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USAspending.gov was last updated on May 1, 2009..

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Contracts for Books, maps, and other publications
(FY 2008)

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Summary


Fiscal Year: 2008
Total dollars: $412,177,705
Total number of contractors: 2,916
Total number of transactions: 19,322
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Extent of Competition Competition categories help link

Pie chart: in table form below
Available for everyone for competition$24,173,297
Everyone could compete, but only one bid or offer was received$117,430,162
Competition within a limited pool$37,508,864
Actions necessary to continue existing competitive contracts for continuity (until the next one could be competed)$1,042,675
Available only for groups such as disabled persons, prisoners, and regulated utilities$101,551,825
Not competed for an allowable reason$92,979,827
Not identified, soon to be addressed$37,491,056

Top 5 Known Congressional Districts where Work is Performed Known congressional district help link

Virginia 8 (James P. Moran)$94,929,640
Pennsylvania 13 (Allyson Y. Schwartz)$77,033,139
Alaska At Large (Don Young)$50,534,305
District of Columbia nonvoting (Eleanor Holmes Norton)$22,027,227
Texas 32 (Pete Sessions)$13,918,433

Top 5 Products or Services Sold

 Newspapers and Periodicals$151,577,536
 Miscellaneous Printed Matter$135,356,088
 Books and Pamphlets$107,476,735
 Drawings and Specifications$6,736,427
 Microfilm, Processed$4,269,662

Top 5 Contracting Agencies Purchasing from Contractor(s)

ARMY, Department of the (except Corps of Engineers Civil Program Financing)$115,333,719
Patent and Trademark Office/Under Secretary for Intellectual Property$111,013,946
NAVY, Department of the$37,069,233
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration$28,115,070
VETERANS AFFAIRS, Department of$25,844,171

Top 10 Contractors

 Reed Elsevier Group PLC$92,982,979
 Afognak Native Corporation$50,738,034
 Calista Corporation$40,059,678
 Computer Sciences Corporation$27,388,038
 American Chemical Society$24,812,225
 Ebsco Industries, Inc.$11,541,772
 Thomson Company Inc, The$10,962,642
 Swets & Zeitlinger Group B.V.$7,977,807
 Koniag, Inc.$6,975,951
 Pattison, Jim Ltd$5,107,655

Trend

Bar chart: in table form below

2000$147,442,330
2001$227,314,137
2002$279,666,682
2003$382,458,310
2004$339,875,612
2005$381,727,756
2006$530,015,213
2007$361,292,862
2008$412,177,705
2009Agencies started sending Recovery data$89,398,020


*END OF REPORT*

This search was done on May 13, 2009.

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