C OUNCIL ON F EDERAL P ROCUREMENT OF A RCHITECTURAL & E NGINEERING S ERVICES M AY 25, 2010 H. Glen Walker Executive Director Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board
A MERICAN R ECOVERY AND R EINVESTMENT A CT $787 Billion available Save and create 3 to 4 million jobs Lay the foundation for a robust and sustainable 21 st century economy Create an oversight body to ensure transparency and accountability of the funds 2
B OARD M EMBERS & C OMMITTEES Recovery.gov -TIGTA – The Honorable Russell George (Committee Chair) -HHS IG – The Honorable Daniel Levinson -Commerce IG – The Honorable Todd Zinser -Defense IG – The Honorable Gordon Heddell Accountability -Homeland IG – The Honorable Richard Skinner (Committee Chair & Board Vice-Chair) -Justice IG – The Honorable Glenn Fine -Energy IG – The Honorable Greg Friedman -Education IG – The Honorable Kathleen Tighe Recovery Funds Working Group -Transportation IG – The Honorable Calvin Scovel (Committee Chair) -Agriculture IG – The Honorable Phyllis Fong -Interior IG – The Honorable Mary Kendall (acting) -Treasury IG – The Honorable Eric Thorson 3
R ECOVERY B OARD A DVISORY P ANEL Steve Koch, Vice Chairman and Co-Chairman, Credit Suisse Chris Sale, Vice President for Development Finance, CHF International Malcolm Sparrow, Professor at Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Edward Tufte, Professor Emeritus, Yale University 4
M ISSION OF THE B OARD Provide public with unprecedented transparency of Recovery spending and job creation (Recovery.gov) Provide oversight of Recovery spending to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse 5
B REAKOUT OF $787 B ILLION F UNDING – (S OURCE OMB) 6
D IRECT R ELIEF TO S TATE G OVERNMENTS & I NDIVIDUALS Teachers Police Officers Firefighters Extended Unemployment Insurance Healthcare 7
$453 B ILLION AT W ORK 21 ST C ENTURY I NNOVATIONS $2.4 Billion for New and Advanced Battery and Electric Drive Projects $3.4 Billion for Smart Energy Grid Projects $7 Billion to Bring Broadband to Communities $5 Billion for Medical Research Projects $8 Billion for High-Speed Rail 8
M ISSION : T RANSPARENCY
Smartronix (KMPG, Synteractive, TMP Government), GSA (Savvis), DHS EPA (CGI Federal) EPA (CGI Federal) Web Portal Data Storage Reports on the use of funds Data visualization Content management Pre-compiled reports Raw report data Advanced geospatial capabilities Out-Bound Reporting Recipient In-Bound Reporting Recipient Registration Recipient Reporting Agency Validation Recovery.govFederalReporting.gov GSA Database (Sybase) GSA Database (Sybase) Database Data Replicated Between Hosting Centers Our strategy employs a hybrid approach, leveraging expertise and services from both government and industry. R ECOVERY. GOV A RCHITECTURE 10
A MERICAN R ECOVERY AND R EINVESTMENT A CT 11 A GENCY F UNDING A CTIVITY * C ONTRACT, G RANTS, L OANS, AND E NTITLEMENTS *Updated May 5, 2010 $ in Billions
A WARD A MOUNTS VS. A MOUNT E XPENDED T OP 10 F EDERAL A GENCIES DOE stands out as the agency with the greatest variance between amount awarded and amount expended. * Percentages based on the amount awarded or expended compared to the total amount awarded or total amount expended, respectively. 12
R ECOVERY. GOV S TATUS U PDATE 13 New vs. Returning Reporters YTD 2009: Feb 17 – Sep 30 Quarter 1 – 2009: Oct 1 – Dec 31 Quarter 2 – 2010: Jan 1 – Mar 31
J OBS BY O RGANIZATION T YPE (J ANUARY – M ARCH 2010) 14 Government Entities reported 84% of the jobs associated with ARRA Funds.
T HIRD R EPORTING P ERIOD * E NHANCEMENTS TO R ECIPIENT R EPORTING Simplified Job Reporting Requirements (OMB/GAO) Quality Edit Checks & Alert Messages New Data Anomaly Reports to assist with Data Quality Reviews Extended Stakeholder Review Period Data Quality Reviews by IG Community 15 *April 2010
T HIRD R EPORTING P ERIOD * E NHANCEMENTS TO R ECOVERY. GOV 16 *April 2010 Simplified Home Page Map Central Landing Page New Jobs Search Feature
T WO -T IME L OSERS On February, 23, 2010, OMB provided a list of Recipients who did not report during the previous 2 reporting periods List reported on Recovery.gov Further review identified 79 recipients who were erroneously posted on Two-Time Losers list Website updated to reflect the changes: New number is
T HE L ATEST E NHANCEMENT Saves taxpayers ≈ $750,000 over the next 18 months Conserves energy Redirects technology assets to oversight mission 18
A CCOUNTABILITY M ISSION
R ECOVERY A CT T RAINING S TATISTICS 20 Recovery Board and All Inspectors General Training and Outreach Data Through March 31, 2010
W ORKING P ROACTIVELY T O P REVENT F RAUD
All recipients are run through a risk model using variables that are constantly being monitored for relevancy A CCOUNTABILITY M ODULE I NITIAL R ISK T IER I A SSESSMENT 22
T IER II – T ARGET A NALYSIS Uses a link analysis tool to uncover non- obvious relationships between entities This tool helps the Board identify companies who may have undisclosed ties to high-risk entities 23
T IER III – U SING R ISK TO F OCUS L IMITED R ESOURCES 24 Predictive Variables Include : High-risk programs, High-dollar-value projects, Past criminal history in projects or regions, Tips from citizens
Recovery Act Key Oversight Statistics 25 Recovery Board and All Inspectors General Data Through April 30, 2010
H OTLINE L EADS 26
COUNCIL ON FEDERAL PROCUREMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL & ENGINEERING SERVICES MAY 25, 2010 H. Glen Walker Executive Director Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board