Federal sub-agency · Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission obligated $161.9M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 674 contract actions (+144% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was CHENEGA AGILE REAL-TIME SOLUTIONS LLC ($16.9M). It also awarded $10.1B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $161.9M
- Actions
- 674
- New awards: 141
- Sole-source
- 30%
- Small business
- 59%
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 117.3MFY2017
- 93.7MFY2018
- 196.5MFY2019
- 196MFY2020
- 345.8MFY2021
- 234.9MFY2022
- 370.7MFY2023
- 156.3MFY2024
- 66.4MFY2025
- 161.9MFY2026
Top recipients
Obligations in FY2026.
- SOFT TECH CONSULTING, INC.$15.6M9.6%
- SECURIGENCE LLC$12M7.4%
- ERNST & YOUNG LLP$10.5M6.5%
- COSTQUEST ASSOCIATES LLC$9.3M5.8%
- STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS LLC$8.8M5.5%
- POWER AUCTIONS LLC$8.1M5.0%
- GOVCONNECTION INC$6.7M4.1%
- CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP$5.8M3.6%
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$126.9M78%
- Professional services$25M15%
- Other equipment & supplies$4.2M2.6%
- Facilities & utilities$3.9M2.4%
- Construction & real property$1.1M0.7%
- Transportation & logistics$330.2K0.2%
- Equipment maintenance$297.3K0.2%
- Health & medical$134.6K0.1%
- Education & social services$59.6K0.0%
- Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$42.8K0.0%
Where the work was performed
- Virginia$83.4M52%
- Maryland$20.1M12%
- District of Columbia$14.4M8.9%
- New York$11.5M7.1%
- Ohio$10.5M6.5%
- Kentucky$8.9M5.5%
- California$4.2M2.6%
- Minnesota$1.7M1.1%
- Florida$1.7M1.1%
- Georgia$1.1M0.7%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition48%US 39% · $78.2M
- Sole-source awards30%US 30% · $48M
- Single-offer competitions19%US 8.8% · $30.3M
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $0
- Year-end rush19%US 5.6% · $30.4M
- Undefinitized contracts0.0%US 5.0% · $0
- Time-and-materials pricing1.1%US 4.2% · $1.7M
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
- FCC$48M30%
Largest awards
- USAC ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS$174.1MUNIVERSAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPANY· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jan 1, 2022 – Aug 17, 2026· 273FCC22C0008
- SOFT TECH CONSULTING, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jan 17, 2023 – Jul 8, 2026· 273FCC23F0016
- ERNST & YOUNG LLP· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jan 10, 2017 – Aug 20, 2026· FCC17G0018
- COSTQUEST ASSOCIATES LLC· Hamilton County, OH· IT & telecom· Nov 9, 2021 – Jul 15, 2026· 273FCC22C0001
- ERNST & YOUNG LLP· New York County, NY· Professional services· May 1, 2024 – Jul 21, 2026· 273FCC24F0052
- UNIVERSAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPANY· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Aug 18, 2023 – Apr 2, 2026· 273FCC23C0013
- EVOKE RESEARCH AND CONSULTING, LLC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· May 5, 2023 – Jul 21, 2026· 273FCC23F0062
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 27, 2022 – Mar 23, 2026· 273FCC22F0168
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.
Federal Communications Commission obligated $10.1B in federal assistance in FY2026, on 164,218 actions (107,304 new awards), +60% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries ($4.8B).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $10.1B
- New awards
- 107,304
- Actions
- 164.2K
- Since FY2021
- $72.9B
Assistance by fiscal year
- 7.4BFY2021
- 20.8BFY2022
- 12.9BFY2023
- 15.5BFY2024
- 6.3BFY2025
- 10.1BFY2026
By type
- Direct payments$10.1B100%
Top programs
- 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$4.8B48%
- 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost$3.5B35%
- 32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline$1.1B11%
- 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$592.7M5.9%
- 32.009 · Emergency Connectivity Fund Program$107.6K0.0%
- 32.007 · Connected Care Pilot Program-$4.5M0.0%
- 32.008 · Affordable Connectivity Program-$5.5M0.0%
- 32.010 · Supply Chain Reimbursement Program-$17.6M0.0%
Top recipients (organizations)
- GCI COMMUNICATION CORP.$918.5M9.1%ANCHORAGE, AK
- NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS SERVICES, INC.$442.6M4.4%ATLANTA, GA
- CROWN CASTLE FIBER LLC$305.1M3.0%HOUSTON, TX
- AIR VOICE WIRELESS LLC$281.9M2.8%HOUSTON, TX
- CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC$161.9M1.6%SAINT LOUIS, MO
- NETSYNC NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.$155M1.5%HOUSTON, TX
- CDW GOVERNMENT LLC$138.1M1.4%VERNON HILLS, IL
- COMCAST BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC$135M1.3%PHILADELPHIA, PA
Where it went
- Alaska$1.2B11%
- California$874.4M8.7%
- Texas$543.3M5.4%
- New York$429.5M4.3%
- Mississippi$349.7M3.5%
- Michigan$288.3M2.9%
- Florida$272.5M2.7%
- Illinois$261.4M2.6%
- North Carolina$252M2.5%
- Georgia$244.1M2.4%
By state of the place of performance.
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: $2.4M (9 subawards)
8 sub-recipients
Largest sub-recipients
- ROCHESTER, NY · 1 subaward
- NUVITEK LLC$427.8K18%CHANTILLY, VA · 2 subawards
- EMPRATA LLC$313.5K13%FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward
- PEARL INTERACTIVE NETWORK LLC$248.4K11%ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward
- COLLINS CONSULTING INC$244.6K10%SCHAUMBURG, IL · 1 subaward
- GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY$232.3K9.9%WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
- VANTAGE POINT CONSULTING INC.$195K8.3%PORTLAND, OR · 1 subaward
- DLT SOLUTIONS, LLC$42.1K1.8%HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward
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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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
- $199.7M
- Clients
- 237
- Reports
- 405
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 · Telecommunications, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Budget and appropriations
- META PLATFORMS, INC.$13.1MNot matched to a contract recipient · Telecommunications, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign)
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Budget and appropriations, Trade (domestic and foreign)
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Telecommunications, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Budget and appropriations
- AARP$7.9MNot matched to a contract recipient · Telecommunications, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Budget and appropriations
- NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION$6.5MNot matched to a contract recipient · Telecommunications, Communications, broadcasting, radio and TV, Homeland security
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Telecommunications, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign)
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign), Labor issues, antitrust and workplace
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Telecommunications, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign)
- NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL$5MNot matched to a contract recipient · Telecommunications, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Communications, broadcasting, radio and TV
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Telecommunications, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Budget and appropriations
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Budget and appropriations, Trade (domestic and foreign)
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Telecommunications, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Budget and appropriations
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Telecommunications, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign)
16 more clients ($1.7M) 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · 2023–2026.
Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.
