Federal Communications Commission federal obligations

High award volume under a $57.4 billion FCC book

The precise total is $57,443,450,440.90. Across 267,426 awards the implied mean is about $215,000 per award. High transaction volume with a mid-pack dollar total is the FCC signature in this extract. This packet does not split the 267,426 rows by program, so USF, high-cost, or other mechanism shares are not stated here.

Fiscal year 2026 is the latest year. Recurring support actions can add rows across the window, so $57,443,450,440.90 is not a single auction’s proceeds. USAspending.gov is the source.

That mix is the research takeaway from the two packet facts together. 267,426 awards at a mean near $215,000 describe high-volume support-style assistance rather than a few giant primes. A later extract can change both the dollar total and the award count as recurring support actions add rows inside FY 2026.

CGAC 027 as the awarding-agency code

SpendingVault keys the FCC to /agencies/027/. CGAC 027 is the USAspending awarding-agency identifier. The $57,443,450,440.90 total and 267,426 award count roll up rows carrying that code. The award count is not a count of licenses, radio stations, or broadband locations.

Obligations versus spectrum-auction receipts

Auction proceeds and USAspending award obligations are different ledgers. This hub cites $57,443,450,440.90 in obligations through FY 2026 on 267,426 awards. Receipts, forfeitures, and regulatory-fee collections are not in the packet and are not cited. Outlays are omitted.

Researchers sometimes treat an agency obligation total as cash already paid. For Federal Communications Commission, that reading is wrong. Spectrum-auction receipts, license counts, regulatory-fee collections, or USF mechanism splits belong in other publications. The USAspending figure on this hub remains an obligation sum through FY 2026. Recurring support actions add rows inside FY 2026.

State geography for FCC awards

Place-of-performance for support mechanisms often follows the service area or recipient. A national contractor can still concentrate a slice of $57,443,450,440.90 in one state. The state table is a coding view of the 267,426 awards through FY 2026, not a coverage map.

Place-of-performance is a coding field, not a complete economic-impact model. On this agency, support mechanisms often follow service area or recipient; a national contractor can still concentrate a slice in one state. Read the state table after the agency hub, not instead of it. Pair $57,443,450,440.90 with the 267,426 count on CGAC 027 before ranking the FCC on dollars alone.

FCC on the all-agencies list

Pair $57,443,450,440.90 with the 267,426 award count before ranking the Commission on dollars alone. The hub does not advise applicants for licenses or support.

The all-agencies list is useful only inside this extract’s obligation definition and FY 2026 cap. 267,426 awards at a mean near $215,000 describe high-volume support-style assistance rather than a few giant primes. Ranking on dollars alone hides that mix. Pair $57,443,450,440.90 with the 267,426 count on CGAC 027 before ranking the FCC on dollars alone.

FCC obligations are not auction proceeds

Auction receipts and USAspending award obligations are different ledgers. This hub cites $57,443,450,440.90 on 267,426 awards tagged 027 through FY 2026. Forfeitures and fee collections are not in the packet. A later USAspending extract can revise both the dollar total and the 267,426 count as new actions and modifications post against CGAC 027. Until that refresh, the documented book is 57443450440.9 in obligations. That figure is not a performance score, not an enacted one-year appropriation, and not a recommendation to apply for funds. It is the award-file rollup this packet carries through FY 2026.

The 267,426 count is not a census of unique carriers. Program-mechanism splits are omitted. The state table is place-of-performance coding on those records, not a coverage map. CGAC 027 is the awarding-agency identifier on every row in this rollup, and the overlay path stays /agencies/027/. The award population is 267,426 records. Those rows still sum to the same obligation total through fiscal year 2026. Readers who need place-of-performance should open the state table from that hub; readers who need peer context should open the all-agencies list. Neither view converts obligations into outlays. CGAC 027 is the awarding-agency identifier on every row in this rollup, and the overlay path stays /agencies/027/. The award population is 267,426 records. Those rows still sum to the same obligation total through fiscal year 2026. Readers who need place-of-performance should open the state table from that hub; readers who need peer context should open the all-agencies list. Neither view converts obligations into outlays.

Questions

How much has the FCC obligated on USAspending through FY 2026?

FCC awarding-agency records (CGAC 027) sum to $57,443,450,440.90 across 267,426 awards in this extract. That figure is an obligation total from USAspending.gov through fiscal year 2026, not spectrum-auction receipts and not a license count.

Why does the FCC show hundreds of thousands of awards?

The 267,426 count is the number of award records tagged to CGAC 027, including assistance actions present in the file. High transaction volume sits beside the $57,443,450,440.90 dollar book. It is not a count of unique carriers.

What is CGAC 027?

CGAC 027 is the USAspending awarding-agency code for the Federal Communications Commission. SpendingVault’s FCC hub uses that code. The $57,443,450,440.90 obligation total and 267,426 award count roll up rows carrying 027 through FY 2026.

Where can I see FCC spending by state?

The state table from the CGAC 027 agency page uses place-of-performance fields on the same obligation extract. Geography rows still sit under $57,443,450,440.90 and 267,426 awards through FY 2026.