How many records does Fonteum hold and how are they broken down?

As of the 2026-06-13 snapshot Fonteum holds 167,582 active SAM.gov exclusion records. By classification: 132,412 individuals, 25,594 special entity designations, 8,252 firms, and 1,324 vessels. HHS is the single largest excluding agency at 69,301 records, followed by OFAC (41,750) and OPM (40,481).

Does this page name excluded individuals or entities?

No. This page is aggregate-only — it reports counts and breakdowns. It never names an individual or entity. A SAM.gov exclusion is a federal enforcement action, not a Fonteum quality assessment.

How can I cite this data?

Use 'Source: SAM.gov System for Award Management Exclusions' with the snapshot date. It is U.S. government public-domain data published free at sam.gov/content/exclusions, with redistribution permitted under attribution.

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SAM.gov Exclusions

SAM.gov System for Award Management Exclusions

Name: SAM.gov System for Award Management Exclusions
Creator: U.S. General Services Administration (SAM.gov)
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

U.S. General Services Administration (SAM.gov) · Tier-1 · research-only (never on individual profiles)

Research-only

Source:SAM.gov ExclusionsSnapshot date varies by loaded release Open official source ↗

The federal System for Award Management (SAM.gov) exclusions registry is the government-wide list of individuals and entities barred from receiving federal contracts, grants, and other assistance. It aggregates exclusion actions from every excluding agency — HHS-OIG, OFAC, OPM, DOJ, and others. Fonteum holds 167,582 active records; HHS is the single largest excluding agency at 69,301 records.

What Fonteum uses it for

How this source shows up on Fonteum.

Aggregate program-integrity research and the 'excluded-anywhere' exclusion ring. The /data and /sources pages report classification and excluding-agency breakdowns only; the per-record SAM lookup is part of the brand-hub exclusion surface, not these catalog pages.

What this source does NOT mean

A SAM.gov exclusion is a formal federal enforcement action — not a quality rating, clinical outcome, or editorial opinion by Fonteum. Only 18,722 of 167,582 records carry an NPI, so most records cannot be tied to a healthcare provider identifier; absence of a record is not a positive assertion about anyone.

What this dataset answers

Research and data questions this source supports.

Measure the share of the federal exclusion universe that originates with HHS versus other excluding agencies (OFAC, OPM, DOJ).
Size the population of SAM.gov exclusion records that carry an NPI and could, in principle, be tied to a healthcare provider identifier.
Build an 'excluded-anywhere' program-integrity screen that checks both OIG LEIE and the broader SAM.gov registry.
Research the classification mix of federal exclusions — individuals versus firms versus special entity designations.

Dataset size: 167,582 active exclusion records (2026-06-13 snapshot)

Fields used

Per-field display contract.

Fields listed below show their configured `display_allowed` flag from the §94 provenance schema. Fields marked write-locked are captured for audit and are not rendered on profile pages.

Research-only — never on profiles

6 fields

classificationClassification (Individual / Firm / Vessel / Special Entity Designation)

excluding_agencyExcluding agency (HHS, OFAC, OPM, …)

exclusion_typeExclusion type

exclusion_programExclusion program

statusStatus (Active)

npiNPI (present on 18,722 records)

Limitations

What we can’t infer from this source.

Government-wide registry — most records are not healthcare providers; only 18,722 of 167,582 carry an NPI.
The SAM.gov extract does not carry a populated exclusion date for every record, so Fonteum reports the current snapshot rather than a historical time series.
Aggregate-only on these pages — no individual or entity is named on the /data or /sources surface.
An exclusion is a federal enforcement action, not a Fonteum quality assessment.

Source metadata

Authority, license, publisher cadence.

Authority

U.S. General Services Administration (SAM.gov)

Tier

Tier-1 · research-only (never on individual profiles)

Publisher / configured cadence

Declared or configured cadence: Monthly — SAM.gov publishes a daily exclusions extract. Not evidence of the latest loaded source date.

License

U.S. government public-domain works (17 U.S.C. § 105). Federal exclusion registry. Attribution required: 'Source: SAM.gov Exclusions · Snapshot {YYYY-MM-DD}'. License ↗

Official URL

Official SAM.gov Exclusions dataset page ↗

Attribution requirement

Source: SAM.gov System for Award Management Exclusions · Last checked {YYYY-MM-DD}

ToS & usage notes

What the source allows.

U.S. government public-domain works. SAM.gov publishes the exclusions extract free for public use at sam.gov/content/exclusions; redistribution is permitted with attribution. Snapshot and attestation fields must be read from the specific artifact; no provenance fact currently links deterministically to a signature.

Sample provenance

What a single field looks like in the graph.

This worked example shows the provenance shape used when a surfaced field has populated source, last-checked, display-rule, and confidence metadata. Individual fields may omit unavailable values.

Field

Excluding-agency distribution (snapshot 2026-06-13)

Sample value

167,582 active records; HHS 69,301 · OFAC 41,750 · OPM 40,481 · DOJ 3,247

Provenance line

Source: SAM.gov Exclusions · Snapshot 2026-06-13 · Methodology sam-gov/v1 · Display rule: aggregate-only — counts and breakdowns render, never an individual record

How to access

Official API, bulk download, and Fonteum endpoints.

Official API / download

Official API endpoint ↗

Frequently asked

Common questions about SAM.gov Exclusions.

What is the SAM.gov exclusions registry?: It is the government-wide federal exclusion list published through the System for Award Management (SAM.gov). It records individuals and entities barred from receiving federal contracts, grants, and other assistance, aggregating actions from every excluding agency — HHS-OIG, OFAC, OPM, DOJ, and others.
How many records does Fonteum hold and how are they broken down?: As of the 2026-06-13 snapshot Fonteum holds 167,582 active SAM.gov exclusion records. By classification: 132,412 individuals, 25,594 special entity designations, 8,252 firms, and 1,324 vessels. HHS is the single largest excluding agency at 69,301 records, followed by OFAC (41,750) and OPM (40,481).
How much of this is healthcare-relevant?: SAM.gov is government-wide, not healthcare-specific. Only 18,722 of the 167,582 records carry an NPI, so most records cannot be tied to a healthcare provider identifier. The HHS-excluded subset is the most healthcare-relevant slice.
Does this page name excluded individuals or entities?: No. This page is aggregate-only — it reports counts and breakdowns. It never names an individual or entity. A SAM.gov exclusion is a federal enforcement action, not a Fonteum quality assessment.
How can I cite this data?: Use 'Source: SAM.gov System for Award Management Exclusions' with the snapshot date. It is U.S. government public-domain data published free at sam.gov/content/exclusions, with redistribution permitted under attribution.

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