District of Columbia Courts federal obligations

Why a local court system appears in USAspending

Most state court systems do not show up as federal awarding agencies. D.C. Courts do, because Congress funds them as a federal account. $138,976,880.73 through FY2026 is the USAspending obligation stock for CGAC 349—facilities, court technology, security, interpreters, and other instruments issued as federal awards. It is not the number of filings in Superior Court or the D.C. Court of Appeals.

Three hundred fifty-eight awards against $139.0 million implies about $388,204 per award. That mean fits an operations-heavy court system buying support services rather than running a national grant program. The packet has no median and no split between facilities and case-management contracts.

Caseloads are not in the 358 rows

Criminal, family, probate, and civil dockets are court statistics. They do not appear in this extract. A year with more filings does not automatically change $138,976,880.73. A courthouse systems contract can change it with no change in filings. Keep those ledgers apart.

Judges’ and clerks’ salaries generally never appear as USAspending awards. The $139.0 million therefore understates the Courts’ full operating cost if a reader expected the award file to equal the appropriation. It is complete as an award book.

FY2026 cutoff, obligations, and outlays

Fiscal year 2026 is the latest year on the packet. The $138,976,880.73 is cumulative through that horizon, not a single-year courts appropriation. Multi-year facilities or IT awards remain in the running total until closed.

Outlays are unpublished. Construction and technology awards can be obligated before invoices are paid. Treat the figure as commitments tagged to awarding agency 349.

CGAC 349 versus CSOSA and the federal judiciary

District of Columbia Courts use awarding-agency code 349. CSOSA supervises adults in the District under a different awarding-agency code and a different award book. Article III federal courts are not this agency. SpendingVault’s /agencies/349/ path stays on D.C. Courts only. Mixing those codes would blur which institution signed the award.

State tables for a one-jurisdiction court

Place of performance will often resolve to the District of Columbia. The state table can still show other states when vendors are headquartered or tagged elsewhere. That is a USAspending location-field result, not a second courthouse system.

Open the District of Columbia Courts agency page for the live $138,976,880.73 and 358-award filters. Use the all-agencies directory to find CGAC 349. Dollar rank against a grant-making endowment measures different work.

Dockets, facilities, and the 358-award operating slice

Superior Court and Court of Appeals filings are docket statistics. They are not the 358 USAspending awards. A year with more family-court petitions does not automatically move $138,976,880.73. A courthouse systems contract can move it with no change in filings. Keep the caseload reports and the award ledger on separate clips.

Because the courts sit in one city, the state table for agency 349 will often concentrate in the District of Columbia. Other states appear when vendors are headquartered or tagged elsewhere. That is not a second court system. Open award-level records for NAICS and recipient names; this roll-up does not list them.

Judges’ and clerks’ salaries generally never appear among the 358 rows, so the $139.0 million understates full operating cost. FY2026 is the cutoff, not a facilities-project ribbon-cutting date. Use the D.C. Courts agency page for live tables. Keep CGAC 349 unmerged with other District or judiciary awarding agencies. Outlays on technology and facilities awards can lag the obligation stock.

Interpreter contracts, security, and case-management systems can all sit among the 358 awards. The packet does not say which is which. A reader who needs object class must open award-level records. The $138,976,880.73 is the combined stock through FY2026 for CGAC 349. Comparing that figure to a single-year courts appropriation mixes a warehouse stock with an annual funding law. Use the D.C. Courts agency page for live tables. Outlays on facilities work can lag.

Family, criminal, probate, and civil divisions share the same 358-row book without labels. The $138,976,880.73 is unsplit for CGAC 349 through FY2026. This page will not invent a division table. Open award-level records if the question is which contract supports which courthouse function. Use the D.C. Courts agency page for live totals. Staff payroll remains mostly outside USAspending awards, so the table understates full operating cost.

Questions

How much have District of Columbia Courts obligated on USAspending?

USAspending.gov shows $138,976,880.73 in D.C. Courts obligations through FY2026 across 358 awards. Awarding-agency CGAC 349 is the filter. The total is not a caseload count for Superior Court or the Court of Appeals. USAspending.gov records this as awarding-agency obligations through FY2026, not cash outlays. The live table for CGAC 349 is the source for the current 358-award book.

What is the average D.C. Courts award?

Dividing $138,976,880.73 by 358 awards yields about $388,204. The packet has no median. Facilities or technology vehicles can raise the mean above many smaller purchase orders. That figure uses only the packet totals. The extract has no median and no contract-versus-assistance split. FY2026 is the warehouse cutoff, not a single-year appropriation.

What is agency code 349?

349 is the USAspending awarding-agency CGAC identifier for District of Columbia Courts. SpendingVault uses it in /agencies/349/. CSOSA and the federal judiciary are separate awarding agencies. SpendingVault URLs under the agency path filter to that CGAC identifier. It is an accounting tag, not a quality score. Totals on this page are obligations through FY2026.

Why are local D.C. courts in a federal spending database?

Congress funds District of Columbia Courts as a federal account, so their awards appear under CGAC 349. Most state court systems do not. The $138,976,880.73 is that federal award ledger through FY2026, not an outlay total. Outlays are unpublished in this packet, so this page does not estimate cash already paid. Refresh the agency page after USAspending updates rather than treating the current stock as frozen.