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House approves DATA Act

The House approved April 25 by voice vote a bill that would require federal contractors and grant recipients to report quarterly their receipt and use of federal dollars. The bill states that reporting should to the extent possible incorporate existing standards, "such as the eXtensible Business Reporting Language," known as XBRL.

Wood: Recovery Board lessons learned can enhance governmentwide accountability

The recently-launched Government Accountability and Transparency Board--a follow-on to the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, which is scheduled to sunset in September 2013--should heed

CBO: DATA Act would cost $575M

Legislation sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) called the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act would cost the government $575 million to implement over 5 years, says the Congressional...

Agency financial reporting too reliant on manual processes, says Issa

Financial reporting at federal agencies is still too reliant on manual processes, said Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) in a statement from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which he

House committee approves DATA Act

A bill that would institutionalize a board with subpoena power and oversight over all federal spending took another step closer toward realization June 22 with passage through the House Oversight and

Permanent Recovery Board not the road to greater transparency and oversight

A law to increase the transparency of federal spending should be a good thing. Unfortunately, bills proposed by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) to effectively

DATA Act aims to institutionalize Recovery Board

Bills in the House and Senate would make a Recovery Board-like entity a permanent fixture of the Washington, D.C. landscape. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) introduced June 16 companion legislation to