FEDERAL DATA TRANSPARENCY: Effective Implementation of the DATA Act Would Help Address Government-wide Management Challenges and Improve Oversight

Abstract

GAOs prior work on federal data transparency has found persistent challenges related to the quality and completeness of the spending data agencies report to USAspending.gov. For example, GAO reported in June 2014 that roughly $619 billion in assistance awards were not properly reported. In addition, few reported awardsbetween 2 and 7 percentcontained information that was fully consistent with agency records for all 21 data elements GAO examined. GAOs work also found that a lack of government-wide data standards limits the ability to measure the cost and magnitude of federal investments and hampers efforts to share data across agencies to improve decision-making and oversight.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 03, 2014
Accession Number
AD1174068

Entities

People

  • Eugene Louis Dodaro

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Federal Budgets
  • Financial Management
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • President (United States)
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • Social Media
  • Social Networking Services
  • Supply Chain Management
  • United States
  • United States Government

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  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.