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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2061 

To expand the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 

2006 to increase accountability and transparency in Federal spending, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2013 

Mr. ISSA (for himself and Mr. CUMMINGS) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To expand the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to increase accountability and transparency in Federal spending, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Purposes. 

Sec. 3. Amendments to the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 

Act of 2006. 


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Sec. 4. Pilot program to evaluate consolidated recipient reporting. 

Sec. 5. Classified and protected information. 

Sec. 6. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 amendments. 

Sec. 7. Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 amendments. 

Sec. 8. Executive agency accounting and other financial management reports 

and plans. 

1 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

2 The purposes of this Act are to— 

3 (1) expand the Federal Funding Accountability 

4 and Transparency Act of 2006 by disclosing direct 

5 Federal agency expenditures and linking Federal 

6 contract, loan, and grant spending information to 

7 programs of Federal agencies in order to enable tax8 payers and policymakers to track Federal spending 

9 more effectively; 

10 (2) provide consistent, reliable, and searchable 

11 Government-wide spending data that is displayed ac12 curately for taxpayers and policymakers on 

13 USASpending.gov; 

14 (3) analyze Federal spending data to 

15 proactively prevent waste, fraud, abuse, and im16 proper payments; 

17 (4) simplify reporting for entities receiving Fed18 eral funds by streamlining reporting requirements 

19 and reducing compliance costs while improving 

20 transparency; and 

21 (5) improve the quality of data submitted to 

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1 countable for the completeness and accuracy of the 

2 data submitted. 

3 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL FUNDING AC4 COUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 

5 2006. 

6 Section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and 

7 Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘FULL

10 DISCLOSURE OF ENTITIES RECEIVING FED11 ERAL FUNDING’’ and inserting ‘‘DISCLOSURE OF

12 FEDERAL FUNDING’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

15 (3) as paragraphs (3) and (7), respectively; 

16 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

17 following new paragraph (2): 

18 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘Federal 

19 agency’ has the meaning given the term ‘Executive 

20 agency’ under section 105 of title 5, United States 

21 Code.’’; 

22 (C) by inserting after paragraph (3), as re23 designated by subparagraph (A), the following 

24 new paragraphs: 


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1 ‘‘(4) FEDERAL FUNDS.—The term ‘Federal 

2 funds’ means any funds that are made available to 

3 or expended by a Federal agency. 

4 ‘‘(5) OBJECT CLASS.—The term ‘object class’ 

5 means the category assigned for purposes of the an6 nual budget of the President submitted under sec7 tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, to the 

8 type of property or services purchased by the Fed9 eral Government. 

10 ‘‘(6) PROGRAM ACTIVITY.—The term ‘program 

11 activity’ has the meaning given that term under sec12 tion 1115(h) of title 31, United States Code.’’; and 

13 (D) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by 

14 subparagraph (A)— 

15 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

16 ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘para17 graph (3)(A)(i)’’; and 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

19 ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘paragraph (3)(A)(ii)’’; 

21 (3) in subsection (b)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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1 retary of the Treasury’’ each place it ap2 pears; 

3 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

4 (A) through (G) as clauses (i) through 

5 (vii), respectively, and adjusting the mar6 gin accordingly; 

7 (iii) by striking ‘‘for each Federal 

8 award—’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘for 

9 all Federal funds— 

10 ‘‘(A) for each Federal agency, component 

11 of a Federal agency, appropriations account, 

12 program activity, and object class (including 

13 any subcomponent of an object class), and other 

14 accounts or data as appropriate— 

15 ‘‘(i) the amount of budget authority 

16 available; 

17 ‘‘(ii) the amount obligated; 

18 ‘‘(iii) the amount of outlays; 

19 ‘‘(iv) the amount of any Federal funds 

20 reprogrammed or transferred; and 

21 ‘‘(v) the amount of expired and unex22 pired unobligated balances; and 

23 ‘‘(B) for each Federal award—’’; and 

24 (iv) in subparagraph (B)(iii), as so 

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1 ing ‘‘, which shall be assigned a unique 

2 identifier,’’ after ‘‘information on the 

3 award’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘The Director of the 

