The DATA Act

The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act) is the law establishing federal standards for financial data and a new reporting process for agencies to improve data quality, transparency, and accountability

History

The DATA Act became Public Law 113-101 on May 9, 2014.

• Congress.gov Bill
• Public Law 113-101 PDF

For more information, see the History of the DATA Act

Execution

The result is an ongoing partnership between the federal community and external stakeholders to create a standard data model and a publicly accessible and searchable website: USAspending.gov.

Today, more than 100 federal agencies submit financial data to USAspending.gov on a monthly basis, and thousands of public users visit the site every day to access data via visualizations, downloads, and open APIs.

For how the DATA Act and USASpending.gov are managed, visit the Data Act Workflow.