Federal department or agency
Department of Transportation
Department of Transportation obligated $13B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 26,944 contract actions (+44% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was HARRIS CORPORATION ($1B). It also awarded $121.2B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $13B
- Actions
- 26.9K
- New awards: 6,403
- Sole-source
- 24%
- Small business
- 28%
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 5.8BFY2017
- 6BFY2018
- 5.7BFY2019
- 6.8BFY2020
- 7BFY2021
- 8BFY2022
- 8.7BFY2023
- 8.6BFY2024
- 9BFY2025
- 13BFY2026
- -4.6KFY2027
Sub-agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Federal Aviation Administration$9.5B73%
- Federal Highway Administration$1.3B10%
- Maritime Administration$1.3B9.9%
- Federal Transit Administration$140.8M1.1%
- Federal Railroad Administration$97.8M0.8%
Top recipients
Obligations in FY2026.
- HARRIS CORPORATION$1B8.1%
- RAYTHEON COMPANY$676.4M5.2%
- ROHDE & SCHWARZ USA, INC.$650.7M5.0%
- FREQUENTIS USA, INC$629.2M4.8%
- CROWLEY GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$388.6M3.0%
- INDRA AIR TRAFFIC, INC.$383.9M3.0%
- PTSI MANAGED SERVICES INC$324.1M2.5%
- PERATON INC.$316.8M2.4%
- TOTE SERVICES, LLC$269.8M2.1%
- CDW GOVERNMENT LLC$227.1M1.7%
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$3.5B27%
- Professional services$2.9B22%
- Construction & real property$2.1B16%
- Facilities & utilities$1.6B13%
- Other equipment & supplies$1.6B12%
- Equipment maintenance$644.4M5.0%
- Research & development$325.3M2.5%
- Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$114.2M0.9%
- Education & social services$85.2M0.7%
- Transportation & logistics$83.3M0.6%
- Health & medical$20.7M0.2%
- Fuel$241.4K0.0%
Where the work was performed
- District of Columbia$3.9B30%
- Maryland$1.7B13%
- Virginia$1.4B11%
- Florida$919.4M7.1%
- Massachusetts$754.7M5.8%
- California$715.7M5.5%
- Oklahoma$596.9M4.6%
- Kansas$473.5M3.6%
- New Jersey$333.2M2.6%
- New York$252.6M1.9%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition32%US 39% · $4.2B
- Sole-source awards24%US 30% · $3.2B
- Single-offer competitions7.6%US 8.7% · $994M
- Urgency justifications0.4%US 5.1% · $52.7M
- Year-end rush17%US 6.0% · $2.2B
- Undefinitized contracts6.8%US 5.0% · $878.3M
- Time-and-materials pricing19%US 4.2% · $2.5B
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
- Federal Aviation Administration
- 693JF7 DOT MARITIME ADMINISTRATION$324.6M60%Maritime Administration
- 693JF9 HEADQUARTERS$288.5M48%Federal Aviation Administration
- 693KA7 ENROUTE & TERMINAL CONTRACTS$246.9M14%Federal Aviation Administration
- 6973GH FRANCHISE ACQUISITION SVCS$183.1M20%Federal Aviation Administration
Contracts terminated for default: 4
Largest awards
- THE PURPOSE OF THIS DELIVERY ORDER AWARD IS TO ADD FUNDING FOR FTI TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.$2.3BHARRIS CORPORATION· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Jul 1, 2021 – Sep 22, 2026· 693KA821F00222
- THE MITRE CORPORATION· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Nov 22, 2016 – Aug 22, 2026· DTFAWA10C00080
- HARRIS CORPORATION· Brevard County, FL· Facilities & utilities· Dec 2, 2016 – Sep 10, 2026· DTFA0102D03006CALL0001
- PARSONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC.· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Nov 21, 2016 – Jun 4, 2026· DTFAWA12C00064
- HARRIS CORPORATION· Brevard County, FL· IT & telecom· Jan 18, 2017 – Sep 10, 2026· DTFA0102D03006CALL0016
- LEIDOS, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Jun 15, 2021 – Sep 22, 2026· 693KA721C00014
- THE MITRE CORPORATION· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Oct 20, 2021 – Sep 23, 2026· 693KA822C00001
- PTSI MANAGED SERVICES INC· District of Columbia, DC· Construction & real property· Mar 30, 2023 – Sep 22, 2026· 693KA923F00076
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 Transportation obligated $121.2B in federal assistance in FY2026, on 139,492 actions (48,052 new awards), −3% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction ($18.4B).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $121.2B