6 Office of Management and Budget’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘The Secretary of the Treasury’’; 

8 and 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘the Director’’ and in10 serting ‘‘the Secretary’’; 

11 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘the Director of the 

13 Office of Management and Budget’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the Treasury’’; 

15 and 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘the Director’’ and in17 serting ‘‘the Secretary’’, each place it ap18 pears; and 

19 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(5) APPLICATION OF DATA STANDARDS.—The 

21 Secretary of the Treasury shall apply the data 

22 standards established under subsection (e) to all 

23 data collection, data dissemination, and data publi24 cation required under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(6) DATA FEED TO RECOVERY ACCOUNT2 ABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BOARD.—The Sec3 retary of the Treasury shall provide the data de4 scribed in paragraph (1) to the Recovery Account5 ability and Transparency Board so that it can be in6 cluded in the Recovery Operations Center described 

7 in subsection (h).’’; 

8 (4) in subsection (c)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (i) in the matter preceding subpara11 graph (A), by striking ‘‘and Grants.gov’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘Grants.gov, the Payment 

13 Automation Manager and Financial Infor14 mation Repository and other data or data15 bases from the Department of the Treas16 ury, the MAX Information System of the 

17 Office of Management and Budget, and 

18 other data from Federal agencies collected 

19 and identified by the Office of Manage20 ment and Budget’’; 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding 

22 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

23 (iii) by adding at the end the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(C) specify such search shall be confined 

2 to Federal funds;’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘the 

4 Payment Automation Manager and Financial 

5 Information Repository and other data or data6 bases from the Department of the Treasury, the 

7 MAX Information System of the Office of Man8 agement and Budget, other data from Federal 

9 agencies collected and identified by the Office of 

10 Management and Budget,’’ after ‘‘Grants.gov 

11 website,’’; 

12 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘shall be updated not 

14 later’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘shall 

15 be updated— 

16 ‘‘(A) not later’’; and 

17 (ii) by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(B) not less than once each quarter with 

20 information relating to Federal funds;’’; 

21 (D) in paragraph (5)— 

22 (i) by inserting ‘‘Federal funds and’’ 

23 before ‘‘Federal awards’’ the first place it 

24 appears; 


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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection 

2 (a)(2)(A)(i) and those described in sub3 section (a)(2)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub4 section (a)(3)(A)(i) and those described in 

5 subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii)’’; and 

6 (iii) by striking the period at the end 

7 and inserting a semicolon; and 

8 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(6) shall have the ability to aggregate data for 

10 the categories described in paragraphs (1) through 

11 (5) without double-counting data; and 

12 ‘‘(7) shall permit all information published 

13 under this section to be downloaded in bulk.’’; 

14 (5) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and 

15 (g) as subsections (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and 

16 (6) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol17 lowing new subsections: 

18 ‘‘(e) DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY REQUIRE19 MENTS FOR DATA STANDARDS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 

21 Treasury, in consultation with the Director of the 

22 Office of Management and Budget, the Adminis23 trator of General Services, and the heads of Federal 

24 agencies, shall establish Government-wide financial 

25 data standards for Federal funds, which shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) include common data elements, such 

2 as codes, unique award identifiers, and fields, 

3 for financial and payment information required 

4 to be reported by Federal agencies and entities 

5 receiving Federal funds, including identifiers for 

6 Federal awards and entities receiving Federal 

7 awards; 

8 ‘‘(B) to the extent reasonable and prac9 ticable, ensure interoperability and incor10 porate— 

11 ‘‘(i) common data elements developed 

12 and maintained by an international vol13 untary consensus standards body, as de14 fined by the Office of Management and 

15 Budget, such as the International Organi16 zation for Standardization; 

17 ‘‘(ii) common data elements developed 

18 and maintained by Federal agencies with 

19 authority over contracting and financial as20 sistance, such as the Federal Acquisition 

21 Regulatory Council; and 

22 ‘‘(iii) common data elements devel23 oped and maintained by accounting stand24 ards organizations; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) include data reporting standards 

