First Look: Trump Administration’s FY 2026 Budget Blueprint
Published: May 08, 2025
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Deltek's First Look: Trump Administration’s FY 2026 Budget Blueprint examines the spending priorities, policy plans and agency-level budgetary trends and initiatives in the FY 2026 discretionary budget request outline.
Deltek’s report First Look: Trump Administration’s FY 2026 Budget Blueprint profiles the spending levels, investment priorities and policy initiatives proposed in the Trump Administration’s $1.7 trillion FY 2026 discretionary budget request. This high-level, preliminary discretionary budget outline provides the first insight into the administration’s budget and programmatic priorities in advance of its full FY 2026 budget release.
The first budget request submitted by the second Trump Administration proposes large increases to the agencies aligned with its evolving management agenda: national defense, homeland security, energy, and veteran care. Conversely, budget request includes steep cuts to most non-defense agencies. This preliminary budget report analyzes the FY 2026 discretionary budget request to determine the impact on federal contracting.
Critical Insight for Vendors
This report provides topline discretionary budget plans by agency. It is designed to enhance business development planning by providing relevant strategic and tactical insight into:
- Proposed changes to agency discretionary budgets in FY 2026
- Agency programs targeted for investment and cuts
- The implications of the budget blueprint for agency technology investment
Deltek’s report First Look: Trump Administration’s FY 2026 Budget Blueprint is delivered in PowerPoint® format.
FIRST LOOK: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S FY 2026 BUDGET BLUEPRINT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Discretionary Budget Overview
Agency Analysis
- Department of Defense
- Veterans Affairs
- Homeland Security
- Health and Human Services
- Education
- Energy
- Housing and Urban Development
- Justice
- Transportation
- Agriculture
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Social Security Administration
- Interior
- Treasury
- State and USAID
- Labor
- Commerce
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Civil Works
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Science Foundation
- Small Business Administration
Quick Reference Table: Proposed Changes
Proposed Agency Eliminations/Consolidations
Conclusions and Recommendations