DATA Act: Monitoring Implementation Progress

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
2 pm
https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/data-act-monitoring-implementation-p...

PURPOSE:

• To examine the Administration’s efforts to implement the DATA Act.
• To discuss actions taken by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) to respond to prior Government Accountability Office and Treasury Inspector General recommendations.

BACKGROUND:

• The DATA Act modernizes federal spending data by requiring agencies to report detailed, program level financial data in a data standard.
• The DATA Act directs OMB and Treasury to co-lead implementation efforts.
• While OMB and Treasury have made progress in implementing the law, concerns about completeness, timeliness, and effectiveness of these efforts have been raised.

INVITED WITNESSES:

Ms. Michelle Sager
Director, Strategic Issues
U.S. Government Accountability Office

The Honorable David Mader
Controller
Office of Federal Financial Management
The Office of Management and Budget

Mr. David A. Lebryk
Fiscal Assistant Secretary
U.S. Department of the Treasury

Mr. Michael Peckham
Executive Director, DATA Act Program Management Office
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services