2 that— 

3 ‘‘(i) incorporate a widely accepted, 

4 nonproprietary, searchable, platform-inde5 pendent computer-readable format; 

6 ‘‘(ii) are consistent with and imple7 ment applicable accounting principles; 

8 ‘‘(iii) are capable of being continually 

9 upgraded as necessary; 

10 ‘‘(iv) are structured to specifically 

11 support the reporting of financial and per12 formance-related data, such as that any 

13 data produced, regardless of reporting 

14 need or software used for creation or con15 sumption, is consistent and comparable 

16 across reporting situations; 

17 ‘‘(v) establish, for each data point, a 

18 standard method of conveying the report19 ing period, reporting entity, unit of meas20 ure, and other associated attributes; and 

21 ‘‘(vi) incorporate nonproprietary 

22 standards in effect on the date of enact23 ment of the Digital Accountability and 

24 Transparency Act of 2013. 

25 ‘‘(2) DEADLINES.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary of the 

2 Treasury, in consultation with the Director of 

3 the Office of Management and Budget, shall 

4 issue guidance on the data standards estab5 lished under paragraph (1) to Federal agencies 

6 not later than 1 year after the date of enact7 ment of the Digital Accountability and Trans8 parency Act of 2013. 

9 ‘‘(B) WEBSITE.—Not later than 1 year 

10 after the date on which the guidance under 

11 clause (i) is issued, the Secretary of the Treas12 ury shall ensure that the website required under 

13 this section makes data publicly available in ac14 cordance with the data standards established 

15 under paragraph (1). 

16 ‘‘(C) AGENCIES.—Not later than 180 days 

17 after the date on which the guidance under sub18 paragraph (A) is issued, each Federal agency 

19 shall collect, report, and maintain data in ac20 cordance with the data standards established 

21 under paragraph (1). 

22 ‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of the 

23 Treasury shall consult with public and private stake24 holders in establishing data standards under this 

25 subsection. 


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1 ‘‘(f) CONSOLIDATED RECIPIENT FINANCIAL RE2 PORTS.—The Director of the Office of Management and 

3 Budget shall— 

4 ‘‘(1) review the financial reporting required by 

5 Federal agencies for Federal award recipients to 

6 consolidate financial reporting and reduce duplica7 tive financial reporting and compliance costs for re8 cipients; 

9 ‘‘(2) request input from Federal award recipi10 ents to reduce duplicative financial reporting, espe11 cially from State and local governments and institu12 tions of higher education; 

13 ‘‘(3) not later than 1 year after the date of en14 actment of the Digital Accountability and Trans15 parency Act of 2013, provide guidance to the heads 

16 of Federal agencies regarding how to simplify the re17 porting requirements for Federal award recipients to 

18 consolidate financial reporting, reduce duplicative re19 porting, and reduce compliance costs, as appro20 priate; and 

21 ‘‘(4) not later than 18 months after the date of 

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1 date, streamline, or reduce the cost of reporting re2 quirements for Federal award recipients. 

3 ‘‘(g) ACCOUNTABILITY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

5 the date of enactment of the Digital Accountability 

6 and Transparency Act of 2013, and every 2 years 

7 thereafter until the date that is 6 years after such 

8 date of enactment, the Inspector General of each 

9 Federal agency, in consultation with the Comptroller 

10 General of the United States, shall review a sam11 pling of the data submitted under this Act by the 

12 agency, and shall submit to Congress and make pub13 licly available a report on the completeness, timeli14 ness, quality, and accuracy of the data sampled and 

15 the implementation and use of consistent data 

16 standards by the Federal agency. 

17 ‘‘(2) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

19 after the date of enactment of the Digital Ac20 countability and Transparency Act of 2013, and 

21 every 2 years thereafter until the date that is 

22 6 years after such date of enactment, and after 

23 review of the reports submitted under para24 graph (1), the Comptroller General of the 

25 United States shall submit to Congress and 


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1 make publicly available a report on the com2 pleteness, timeliness, quality, and accuracy of 

3 the data submitted under this Act by each Fed4 eral agency and the implementation and use of 

5 consistent data standards by each Federal 

6 agency. 

