3.0.0 2392 2023-01-11T13:18:32Z 2023-01-11T13:18:32Z House H HR 2009-05-13 111 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Reported by 2009-07-30T23:21:51Z Markup by 2009-06-04T13:17:07Z Referred to 2009-05-13T14:03:42Z H. Rept. 111-239 2009-07-30 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 133. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00133 2009-07-30 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government. H. Rept. 111-239. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2009-07-30 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government. H. Rept. 111-239. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2009-06-04 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2009-06-04 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2009-05-13 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2009-05-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] DARRELL ISSA R CA E. 49 N T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2009-06-04 False 2009-07-14T04:00:00Z H.R. 2392, Government Information Transparency Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/20937 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on June 4, 2009</p> 2009-07-14T04:00:00Z H.R. 2392, Government Information Transparency Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20937 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on June 4, 2009 Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditing Administrative law and regulatory procedures Business records Congressional oversight Government information and archives Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Government Operations and Politics 00 2009-05-13 Introduced in House 2009-08-19T18:00:39Z Government Information Transparency Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), acting through the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, to prepare and disseminate to executive agencies guidance documents regarding best practices to: (1) provide for the federal government to standardize the collection, analysis, and dissemination of business and financial information regarding business activities of companies through the use of a single data standard known as eXtensible Business Reporting Language; (2) require the use of that standard to establish common definitions and structures that will maximize the comparability and interoperability of data collected and held by such agencies; and (3) provide for continued upgrading and maintenance of such common definitions and structures to remain current and of maximum utility as technologies and industry- or agency-specific content evolve.

Requires each agency head to: (1) establish procedures for accomplishing such purposes; and (2) ensure that the information collected under the standard is accessible to the public to the extent permitted by law.

Requires the Director to report to specified committees annually on the status of implementation of this Act.

]]> 17 2009-07-30 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2009-11-10T15:30:24Z Government Information Transparency Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to adopt a single data standard for: (1) collection, analysis, and dissemination of business and financial information for use by private sector entities in accordance with this Act for information required to be reported to the federal government; and (2) use by agencies for federal financial information.

Requires the standard to: (1) be common across all agencies; (2) be a widely accepted, open source, nonproprietary, searchable, computer-readable format for business and financial data; (3) be consistent with and implement U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for federal financial accounting standards, industry best practices, and federal regulatory requirements; (4) improve the transparency, consistency, and usability of business and financial information; and (5) be capable of being continually upgraded.

Requires the Director: (1) within 180 days, to issue guidance to agencies on the use and implementation of the single data standard for information required to be reported to agencies by the private sector; (2) within one year, to develop the single data standard required for use by federal agencies for federal financial information; and (3) within 18 months, to issue guidance to agencies on the use and implementation of the single data standard.

Directs each agency head to ensure that information collected using the single data standard is accessible to the general public.

Requires the Director, within one year, to submit to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs a report on the status of the implementation of this Act.

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