Federal Data Transparency: Opportunities Remain to Incorporate Lessons Learned as Availability of Spending Data Increases

Between 2006 and 2011, Congress initiated two significant efforts to increase public awareness of, and access to, federal spending data: the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (FFATA), and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). Both acts mandated the creation of public-access websites, which involved a broad range of data-collection and data-reporting activities, and required OMB and federal agencies, among others, to address multiple levels of accountability and transparency.

• | Author: Government Accountability Office
• | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Oct 31, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 44 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1502954532
• | ISBN-13: 9781502954534