The Department of Veterans Affairs is requesting public comment through October 15, 2026 on a new process to recognize organizations and individuals that help veterans, families, and caregivers navigate VHA programs, as required by Section 129 of the Dole Act.

The Defense Health Agency's R&D activity at Fort Detrick adopted a final Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory personnel plan on September 17, 2026, taking effect with no public comment period.

The Treasury Department and IRS published proposed regulations on September 11 requiring Qualified Opportunity Funds to file new information returns and furnish investor statements, while clarifying penalties and self-certification procedures. Comments close October 16, 2026.

The General Services Administration submitted a Paperwork Reduction Act request to OMB on September 11 for a new SAM.gov annual certification requiring registered Higher Education Institutions to certify compliance with Executive Order 14400. Comments close October 13, 2026.

The National Institutes of Health published a draft biosafety policy on September 14 that would replace its current Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules. Public comments are open through October 19, 2026.

DOE published a request for information on restricting foreign-made bulk-power equipment, with comments due October 9 and Federal Acquisition Regulation changes to follow.

FEMA awarded Fluor Federal Services Inc. a $39,062,722 task order on September 5, 2026 for claims-review technical support at the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office. The award runs under FEMA's PATAC V IDIQ and covers a roughly six-month period of performance.

The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration has obligated $7.7 billion to date under its management-and-operations contract with Mission Support & Test Services LLC for the Nevada National Security Site, a Honeywell International Inc. subsidiary running the deal under a $11.3 billion base-and-options ceiling.

The Department of Veterans Affairs opened a 60-day public comment period, closing November 2, 2026, on renewing without changes its rule requiring offerors on management-support and consulting solicitations to disclose organizational conflicts of interest.

OMB's Cost Accounting Standards Board finalized a rule raising the dollar threshold for full CAS coverage and Disclosure Statement requirements from $50 million to $100 million, effective October 1, 2026, following unanimous support in public comments.

The Office of Management and Budget's Cost Accounting Standards Board finalized a rule rescinding Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 407, effective October 1, 2026, to bring the requirement in line with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

The Federal Highway Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, and Federal Transit Administration finalized a rule on September 1, 2026 rewriting their NEPA implementing regulations, effective the same day.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has obligated $32,059,025.55 to Phoenix Oversight Group LLC, a small business, for FHA Catalyst platform development support running through May 21, 2027.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has obligated $35,745,283.59 to Procentrix, LLC for IT support across three ICE case-management systems, with a ceiling of $45.8 million and performance running through March 31, 2027.

The Internal Revenue Service has obligated $134,457,569 to Coast Professional, Inc. under a private debt-collection delivery order awarded through GSA's Federal Supply Schedule, with performance running through September 22, 2026.

The Maritime Administration cut the Title XI shipyard financing program's application fee from $5,000 to $1,000 and eliminated 14 of 34 regulatory sections, effective August 28, 2026, with a 60-day public comment window.

Booz Allen Hamilton's GSA OASIS task order for Army threat analysis, training, and readiness support has reached $1,066,387,866 in total obligations after an August 24, 2026 modification, well above the $937 million ceiling reported at award in 2020.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope science operations contract with the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy has reached $2.53 billion in total obligations, following an August 24, 2026 modification extending performance through October 31, 2026.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded Dell Federal Systems L.P. a $27,780,623.73 blanket purchase agreement call for Microsoft Enterprise Software Licenses and unified specialized support, running through March 2027.

NASA has obligated $822,965,672 to the California Institute of Technology under a sole-source task order supporting the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid, with a period of performance running through September 2028.

Federal spending records show a $4.4 billion NASA contract held by Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for Ares I first-stage development — signed in 2007 for a Constellation program launch vehicle NASA cancelled in 2010 — received a recorded modification this week.

The Department of Labor's OFCCP has finalized a rule rescinding federal contractors' disability self-identification, related data collection, and utilization-goal analysis requirements under Section 503, effective September 21, 2026.

