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10 Improving Federal Procurement Data Quality— 

Guidance for Verification and Validation. 

11 Improving Small Business Procurement Data— 

Quality and Process. 12https://www.acquisition.gov/datainitiatives. 

interoperability. Federal agencies in the 

Executive Branch must manage data 

consistent with statutes, regulations, and 

OMB policies. Agency CAOs, Senior 

Procurement Executives (SPEs), CDOs, Chief 

Financial Officers (CFOs), CIOs, and Budget 

Officers must collaborate to: 

• Assess the feasibility of building and/or 

maintain appropriate and secure APIs to 

permit sharing and interoperability of 

procurement data and are developed through 

the working group and after the initial data 

assessment period; 

• Promote best business practices of 

appropriate data hygiene, data principles, 

and data standards as developed by the PCE; 

• Further innovation and efficiency in the 

Federal acquisition system by leading or 

actively participating in the development and 

implementation of emerging technology tools 

that align with policy; and, 

• Actively develop professionals with 

skills in Federal Acquisition Regulations 

(FAR)-based data analytics for decisionmaking. 

Data Security and Quality Control 

Building security and fraud protection 

aspects into the management of procurement 

data will ensure usable data. This is a 

responsibility across the Federal enterprise 

and requires due diligence at all levels. HiDef and IAE data will only be useful if it is 

accurate, timely, definable, and available in 

real-time. The maintenance of an Acquisition 

Data & Process Dictionary (ADD),9 managed 

by the PCE, will resolve discrepancies among 

models and support uniform implementation 

of policy-based terminology. Such a 

dictionary will provide consistency across 

the Federal Government and identify and fill 

in gaps if existing data models do not capture 

the full acquisition lifecycle. The dictionary 

helps to build a foundation against which 

agencies can map existing tools and 

processes throughout the acquisition 

lifecycle. Integrating the standards and 

processes identified by the PCE, for example 

those defined in the FIBF, provides a 

common starting place for all agencies. 

Common business process and data 

definitions can be made accessible and 

transparent for many users in accordance 

with PCE identified guidance. 

Validation and Verification (V&V) of the 

acquisition data is paramount to quality 

control. V&V aims to ensure both 

completeness and accuracy of select data. 

The PCE will update the existing parameters 

and methods for annual V&V every 5 years 

to align with policy, regulatory and agency 

needs. The most recent memoranda, stored: 

‘‘Improving Federal Procurement Data 

Quality—Guidance for Annual Verification 

and Validation,’’ 10 (May 2011), and 

‘‘Improving Small Business Procurement 

Data—Quality and Process,’’ 11 (November 

2011). This cadence of review and updates 

permits the longitudinal analysis and 

continuous improvement. 

Appendix E. Annual Agency Planning 

Requirements 

Strategic and operational planning by 

agencies, including budget planning, is 

essential to an interoperable environment 

where data are shared and available at the 

point of need. These activities provide 

opportunities for addressing gaps identified 

through assessments and innovation in 

business processes and technology, including 

lessons learned from pilots or shared 

activities. As such, agencies must include 

appropriate analyses of these considerations 

in agency annual strategic plans, as required 

by OMB Circular A–11 and any 

supplementary direction from OMB during 

the budget process. These plans will be 

reviewed by OMB to inform and shape 

actions necessary to support Hi-Def 

implementation and maintenance. 

Planning and Budgeting—To assist 

agencies in ensuring acquisition data 

interoperability is appropriately considered 

in agency-wide strategic planning and 

budgeting, each year, OFPP will provide a 

template with questions and structure for 

compiling the strategic plan. The template 

will include sections for responding to 

questions related to acquisition data 

resources and infrastructure, governmentwide priorities established by OMB and 

governance groups, and agency-specific 

priorities. The yearly priority areas will be 

posted with an updated template on the 

Acquisition.gov Data Initiatives Page.12 The 

acquisition data resources and infrastructure 

questions will generally address the 

following areas, though may include other 

areas of interest as appropriate: 

a. Appropriate resource management 

activities necessary to support innovative 

practices and alignment of data with statutes, 

regulations, policies, and standards to 

support interoperability. The identification of 

activities should be accomplished in 

coordination with the appropriate agency 

leaders directing the acquisition, 

information, security, data, finance, and 

human capital functions. 

