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  "schema_version": "state-of-integrity/v1",
  "methodology_version": "state-of-integrity/v1",
  "edition": "2026",
  "published": "2026-06-20",
  "updated": "2026-06-20",
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      "id": "registry-scale",
      "statement": "Per Fonteum's analysis of the SAM.gov Exclusions registry, the U.S. government held 324,126 active federal exclusion records from 56 excluding agencies as of June 2026.",
      "metric": "324,126 active exclusions · 56 agencies",
      "source": "scorecard"
    },
    {
      "id": "agency-concentration",
      "statement": "Three agencies issue almost the entire federal exclusion registry: HHS (42.39%), OPM (24.97%), and OFAC (22.79%) together account for 292,197 of the 324,126 active records — 90.15% of the total.",
      "metric": "Top 3 agencies = 90.15% (292,197 records)",
      "source": "scorecard"
    },
    {
      "id": "individuals-vs-firms",
      "statement": "Federal debarment overwhelmingly names people, not companies: individuals make up 79.76% of active federal exclusions while excluded firms are just 5.01%.",
      "metric": "Individuals 79.76% vs firms 5.01%",
      "source": "scorecard"
    },
    {
      "id": "leakage",
      "statement": "Per Fonteum's reconciliation of USASpending prime awards against the active SAM.gov exclusion window, 112 distinct federal contracts totalling $1,601,819.41 were signed while the same confirmed recipient held an active exclusion, across 21 entities on the currently ingested set.",
      "metric": "112 awards · $1,601,819 · 21 entities",
      "source": "leakage"
    },
    {
      "id": "date-coverage-gap",
      "statement": "Only 48.3% of active federal exclusion records (156,544 of 324,126) carry a parseable activation date in the public extract — a date-coverage gap that bounds any time-series of when exclusions were issued.",
      "metric": "48.3% carry an activation date (156,544/324,126)",
      "source": "scorecard"
    },
    {
      "id": "eligibility-link",
      "statement": "Federal eligibility and exclusion are linked by rule: under 13 CFR 124.108, an active SAM.gov exclusion ends a firm's 8(a) Business Development eligibility — the certification opens sole-source contracts, the exclusion shuts them.",
      "metric": "13 CFR 124.108 — exclusion ends 8(a) eligibility",
      "source": "eligibility"
    }
  ],
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        "OFAC"
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          "code": "EPA",
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        },
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          "code": "(unattributed)",
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        {
          "code": "ICE",
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          "code": "DLA",
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        {
          "code": "USA",
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        {
          "code": "FEMA",
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          "code": "SBA",
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          "code": "DOS",
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          "code": "USAID",
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          "code": "GSA",
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        {
          "code": "FHWA",
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          "code": "NASA",
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          "code": "NRCS",
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          "code": "CIA",
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          "code": "MARAD",
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          "code": "DIA",
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          "type": "Prohibition/Restriction",
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        {
          "type": "Ineligible (Proceedings Completed)",
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        {
          "type": "Ineligible (Proceedings Pending)",
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          "type": "Ineligible (Proceedings Complete)",
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        {
          "type": "Voluntary Exclusion",
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      "by_classification": [
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          "classification": "Individual",
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        {
          "classification": "Special Entity Designation",
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          "classification": "Firm",
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        {
          "classification": "Vessel",
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      ],
      "queried": "2026-06-20"
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          "label": "Department of Defense",
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        {
          "label": "Department of Agriculture",
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        {
          "label": "Department of Veterans Affairs",
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          "label": "Department of State",
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        {
          "label": "Department of the Treasury",
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        {
          "label": "Department of Homeland Security",
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        {
          "label": "Department of Justice",
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        {
          "label": "Department of the Interior",
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        {
          "label": "2025",
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        {
          "label": "2012",
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        {
          "label": "2013",
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        {
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        {
          "label": "2016",
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        {
          "label": "2007",
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          "label": "2014",
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        {
          "label": "2019",
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        {
          "label": "2010",
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        {
          "label": "2015",
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        {
          "label": "2008",
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        {
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        {
          "label": "2011",
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        {
          "label": "2022",
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        {
          "label": "2026",
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        {
          "label": "2017",
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      "coverage_note": "This study reflects the awards and exclusions currently ingested — a bounded, partial set, not the full federal corpus. On the current set, 112 distinct prime award(s) totalling $1,601,819.41 were signed during an active exclusion window for the same confirmed recipient. Coverage expands as more of the confirmed-excluded recipient set is backfilled.",
      "sam_exclusions_extract": "2026-06-18",
      "usaspending_pulled": "2026-06-17"
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  }
}