DATA Act
GREAT Act gets another chance in 2019
The open data taxonomy bill is back after time ran out on it in the Senate in the 115th Congress.
GAO on USASpending.gov: It’s good, but it could be better
A new report measures the site against five "key practices" for true transparency in government data.
Bulk of agencies’ spending data doesn’t fit the DATA Act’s requirements, GAO says
The report found only six of the 24 CFO Act agencies were able to supply “complete, timely, accurate or of quality,” information as part of the DATA Act.
GREAT Act proponents hope for ‘organic’ grants transformation
Data standardization could make the grants process more transparent, but there are still a lot of details for agencies to sort through.
Fiscal Service launches new data visualization site based on USAspending.gov
Data Lab aims to provide a comfortable point of entry to USAspending.gov's wealth of government expenditure data.
Treasury launches a new era for federal spending data
The Center for Open Data Enterprise has published a report on key takeaways from its recent Roundtable on Innovating with Federal Spending Data.
