Foreign Assistance: Actions Needed to Improve Transparency and Quality of Data on ForeignAssistance.gov

Abstract

The overarching goal ofForeignAssistance.gov is to enable a variety of stakeholdersincluding U.S. citizens, civil society organizations, the U.S. Congress, federal agencies, partner countries, and other donorsto research and track U.S. government foreign assistance investments in an accessible and easily understood format. GAO was asked to review the collection and reporting ofForeignAssistance.gov data. GAO examined (1) States data collection and publishing process; (2) key impediments, if any, that agencies face in collecting and reporting data to State; and (3) the data published onForeignAssistance.gov. GAO reviewed agency documents, assessedForeignAssistance.gov data for completeness by comparing them to USAIDs Foreign Aid Explorer data on U.S. foreign assistance for fiscal year2014, and conducted semi structured interviews with the 22 agencies on their data collection and verification processes. GAO also interviewed OMB officials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1171910

Entities

People

  • David B. Gootnick

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Aid
  • Foreign Relations
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • International Organizations
  • Money
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Security
  • United States
  • United States Government
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Fields of Study

  • Political science

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  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Government and Public Administration Law.