department of Justice obligated $868.3M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 6,896 actions (1,520 new awards), −67% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 16.068 · Cops Hiring Program ($159.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$868.3M
New awards
1,520
Actions
6,896
Since FY2021
$23.1B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 2.8BFY2021
  2. 6.3BFY2022
  3. 5.7BFY2023
  4. 4.7BFY2024
  5. 2.7BFY2025
  6. 868.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$868.3M100%

Top programs

  1. 16.068 · Cops Hiring Program$159.4M18%
  2. 16.554 · National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)$87.3M10%
  3. 16.543 · Missing Children's Assistance$77.3M8.9%
  4. 16.071 · School Violence Prevention Program$74.8M8.6%
  5. 16.710 · Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants$61.1M7.0%
  6. 16.076 · Law Enforcement Support for Combatting Criminal Aliens, Drug, and Human Trafficking$57.1M6.6%
  7. 16.540 · Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention$39.9M4.6%
  8. 16.590 · Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program$37.7M4.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN$43M4.9%
    ALEXANDRIA, VA
  2. NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE INC.$29.4M3.4%
    WASHINGTON, DC
  3. JUDICIARY COURTS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA$11.5M1.3%
    RALEIGH, NC
  4. NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY$10.6M1.2%
    CARSON CITY, NV
  5. TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY$10.1M1.2%
    SAN MARCOS, TX
  6. GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA$10M1.2%
    WASHINGTON, DC
  7. RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE$9.9M1.1%
    RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC
  8. AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY GOVERNMENT$8.4M1.0%
    AUGUSTA, GA

Where it went

  1. Virginia$81.3M9.4%
  2. California$57.2M6.6%
  3. Texas$50.3M5.8%
  4. District of Columbia$45.1M5.2%
  5. Oklahoma$35.8M4.1%
  6. Alaska$32.6M3.8%
  7. Florida$31.9M3.7%
  8. Michigan$29.3M3.4%
  9. North Carolina$28.7M3.3%
  10. Wisconsin$26.7M3.1%

By state of the place of performance.

Sub-agencies

  1. Offices, Boards and Divisions$486.8M56%
  2. Office of Justice Programs$381.4M44%

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $356.6M (623 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $1.6B (10,368 subawards)

6,147 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTERS OF TX$40.1M2.1%
    AUSTIN, TX · 3 subawards
  2. REDTRACE TECHNOLOGIES INC$22.5M1.2%
    LANHAM, MD · 1 subaward
  3. COMPASS STRATEGY SOLUTIONS LLC$13.2M0.7%
    CHANTILLY, VA · 7 subawards
  4. MICROSOFT CORPORATION$12.8M0.7%
    REDMOND, WA · 3 subawards
  5. CENTRE LAW AND CONSULTING, LLC$11.9M0.6%
    MCLEAN, VA · 16 subawards
  6. ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT$11.4M0.6%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL · 3 subawards
  7. ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE$11M0.6%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL · 3 subawards
  8. BUCHANAN & EDWARDS, INC.$10.7M0.6%
    MC LEAN, VA · 1 subaward
  9. I3 LLC$10.4M0.5%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 6 subawards
  10. E-INFOSOL LLC$9.9M0.5%
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 10 subawards

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Who lobbies this agency

Organizations whose quarterly lobbying reports list this agency as contacted, ranked by the reports' spending. A report's amount covers all its issues and every agency it lists; reports do not split it.

Lobbying in 2026
$225.8M
Clients
421
Reports
725

The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.

Organizations lobbying it, 2026

  1. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$36.7M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Law enforcement, crime and criminal justice, Budget and appropriations, Health issues
  2. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS$14.6M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace
  3. META PLATFORMS, INC.$13.1M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Law enforcement, crime and criminal justice, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  4. Amazon.com Services LLCAI match · 100%$8.7M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Health issues, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  5. AARP$7.9M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Law enforcement, crime and criminal justice, Budget and appropriations, Health issues
  6. The Business Roundtable, Inc.$7M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Health issues, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  7. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATIONAI match · 100%$6.8M
    0.1% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace
  8. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL$6.3M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Transportation
  9. MICROSOFT CORPORATIONAI match · 99%$5.1M
    1.9% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Transportation
  10. NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL$5M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Transportation
  11. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99%$4.5M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Health issues, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  12. THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.$4.4M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trade (domestic and foreign), Copyright, patent and trademark
  13. DUKE ENERGY CORPORATIONAI match · 100%$4.3M
    19% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Transportation
  14. National Retail Federation$4.2M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Law enforcement, crime and criminal justice, Health issues, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  15. OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION$4.1M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Transportation, Trade (domestic and foreign)

37 more clients ($1.5M) are counted but not named: their names may be a person's.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

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.