7 ‘‘(B) RANKING.—The Comptroller General 

8 of the United States shall make available a 

9 ranking of Federal agencies regarding data 

10 quality, accuracy, and compliance with this Act. 

11 ‘‘(h) RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANS12 PARENCY BOARD.— 

13 ‘‘(1) RESOURCES AND MECHANISMS.—The Re14 covery Accountability and Transparency Board shall 

15 develop and test information technology resources 

16 and oversight mechanisms to enhance the trans17 parency of and detect and remediate waste, fraud, 

18 and abuse in Federal spending for Inspectors Gen19 eral. 

20 ‘‘(2) WEBSITE.—The Recovery Accountability 

21 and Transparency Board shall maintain a website 

22 informing the public of its activities to identify 

23 waste, fraud, and abuse and increase transparency 

24 of Federal funds to provide support for Inspectors 

25 General. 


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1 ‘‘(3) RECOVERY OPERATIONS CENTER.—The 

2 Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board 

3 shall establish and maintain a Recovery Operations 

4 Center as a Government-wide Internet-based data 

5 access system to carry out the functions described in 

6 paragraph (4). 

7 ‘‘(4) FUNCTIONS OF THE RECOVERY OPER8 ATIONS CENTER.—The functions referred to in para9 graph (3) are the following: 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Recovery Oper11 ations Center shall incorporate— 

12 ‘‘(i) all information described in sub13 section (b)(1); 

14 ‘‘(ii) other information maintained by 

15 Federal, State, local, and foreign govern16 ment agencies; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) other commercially and publicly 

18 available information. 

19 ‘‘(B) SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS.—The Recovery 

20 Operations Center shall be designed and oper21 ated to carry out the following functions: 

22 ‘‘(i) Combine information described in 

23 subsection (b)(1) with other compilations 

24 of information, including those listed in 

25 subparagraph (A). 


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1 ‘‘(ii) Permit agencies, in accordance 

2 with applicable law, to detect and reme3 diate waste, fraud, and abuse.’’. 

4 SEC. 4. PILOT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE CONSOLIDATED RE5 CIPIENT REPORTING. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

7 date of enactment of this Act, the Recovery Accountability 

8 and Transparency Board, in consultation with the Sec9 retary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of 

10 Management and Budget, shall establish a pilot program 

11 relating to reporting by recipients of Federal funds (in this 

12 section referred to as the ‘‘pilot program’’) for the purpose 

13 of increasing financial transparency to— 

14 (1) display the full cycle of Federal funds; 

15 (2) improve the accuracy of Federal financial 

16 data; and 

17 (3) develop recommendations for reducing re18 porting required of recipients of Federal funds by 

19 consolidating and automating financial reporting re20 quirements across the Federal Government. 

21 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The pilot program shall— 

22 (1) include recipients that collectively receive 

23 not less than $1,000,000,000 in Federal funds each 

24 fiscal year; 


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1 (2) include recipients that receive Federal funds 

2 under multiple programs across multiple agencies; 

3 and 

4 (3) include recipients that collectively receive 

5 Federal funds under contracts, grants, and sub6 awards. 

7 (c) REPORTING AND EVALUATION REQUIRE8 MENTS.—Each recipient of Federal funds participating in 

9 the pilot program shall submit to the Recovery Account10 ability and Transparency Board reports on the finances 

11 of the selected Federal awards. 

12 (d) PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION.—All the infor13 mation collected by the Recovery Accountability and 

14 Transparency Board under the pilot program shall be 

15 made publicly available and searchable on the website es16 tablished under section 2 of the Federal Funding Account17 ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 

18 note). 

19 (e) TERMINATION.—The pilot program shall termi20 nate on the date that is 3 years after the date on which 

21 the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board es22 tablishes the pilot program. 

