learningasitgoes: I work for DoD Contracting. All our contractors are working overtime to award the final money for the year in order not to lose any. Government agencies do put a cutoff/stop on current spending, HOWEVER, budgeted money still has to be awarded....and there is a lot of it at year end. One problem is some government agencies do not use their money and it must be transfered and awarded to a new company (that's one reason for all the overtime). The money will go somewhere...it's always in the queue.