Federal contractor · NEW YORK, NY

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS received $1.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (+30% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $37.9M. Its largest customer was U.S. Agency for Global Media ($1.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.8M
New awards
7
Sole-source
0.7%
Single offer
100%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $1.8M in FY2026 together.

  1. THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW YORK, NY · Family page
    $1.8M
  2. PRESS ASSOCIATION, INC.NEW YORK, NY
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.8MFY2017
  2. 4.8MFY2018
  3. 5.9MFY2019
  4. 6.2MFY2020
  5. 3.5MFY2021
  6. 3.6MFY2022
  7. 4.4MFY2023
  8. 4.6MFY2024
  9. 1.4MFY2025
  10. 1.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Agency for Global Media$1.9M100%
    4 awards
  2. Defense Media Activity$12.6K0.7%
    1 awards
  3. Department of State-$88.6K0.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$1.8M99%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$12.6K0.7%

Where the work was performed

  1. New York County, NY$1.8M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $1.8M
  • Sole-source awards0.7%
    US 30% · $12.6K
  • Single-offer competitions100%
    US 8.8% · $1.8M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

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

Largest awards

  1. AP NEWS CONTRACT ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO FUND THE PO FOR A YEAR.$835.7K
    U.S. Agency for Global Media· New York County, NY· Professional services· Jun 2, 2026 – Jun 2, 2026· 95170026P0177
  2. ONE YEAR AP CONTRACT$792.9K
    U.S. Agency for Global Media· New York County, NY· Professional services· Jun 2, 2026 – Jun 2, 2026· 95170026P0170
  3. AP NEWSPOWER SVC LICENSE AGREEMENT$414.6K
    Defense Media Activity· New York County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 3, 2022 – Apr 14, 2026· HQ051622C0002
  4. AP ENPS FOR 50 DESKTOPS.$258.2K
    U.S. Agency for Global Media· New York County, NY· Professional services· Aug 1, 2023 – Aug 5, 2026· 95170023P0270
  5. VOA AND OCB 2026 ELECTION DATA PKG$155K
    U.S. Agency for Global Media· New York County, NY· Professional services· Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026· 95170026P0397
  6. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $300,301.69 FOR A BASE YEAR PLUS FOUR OPTION YEARS.$57.8K
    Department of State· New York County, NY· Professional services· Nov 2, 2023 – Apr 20, 2026· 19AQMM24C0001
  7. COMMENTS: POP - 1/1/25 - 12/31/25 J A ATTACHED WITH AND WITHOUT SIGNATURE IT REQUEST STATUS: TRUE OCIO APPROVERS GROUP IT REQUEST APPROVAL - MON DEC 02 10:10:19 EST 2024 - OCIOADMIN$6,321
    Department of State· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Jan 7, 2025 – May 11, 2026· 19AQMM25P0227

Federal grants & assistance received

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.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
0
Since FY2022
$245K

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 200KFY2022
  2. 0FY2023
  3. 45KFY2024

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2022–FY2024.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $56.7K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $296.4K received

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

1 company · $353.2K reported

  1. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$353.2K
    MCLEAN, VA · 2 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 12 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. GLIMMER TECHNOLOGIES INC$5M−20% in FY2026
    NEW YORK, NY · 63% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Agency for Global Media · Other information services
  2. REUTERS NEWS & MEDIA INC$6.9M+225% in FY2026
    NEW YORK, NY · 6 entities · 69% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Agency for Global Media · Other information servicesU.S. Agency for Global Media · Radio and television broadcasting stations
  3. PAYDESK LIMITED$14.3M+124% in FY2026
    LONDON, GBR · 63% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Agency for Global Media · Other information services

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.