Government's Biggest Spenders
August 16, 1996
THE DAILY FED
Government's Biggest Spenders
In Government Executive's special Top 200 Federal Contractors issue, which comes out this month, we report on the biggest suppliers of goods and services in the $200-billion-a-year government market. So who's spending the money? Here's a list of the government's biggest purchasing offices.
| Rank | Agency | Office | FY 1995 Spending ($000s) |
| 1. | Air Force | Aeronautical Systems Center | $11,493,576 |
| 2. | Navy | Naval Sea Systems Command | 10,056,535 |
| 3. | Navy | Naval Air Systems Command | 8,160,172 |
| 4. | Tennessee Valley Authority | 4,670,817 | |
| 5. | Defense Logistics Agency | Defense Fuel Supply Center | 3,598,778 |
| 6. | Energy Department | Albuquerque Operations Office | 3,331,456 |
| 7. | Air Force | Space and Missile Center | 3,325,096 |
| 8. | NASA | Johnson Space Center | 3,158,413 |
| 9. | Air Force | Electronic Systems Command | 3,081,098 |
| 10. | Army | Communications and Electronics Command | 2,676,230 |
| 11. | Army | Missile Command | 2,676,043 |
| 12. | Air Force | Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center | 2,668,306 |
| 13. | Energy Department | Oak Ridge Operations Office | 2,486,526 |
| 14. | Army | Aviation Systems Command | 2,412,558 |
| 15. | Army | Tank-Automotive Command | 2,412,529 |
| 16. | Air Force | Materiel Command | 2,344,172 |
| 17. | NASA | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2,272,651 |
| 18. | NASA | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2,073,848 |
| 19. | Air Force | Warner Robins Air Logistics Center | 1,903,788 |
| 20. | Energy Department | Richland Operations Office | 1,722,464 |
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