- Loan face value
- $3.6B
- lent or guaranteed
- Actions
- 139.5K
- Since FY2021
- $680.5B
Assistance by fiscal year
- 100.5BFY2021
- 120.8BFY2022
- 102.8BFY2023
- 110.3BFY2024
- 124.9BFY2025
- 121.2BFY2026
By type
- Grants$120B99%
- Direct payments$1.2B1.0%
- Other assistance$13.3M0.0%
- Loans$00.0%$3.6B lent or guaranteed
Top programs
- 20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$18.4B15%
- 20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$16.8B14%
- 20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$14.9B12%
- 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$7.6B6.3%
- 20.315 · National Railroad Passenger Corporation Grants$6.7B5.6%
- 20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$6.1B5.0%
- 20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program$4.5B3.7%
- 20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$4.2B3.5%
Top recipients (organizations)
- WASHINGTON, DC
- SACRAMENTO, CA
- TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$6.2B5.1%AUSTIN, TX
- RALEIGH, NC
- HARRISBURG, PA
- TALLAHASSEE, FL
- COLUMBUS, OH
- ALBANY, NY
Where it went
- California$11.5B9.5%
- District of Columbia$8.2B6.7%
- Texas$8.1B6.7%
- New York$6.7B5.5%
- North Carolina$5.8B4.8%
- Pennsylvania$5.5B4.5%
- Florida$4.5B3.7%
- Illinois$4.1B3.4%
- Ohio$3.5B2.9%
- Massachusetts$2.9B2.4%
By state of the place of performance.
Sub-agencies
- Federal Highway Administration$77.2B64%
- Federal Transit Administration$19.4B16%
- Federal Railroad Administration$12.2B10%
- Federal Aviation Administration$8.3B6.8%
- Maritime Administration$1.6B1.4%
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration$603.7M0.5%
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.
Federal grants & assistanceSubawards 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: $556.9M (756 subawards)
- Sub-grants: $3.9B (10,755 subawards)
4,815 sub-recipients
Largest sub-recipients
- INGENUITE, INC$147.2M3.3%OKLAHOMA CITY, OK · 3 subawards
- E-470 PUBLIC HIGHWAY AUTHORITY$51.2M1.2%AURORA, CO · 2 subawards
- THE ATLANTA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY$44.8M1.0%ATLANTA, GA · 3 subawards
- J & J MAINTENANCE INC$36M0.8%MCLEAN, VA · 8 subawards
- DENVER, CO · 10 subawards
- CROWN INNOVATIONS, INC.$34.3M0.8%ARLINGTON, VA · 2 subawards
- EIZO INC.$33.2M0.7%CYPRESS, CA · 2 subawards
- REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION OF WASHOE COUNTY$32.5M0.7%RENO, NV · 8 subawards
- SISSETON MILBANK RAILROAD CO$28M0.6%GLENCOE, MN · 2 subawards
- COLUMBUS, CITY OF$27.8M0.6%COLUMBUS, OH · 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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
- $426.3M
- Clients
- 1,384
- Reports
- 2,621
The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.
Organizations lobbying it, 2026
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$36.7MNot matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS$15.5MNot matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Environment and Superfund
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign)
- The Business Roundtable, Inc.$14.5MNot matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace
- AARP$7.9MNot matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- 0.4% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL$6.3MNot matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- 0.5% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign), Telecommunications
- WALMART INC.$5.4MNot matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- 0.1% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Aviation, aircraft and airlines, Trade (domestic and foreign)
- 1.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Transportation, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign)
- National Retail Federation$4.2MNot matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign)
82 more clients ($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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.
Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.
