From: Nextgov
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The new data standards — a key part of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, or DATA Act — also aim to make it easier for the public and good-government groups to track federal dollars.
The Office of Management and Budget and the Treasury Department first introduced standardized definitions for 57 different data elements as part of preliminary guidance issued to agencies in May. The standards were finalized Aug. 31, “following a robust engagement with stakeholders,” according to a new blog post from David Mader, the controller of the Office of Federal Financial Management, and David Lebryk, commissioner of Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service.
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