The Department of Labor's OFCCP has published a final rule, effective September 21, 2026, that removes cross-references to the revoked Executive Order 11246 from VEVRAA veteran-hiring regulations and updates the contractor coverage threshold to $200,000.

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC, a Fluor Corporation subsidiary, holds a $27,583,176,865 Department of Energy contract to manage and operate the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina, running through September 30, 2027.

The Small Business Administration proposed new size standards for 338 industry groups on August 20, a change SBA estimates would make roughly 37,002 additional firms eligible as small businesses. Those firms held more than $71 billion in FY 2025 federal contracts. Comments are due September 21, 2026.

FEMA has obligated $19.8 million to Ranger Land Systems Inc. for temporary support facilities, bunk trailers, and wrap-around services tied to Washington State wildfire response. The one-month task order was signed August 8, 2026, following competition with source exclusions.

The U.S. Forest Service has obligated $30 million to Perimeter Solutions LP for 2026 national bulk fire retardant supply under a sole-source delivery order. The award runs January through December 2026 under the agency's existing single-award IDIQ for retardant chemicals.

Leidos, Inc. received a $7,600,059.72 funding modification on August 14, 2026 on its Future Flight Services Program contract with the FAA, an air traffic control services vehicle that has drawn $666.8 million in total obligations against a $1.08 billion ceiling since 2019.

PTSI Managed Services Inc. received a $3,573,108.69 funding modification on August 14, 2026 on its FAA T5 task order, following a $7,191,597.44 modification just a week earlier. The task order has now drawn $683.6 million in total obligations against a $1.23 billion ceiling.

The Department of Energy obligated $169.4 million to Savannah River Mission Completion, LLC on August 13, 2026, for liquid-waste operations under its Savannah River Site cleanup task order — the second large funding modification to the task order in four days.

Dell Federal Systems L.P. has been obligated $11,774,667 on a Department of Commerce call order for other computer-related services, with a $15,087,624 ceiling and a potential period of performance running to May 2029.

ITC Federal, LLC has been obligated $65,526,105 on a Department of Homeland Security task order for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement IT operations support, with a total contract ceiling of $82,798,439 through May 2027.

BCCG A Joint Venture has obligated $873,510,389 under a U.S. Customs and Border Protection task order for construction of a border barrier wall system. The task order was signed September 24, 2025, and runs through October 31, 2028.

HII Mission Technologies Corp has obligated $876,771,741 to date under a General Services Administration task order funding Air Force network engineering work, against a ceiling of $1.36 billion. The task order runs through July 2027 with a potential extension to 2028.

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. has obligated $1,608,568,595.20 to date under a Department of State contract for global security engineering and supply chain services, per USAspending.gov. The award carries a base-and-all-options ceiling of roughly $2.45 billion and runs through August 2029.

The Department of Energy's Hanford Site tank farms management contract with Washington River Protection Solutions LLC has obligated $10,560,504,771.54 to date, per USAspending.gov. The definitive contract, signed May 29, 2008, carries a base-and-all-options ceiling of roughly $11.31 billion.

NASA's long-running contract supporting joint US/Russian human space flight activities has reached $4,682,328,998.90 in cumulative obligations, with a period of performance extending through December 31, 2028.

The U.S. Coast Guard has obligated more than $2.07 billion to date on its Fast Response Cutter Phase II contract with Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, after a $13.7 million economic price adjustment posted August 5, 2026.

NASA has obligated $1,987,372,021 to Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC under contract 80MSFC23CA014 for development of a Human Landing System lunar lander, against a total contract ceiling of $3.71 billion. The award was signed May 18, 2023, and remains active with modifications through August 2026.

The Department of Veterans Affairs obligated $983,897,123.99 to TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp on August 3, 2026, under the Region 5 Community Care Network delivery order managed by VA's Strategic Acquisition Center in Fredericksburg, Virginia.