23 (f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days 

24 after the date on which the pilot program terminates 

25 under subsection (e), the Recovery Accountability and 


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1 Transparency Board shall submit to the Committee on 

2 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 

3 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 

4 House of Representatives a report on the pilot program, 

5 which shall include— 

6 (1) a description of financial data collected 

7 under the pilot program, the accuracy of the data 

8 provided, and the cost to collect the data from re9 cipients; and 

10 (2) recommendations for— 

11 (A) consolidating some or all aspects of 

12 Federal financial reporting to reduce the costs 

13 to recipients of Federal funds; 

14 (B) automating some or all aspects of Fed15 eral financial reporting to increase efficiency 

16 and reduce the costs to recipients of Federal 

17 funds; and 

18 (C) improving financial transparency. 

19 SEC. 5. CLASSIFIED AND PROTECTED INFORMATION. 

20 Section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability and 

21 Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is 

22 amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 3. CLASSIFIED AND PROTECTED INFORMATION. 

2 ‘‘Nothing in this Act shall require the disclosure to 

3 the public or to any person without an identifiable need 

4 to know— 

5 ‘‘(1) information protected under section 552 of 

6 title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 

7 ‘Freedom of Information Act’); or 

8 ‘‘(2) information protected under section 552a 

9 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as 

10 the ‘Privacy Act of 1974’), or section 6103 of the 

11 Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’. 

12 SEC. 6. AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 

13 2009 AMENDMENTS. 

14 Public Law 111–5 is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection 1501(4) of title XV, by adding 

16 before the period at the end the following: ‘‘except 

17 that, in subtitle B, the term means any funds that 

18 are obligated or expended by an agency from appro19 priations made under this or any other Act’’; 

20 (2) in section 1512 of title XV, by adding at 

21 the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(i) EXPIRATION.—The requirements in this section 

23 shall expire on September 31, 2013.’’; 

24 (3) in section 1523 of title XV, by adding at 

25 the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(d) EXPIRATION.—The requirements in this section 

2 shall expire on September 30, 2013.’’; 

3 (4) in section 1526 of title XV, by adding at 

4 the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(e) EXPIRATION.—The requirements in this section 

6 shall expire on September 30, 2013.’’; and 

7 (5) in section 1530 of title XV, by striking 

8 ‘‘September 30, 2013,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 

9 30, 2017.’’. 

10 SEC. 7. DISASTER RELIEF APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2013 

11 AMENDMENTS. 

12 Public Law 113–2 is amended in section 904(d)— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘for purposes related to the im14 pact of Hurricane Sandy’’; 

15 (2) by striking ‘‘related to the impact of Hurri16 cane Sandy’’ after ‘‘receiving appropriations’’; and 

17 (3) by striking ‘‘related to funds appropriated 

18 for the impact of Hurricane Sandy’’ after ‘‘on its ac19 tivities’’. 

20 SEC. 8. EXECUTIVE AGENCY ACCOUNTING AND OTHER FI21 NANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORTS AND 

22 PLANS. 

23 Section 3512(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 

24 amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and make 

2 available on the website described under section 

3 1122 of this title’’ after ‘‘appropriate committees of 

4 the Congress’’; 

5 (2) in paragraph (3)(B)(vi), by inserting ‘‘, sys6 tem development, financial management workforce 

7 development, related risk assessment and mitigation 

8 for the Federal Government as a whole, related risk 

9 assessment and mitigation for executive agencies, 

10 development of capacity to prevent and detect 

11 fraud,’’ after ‘‘equipment acquisitions’’; and 

12 (3) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(C) Not later than 90 days after the date of enact15 ment of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act 

16 of 2013, and every 90 days thereafter, the Director shall 

17 make available on the website described under section 

18 1122 of this title a report regarding— 

19 ‘‘(i) specific goals for the most recent full fiscal 

20 year, the fiscal year during which the report is sub21 mitted, and the fiscal year following the year during 

22 which the report is submitted that are necessary 

23 steps toward implementing the Federal Funding Ac24 countability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 


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1 U.S.C. 6101 note) fully and in an effective, efficient, 

2 and accurate manner; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) the status and progress achieved toward 

4 each goal described in clause (i), including any 

5 changes to the cost, schedule, or performance base6 lines of achieving each goal, using earned value man7 agement where appropriate.’’. 

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