b. Solutions identified by the agency 

workforce as the greatest opportunity for 

improving processes and leveraging 

technology to support innovation and reduce 

burden. Such ideas support agency 

operations and mission success by 

addressing issues, challenges, and best 

practices identified by those most impacted 

on a daily basis by access (or lack thereof) to 

data and information. 

c. Details on how agencies are assuring any 

new technologies at the agency level are 

aligned with policy and regulations, and how 

agency technology supports the 

interoperability of data in the federated 

model established through this Circular. 

d. Recommendations on any business 

processes that should be re-engineered to 

support innovation or just-in-time access to 

quality information or data. Re-imagining the 

process before applying emerging 

technologies or shared tools can lead to a 

more impactful change; this can be done by 

seeking workforce input, taking maximum 

advantage of FAR flexibilities, leveraging 

data and information technology as strategic 

assets, consulting with governance on how 

data is supposed to be used and displayed, 

and driving changes to agency-specific 

requirements. 

Initial projects. Initial projects will focus 

on electronic invoicing (e.g., Invoice 

Processing Platform (IPP) and G-Invoicing), 

and the collection of transactional pricing 

data. Additional and future Hi-Def projects to 

implement this policy will generally be 

identified through an annual strategic 

planning process, as described in section 3 of 

the Circular and this Appendix. 

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Arts Advisory Panel Meetings 

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Arts. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 

notice is hereby given that 25 meetings 

of the Arts Advisory Panel to the 

National Council on the Arts will be 

held by teleconference or 

videoconference. 

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Arts, Constitution Center, 400 7th St. 

SW, Washington, DC 20506. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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Date and time: December 1, 2023; 

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

Arts Education (review of 

applications): This meeting will be 

closed. 

Date and time: December 1, 2023; 

2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Presenting and Multidisciplinary 

Works (review of applications): This 

meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: December 5, 2023; 

12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

Musical Theater (review of 

applications): This meeting will be 

closed. 

Date and time: December 5, 2023; 

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Arts Education (review of 

applications): This meeting will be 

closed. 

Date and time: December 5, 2023; 

1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Presenting and Multidisciplinary 

Works (review of applications): This 

meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: December 5, 2023; 

3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Theater (review of applications): This 

meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: December 5, 2023; 

4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Our Town (review of applications): 

This meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: December 6, 2023; 

11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

Presenting and Multidisciplinary 

Works (review of applications): This 

meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: December 6, 2023; 

12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

Local Arts Agencies (review of 

applications): This meeting will be 

closed. 

Date and time: December 6, 2023; 

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Our Town (review of applications): 

This meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: December 6, 2023; 

2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Presenting and Multidisciplinary 

Works (review of applications): This 

meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: December 6, 2023; 

3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Our Town (review of applications): 

This meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: December 7, 2023; 

11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

Presenting and Multidisciplinary 

Works (review of applications): This 

meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: December 7, 2023; 

12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

Theater (review of applications): This 

meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: December 7, 2023; 

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Local Arts Agencies (review of 

applications): This meeting will be 

closed. 

Date and time: December 7, 2023; 

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Our Town (review of applications): 

This meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: December 7, 2023; 

2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Presenting and Multidisciplinary 

Works (review of applications): This 

meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: December 7, 2023; 

3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Local Arts Agencies (review of 

applications): This meeting will be 

closed. 

Date and time: December 7, 2023; 

3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

Museums (review of applications): 

This meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: December 12, 2023; 

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

Folk and Traditional Arts (review of 

applications): This meeting will be 

closed. 

Date and time: December 12, 2023; 

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Museums (review of applications): 

This meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: December 12, 2023; 

2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Museums (review of applications): 

This meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: December 13, 2023; 

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

Folk and Traditional Arts (review of 

applications): This meeting will be 

closed. 

Date and time: December 13, 2023; 

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Museums (review of applications): 

This meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: December 13, 2023; 

2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Dated: November 13, 2023. 

David Travis, 

Specialist, National Endowment for the Arts. 

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transaction of National Science Board 

business pursuant to the NSF Act and 

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TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, November 21, 

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PLACE: This meeting will be via 

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