3.0.0 6411 2019-11-15T21:12:24Z 2019-11-15T21:12:24Z House H HR 2008-06-26 110 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee Referred to 2008-07-28T19:50:09Z Referred to 2008-06-26T14:04:25Z Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008 110 3077 S 2008-06-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2008-07-28 hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Committee 2008-06-26 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2008-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 5 N S001143 Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] MARK SOUDER R IN EDWARD 3 2008-06-26 True C001049 Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] WM. CLAY D MO LACY 1 2008-06-26 True T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2008-06-26 True F000450 Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] Virginia Foxx R NC 5 2008-06-26 True S000275 Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] JOHN SHADEGG R AZ 3 2008-06-26 True W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 30 2008-06-26 True S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2008-07-14 False K000366 Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22] Ron Klein D FL 22 2008-07-14 False B001149 Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5] DAN BURTON R IN 5 2008-07-22 False D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 2008-07-31 False S001174 Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13] Betty Sutton D OH 13 2008-09-09 False M001167 Rep. Mitchell, Harry E. [D-AZ-5] Harry Mitchell D AZ E. 5 2008-09-16 False F000444 Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 6 2008-10-02 False Economics and Public Finance Collection of accounts Commerce Crime and Law Enforcement Data banks Due process of law Ex-offenders Executives Federal aid programs Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government lending Government paperwork Government procurement Government publicity Identification devices Income tax Internet Law Leases Liens Office of Management and Budget Performance measurement Profit Science, Technology, Communications Subcontractors Tax returns Taxation Web sites Economics and Public Finance 00 2008-06-26 Introduced in House 2008-09-12T18:33:59Z Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 with respect to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) searchable database website. Requires the website to allow the public to search programmatically and access all data in a serialized machine readable format (such as XML) via a web-services application programming interface.

Specifies additional information on federal awards the website must include by certain deadlines.

Requires the website to present information about federal awards and their recipients in ways that meet the needs of users with different levels of understanding about government spending and abilities using searching websites.

Sets forth requirements of the Director of OMB to add specified data quality enhancements to the website.

Requires the Director to ensure that the unique identifier used to link information on the website is also used to link information about performance of individual contractors and recipients of financial assistance starting with awards given in FY2008.

Requires the chief executive officer of an award recipient to certify whether the entity has: (1) filed all federal tax returns required during the preceding five years; (2) been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code; and (3) an outstanding debt under the Code for which a notice of lien has been publicly filed that is not being paid in a timely manner, or for which a collection due process hearing or relief is requested or pending.

Requires the Director to: (1) develop certification forms; (2) ensure that each agency providing federal awards complies with tax compliance requirements; and (3) ensure that the website contains such certified information.

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