HJS has been at the forefront of promoting and providing educational literature on the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act), Public Law No. 113-101. Managing Director Dick Gregg is the HJS Subject Matter Expert on the DATA Act and has provided a number of articles and briefings on it. Dick also serves on the Board of Advisors of the Data Transparency Coalition, a longstanding proponent of transparency and accountability of government data. HJS has taken an active role in ensuring information regarding the DATA Act is available throughout the Federal Government. Here are some recent articles by Dick on the DATA Act.
- Getting into Preschool
- DATA Act-Many Paths, Same Destination
- The DATA Act: Unfunded Mandate or Core Requirement
Below are a few resources available to learn more about DATA Act implementation in your agency.
DATA Coalition Web Site
The Data Coalition advocates on behalf of the private sector and the public interest for the publication of government information as standardized, machine-readable data. This web site contains the latest information on DATA Act implementation and is an excellent reference for background information on the DATA Act. HJS Managing Director Dick Gregg is on the Coalition Board of Advisors.
DATA Act Updates
Here is the latest OMB memo on DATA Act implementation.
This memo (Management Procedures Memo 2016-03) provides additional guidance to Federal agencies on reporting Federal appropriations account summary-level 1 and Federal award-level2 data to USASpending.gov. It also discusses the requirement for Federal agencies to associate data in agency financial systems with a unique award identification number (Award ID) to facilitate the linkage of these two levels of data.
Senator Warner discusses the DATA Act.
Here is an excellent article from GSA entitled “Treasury and the DATA Act; Full of Sunshine“
Click here to see a recent HHS presentation on DATA Act implementation.
At the recent AGA Financial Systems Summit (FSS) one of the work shops covered some aspects of the DATA Act implementation, moderated by HJS Executive Director Dick Gregg. Click here to access the report of that session from the Executive Summary of the FSS.
The DATA Act Task Force of the AGA Corporate Partners Advisory Group (CPAG) developed a set of suggested approaches and potential next steps for consideration by OMB. Click here to access the complete text of the DATA Act Task Force. The Task force is co-led by Danny Werfel from the Boston Consulting Group and HJS Managing Director Dick Gregg.
AGA DATA Act Resource Page Click on this link to access the Association of Government Accountants DATA Act Resource page. This is an excellent reference for all things related to the DATA Act.
See the latest HJS brochure on DATA Act to be distributed at the 2015 AGA PDT in Nashville.
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Latest HJS DATA Act brochure |
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Read Dick Gregg’s latest article in the Summer 2015 Journal.
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Dick Gregg’s DATA Act article in Summer 2015 AGA Journal |
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Managing Director, Dick Gregg’s article in Nexgov regarding the implementation of the DATA Act. Click here to read The article in Nextgov.
Web Resources
- Association of Government Accounts (AGA) DATA Act Resource Page
- Better Data, Better Decisions, Better Government blog by Dave Mader and Dave Lebryk
- DATA Act Playbook
- USA Spending.Gov Resources on DATA Act
- GITHub, (Excellent DATA Act resource)
- US Treasury Bureau of Fiscal Services DATA Act Web Page
- Data Transparency Coalition Web Page
- Data Transparency Coalition DATA Act Resources
- Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Video on DATA Act
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OMB Memo M 15-12, Increasing Transparency of Federal Spending by Making Federal Spending Data Accessible, Searchable, and Reliable |
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Electronic Payments Association DATA Act Panel |
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AGA DATA Act Slides |
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DATA Act of 2014 |
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DATA Act Town Hall Slides |
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