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Better Data, Better Decisions, Better Government: Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act) Implementation Update

Christina Ho, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Accounting Policy and Financial Transparency U.S. Department of the Treasury

Spending Transparency

• Federal Financial Accountability and

Transparency Act– established USASpending.gov in 2006

• Publish data for contracts, grants, other

financial assistance

• USAspending.gov management moved to

Treasury in 2014

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DATA Act

• Expands USAspending.gov to include

agency expenditures

• Requires consistent data standards
• Enable the data to be used by multiple

communities

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DATA Act Requirements:

Expanded data reporting on USAspending.gov for agency expenditures:

– Appropriations Account

• Budget authority appropriated
• Obligation
• Outlay
• Unobligated balance
• Other budgetary resources

– Program Activity & Object Class

• Obligation
• Outlay

Link the financial and award data.

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Spending Transparency Goals

• Get the data: collect data from across

government in a standard format

• Display the data: develop a new website that

will provide the data to the public in clear, consistent manner

• Use the data: provide access to the data that

meets the users needs

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Using the Data

• Federal executives and program managers
• Federal CFOs
• State and local policy-makers and managers
• Private entrepreneurs
• Academics/ researchers
• General public
• Oversight entities

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DATA Act Information Model Schema

The Schema provides a standardized definition and conceptual model for the information relevant to the domain and public reporting of US Federal spending. The Schema informs:

• How data providers select and organize information to

submit

• What information is stored and how it is related
• How consumers can access and interpret information

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DATA Act Information Model Schema

• Reporting Submission Specification (RSS) – contains the specific guidance

federal agencies need to submit content and the appropriate format for a submission

• Data Elements Guidance (DEG) – contains a comprehensive listing of the

elements with supporting metadata to understand context, relationships, and derivations

• Schema Diagrams – visual representations of how the data elements fit

together in context

• Online Data Dictionary – a list of data elements with definitions and

minimal metadata, like data type

• XBRL Schema Files – a machine-readable format of the elements that

federal agencies submit

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DATA Act Schema Diagrams

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Treasury’s Implementation Approach

• Data-Centric Extraction: Use technology to

minimize costly systems changes

• Agile Technology Development: Build systems

in 2-weeks sprints to reduce risk and improve

• utcomes
• User-Centered Design: Develop the new

website in the public domain with real-time collaboration with users

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User-Centered Design

• Launch an early beta site to allow the public to

shape the future USAspending.gov (or a successor site)

• Public can post input and ideas to contribute

to the design of the site

• Ongoing integration of public feedback on the

development

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OpenBeta.USAspending.gov

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Feedback Added to Agile Development

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Treasury DATA Act Resources

• Sandbox Testing -- Each month we host sessions for agencies

to test their data files using the prototype broker, and provide feedback.

• Office Hours Calls -- Every Thursday, Treasury and OMB staff

provide updates and take agencies' implementation questions

• n a conference call.
• Workshops -- Ready for one-on-one help? We will come to

your agency to discuss your DATA Act implementation questions and progress.

• Bi-weekly Digest – Sign up to receive updates from the

Treasury implementation team.

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DATA Act Playbook

• Organize Your Team
• Review Elements
• Inventory Data
• Design & Strategize
• Execute Broker
• Test Broker Implementation
• Update Systems
• Submit Data

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For More Information Visit:

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https://fedspendingtransparency.github.io/