1. OMB Update Mark Reger, Deputy Controller Gilbert Tran, Policy Analyst March 11, 2015

2. 2 Topics Improper Payments Transparency – Data Act Implementation Uniform Guidance for Grants

3. 3 DATA Act Implementation Update

4. 4 DATA Act Goals Expand the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 by disclosing direct federal agency expenditures and linking federal contract, loan, and grant spending information to programs of federal agencies to enable taxpayers and policy makers to track federal spending more effectively. Provide consistent, reliable, and searchable government-wide spending data that is displayed accurately for taxpayers and policy makers on the USASpending.gov website. Analyze federal spending data to proactively prevent waste, fraud, abuse, and improper payments. Simplify reporting for entities receiving federal funds by streamlining reporting requirements and reducing compliance costs while improving transparency. Improve the quality of data submitted to USASpending.gov by holding federal agencies accountable for the completeness and accuracy of the data submitted.

5. 5 DATA Act in Context of Spending Life Cycle Appropriation Apportionment Allotment (Allocation) Commitment Obligation Payment 360 Spending Life Cycle DATA Act FFATA (USAspending.gov) Award 5 Receipts/ Financing

6. 6 Lead Treasury (Data Transparency PMO) OMB Design and Implement Treasury Data Exchange Standards Treasury Blueprint/roadmap between data elements OMB Data Definition Standards OMB Pilot to Reduce Admin Burden Treasury Data Analytics Support Senior Accountable Officials from each of the 24 CFO Act agencies Consult Industry Non-Federal stakeholders Federal Lines of Business Executive Steering Committee – OMB and Treasury Governance and Implementation Structure Inter-Agency Advisory Committee – OMB, Treasury, and Representatives from: CFOC, BOAC, ACE, COFAR, CAOC, CIOC, PIC, OSTP, GSA, CIGIE Inter-Agency Advisory Committee – OMB, Treasury, and Representatives from: CFOC, BOAC, ACE, COFAR, CAOC, CIOC, PIC, OSTP, GSA, CIGIE 6

7. 7 DATA Act Requirements FFATA Sec. 3 “Full disclosure of federal funds”

8. 8 DATA Act Implementation Approach Data-centric Avoid massive system changes, rather focus on managing data Incremental Release data as it becomes available Reuse Maximize and leverage use of existing processes and investments Collaborative Feedback drives improvements Iterative/Agile Conduct many small scale pilots

9. 9 DATA Act Milestones 9 2015 DATA Act Enacted (May) Issue guidance to agencies on data standards and conduct pilot (May) Establish pilot to standardize financial reporting (May) Agencies report information in accordance with the standards. Information published on public website (May) Report on results of reporting pilot (August) First IG report (Nov.) Agencies implement June 2013 OMB memo on data quality (Q1) USAspending transitioned to Treasury (Feb.) 20142016 2017 Launch improved USAspending (March) USAspending short-term improvements DATA Act Requirements OMB Guidance to agencies to reduce reporting burden (August) 2018

10. 10 Federal Spending Transparency at the State Level States have been making great strides and launching robust transparency initiatives How do you use this data to manage? How can we complement and support your work on transparency with our efforts? We welcome continued feedback and partnership. Check out our GitHub page: http://fedspendingtransparency.github.io/ http://fedspendingtransparency.github.io/