Monday Report · Free · Issue #3
General Atomics Leads $4.6B Week; Student Loan Servicers Capture $493.3M in Education Awards
Week ending April 5, 2026 · Published April 6, 2026
$4.6B
awarded
1,000+
contract actions
0
bills introduced
Federal Contract Spending — FY2026
$222,584,763,339
This week added $4.6B.
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Federal Money Report — Week ending April 5, 2026
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$4.6B
1,000+ federal awards tracked the week of March 30, 2026 — with three of the top five contracts flowing to student loan servicers under the Department of Education, and a single drone manufacturer capturing $265.5M from the Department of Homeland Security.
up $720.6M from last week
This Week at a Glance
- Biggest contractGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., $265.5M, Department of Homeland Security
- Top billTop area: Energy & Environment
- Notable oversightDoD OIG — Audit of defensive cyberspace operations, U.S. European Command, classified
- Notable oversightDOT OIG — Significant single audit findings impacting DOT programs reviewed
- Donor-contract overlapTriad National Security LLC, $30 donated, $159.1M received
Key Findings
- $265.5M: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems received the week’s largest award from the Department of Homeland Security, leading all 1,000 tracked contracts.
- $493.3M: Three Department of Education awards to Nelnet Servicing, Maximus Education, and Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority co-occurred in this week’s top-five contracts.
- $536.5M: The Energy & Environment sector logged this week’s highest sectoral contract total, alongside $449K in tracked donations — a 2/4 industry influence chain score.
Top 5 Awards This Week
| Recipient | Amount | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. | $265.5M | DHS |
| NELNET SERVICING LLC | $200.3M | Department of Education |
| MAXIMUS EDUCATION LLC | $164.8M | Department of Education |
| NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC | $147.8M | Dept. of Energy |
| MISSOURI HIGHER EDUCATION LOAN AUTHORITY | $128.2M | Department of Education |
Spotlight
The week’s single most concrete data point is the $265.5M award to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., a California-based firm, from the Department of Homeland Security. That one contract equals roughly six cents of every dollar spent across all 1,000 awards tracked this week. General Atomics also appears in the donor-overlap dataset, meaning the organization registered both political donations and federal contract receipts within the same tracked window. Separately, three of this week’s top five awards — totaling $493.3M — flowed to student loan servicers under a single agency, the Department of Education, a sectoral concentration pattern logged in this week’s observational data. Full breakdown at publicmoneytracker.com
This Week by the Numbers
| Federal contracts & grants(this week) | $4.6B |
| Awards tracked(this week) | 1,000+ |
| Bills introduced(this week) | 0 |
Donor–Recipient Overlap
Organizations listed appear in both FEC contribution and USASpending award data. Co-occurrence is observational only and does not imply a causal relationship or misconduct.
| Organization | What they do | Donated (FEC)(2025–2026 cycle-to-date) | Received (USASpending)(this week) |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY LLC | Nuclear security laboratory operator | $30 | $159.1M |
| THE BOEING COMPANY | Defense and aerospace manufacturer | $21K | $103.6M |
| LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, | Nuclear national laboratory contractor | $100 | $62.6M |
| ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES | Federal IT services provider | $79 | $56.6M |
| SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, LLC | Nuclear waste management contractor | $299 | $52.6M |
Read the full report at publicmoneytracker.com
Includes complete award tables, sector breakdown,
congressional activity, and oversight findings.
congressional activity, and oversight findings.
Data sourced from USASpending, FEC, LDA (SOPR), Congress.gov, oversight.gov. All co-occurrences are observational. No causal relationship between donations, lobbying activity, and federal awards is established or implied.
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Data: USASpending.gov · FEC · Senate LDA · Congress.gov · Week ending April 5, 2026