[Senate Report 116-154]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Calendar No. 275
116th Congress } { Report
SENATE
1st Session } { 116-154
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TAXPAYERS RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT
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R E P O R T
of the
COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE
to accompany
S. 2177
TO PROVIDE TAXPAYERS WITH AN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF GOVERNMENT
PROGRAMS THROUGH THE DISCLOSURE OF COST, PERFORMANCE, AND AREAS OF
DUPLICATION AMONG THEM, LEVERAGE EXISTING DATA TO ACHIEVE A FUNCTIONAL
FEDERAL PROGRAM INVENTORY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]
October 28, 2019.--Ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
99-010 WASHINGTON: 2019
COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
RON JOHNSON, Wisconsin, Chairman
ROB PORTMAN, Ohio GARY C. PETERS, Michigan
RAND PAUL, Kentucky THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware
JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma MAGGIE HASSAN, New Hampshire
MITT ROMNEY, Utah KAMALA D. HARRIS, California
RICK SCOTT, Florida KYRSTEN SINEMA, Arizona
MICHAEL B. ENZI, Wyoming JACKY ROSEN, Nevada
JOSH HAWLEY, Missouri
Gabrielle D'Adamo Singer, Staff Director
Joseph C. Folio III, Chief Counsel
Patrick J. Bailey, Chief Counsel for Governmental Affairs
Daniel J. Spino, Professional Staff Member
David M. Weinberg, Minority Staff Director
Zachary I. Schram, Minority Chief Counsel
Michelle M. Benecke, Minority Senior Counsel
Yogin J. Kothari, Minority Professional Staff Member
Laura W. Kilbride, Chief Clerk
Calendar No. 275
116th Congress } { Report
SENATE
1st Session } { 116-154
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TAXPAYERS RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT
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October 28, 2019.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Johnson, from the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 2177]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs, to which was referred the bill (S. 2177) to provide
taxpayers with an improved understanding of Government programs
through the disclosure of cost, performance, and areas of
duplication among them, leverage existing data to achieve a
functional Federal program inventory, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with
amendments and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Summary..............................................1
II. Background and Need for the Legislation..........................2
III. Legislative History..............................................3
IV. Section-by-Section Analysis......................................5
V. Evaluation of Regulatory Impact..................................6
VI. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate........................6
VII. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported............8
I. Purpose and Summary
The purpose of S. 2177, the Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act, is
to provide the public with better and more useful information
on the breadth, cost, and performance of programs administered
by the Federal Government. It does so by redefining existing
requirements under the Government Performance and Results
Modernization Act that directs agencies to create, update, and
make public an inventory of their programs. Specifically, by
providing a uniform definition of the term ``program,'' that
leverages existing data, better detailing the information
agencies must provide, and requiring the inclusion of financial
and performance data about programs, S. 2177 will give the
American taxpayers a better sense of the programs they are
paying for and how those programs are performing.\1\
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\1\On May 1, 2017, the Committee approved S. 317, the Taxpayer
Right-to-Know Act of 2017. That bill is substantially similar to S.
2177, which has some modifications. Accordingly, this committee report
is in large part a reproduction of Chairman Johnson's committee report
for S. 317, S. Rep. No. 115-34 (2017).
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II. Background and the Need for Legislation
Over two decades ago, Congress passed the Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA) (P.L. 103-62). GPRA was
created with the credence that consistent and systemic
measurement and reporting on government programs and how they
are performing will help those programs be more efficient.\2\
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\2\See U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Government
Performance and Results Act, 1993 (S. 20), Together with Dissenting and
Separate Views, (103 S. Rpt. 103-58), p. 2. The Committee on
Governmental Affairs is the former name of this Committee.
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GPRA required agencies to better plan and budget for their
activities. It also required agencies to provide information
about that planning and budgeting for Congress to use when
considering changes to, or authorizing spending on, Federal
programs.\3\ GPRA implementation, combined with other statutory
efforts in the 1990s addressing long-standing management
problems,\4\ provided a framework for developing and
integrating information about agencies' strategic priorities,
the results-oriented performance goals that flow from those
priorities, performance data showing the level of achievement
of those goals, and the relationship of reliable and audited
financial information and information technology investments to
the achievement of those goals.\5\
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\3\31 U.S.C. Sec. 1101 note, P.L. 103-62 Sec. 2(a)(3) and
2(b)(5).
\4\This includes the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (P.L.
111-204), as amended by the Government Management Reform Act of 1994
(P.L. 103-356), and information technology reform legislation,
including the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-13) and the
Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-106).
\5\Government Accountability Office, Results-Oriented Government:
GPRA Has Established a Solid Foundation for Achieving Greater Results,
GAO 04-38, 25 (Mar. 10, 2004).
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GPRA led to some improvements in the Federal Government's
performance, but the implementation of GPRA highlighted a need
to refine the law's mandates. For example, in 2010, Congress
passed the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act
(GPRA Modernization Act).\6\ The GPRA Modernization Act
required the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to provide
government-wide priority goals, required increased frequency
and enhanced quality of agency reporting, and required improved
transparency of performance reporting.\7\ Additionally, the
GPRA Modernization Act required OMB to publish information
about programs identified by agencies.\8\ This last provision
required agencies to describe the purposes of programs meeting
OMB's inventory criteria, explain how those programs contribute
to the mission and goals of the agency, and report the amount
the program cost for the current and two previous fiscal
years.\9\
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\6\P.L. 111-352.
\7\31 U.S.C. Sec. 1115 (a)-(b), P.L. 111-352.
\8\31 U.S.C. Sec. 1122 (a).
\9\Id.
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The goal of the GPRA Modernization Act's program inventory
requirement was to facilitate coordination across agencies and
programs by making it easier for federal agencies and Congress
to find programs seeking to serve a shared goal. A program list
with detailed performance and financial information also has
the potential to assist Congress in comparing similar programs
across different agencies and assessing whether there is
duplication, overlap, fragmentation, or inefficiencies within
government programs. As the Government Accountability Office
(GAO) noted in its first annual report on duplication,
fragmentation, and overlap of Federal Government programs in
2010, ``needed information on program performance is not
readily available; the level of funding in agency budgets
devoted to overlapping or fragmented programs is not clear; and
the implementation costs that might be associated with program
consolidations or terminations, among other variables, are
difficult to predict.''\10\ Reviewing 44 duplicative
government-funded employment training programs in that same
report, GAO explained that ``the extent to which individuals
receive the same services from these programs is unknown due to
program data limitations.''\11\
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\10\Government Accountability Office, Opportunities to Reduce
Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and
Enhance Revenue, GAO-11-318SP (Washington, D.C.: March, 2011) p. 3.
\11\Id.
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The first program inventory was published in May 2013 on
www.performance.gov, a website established by OMB.\12\ GAO
immediately expressed concern that the program inventory did
not meet the requirements of the GPRA Modernization Act and
that the inventory therefore would not enable Congress to
compare similar programs government-wide. In testimony before
this Committee, the Comptroller General of the United States
Gene Dodaro reported that GAO's preliminary review of the
inventory yielded concerns about the usefulness of the
information being developed and the extent to which it would
assist executive branch and congressional efforts to identify
and address fragmentation, overlap, and duplication.\13\ Among
the problems identified by GAO was OMB's guidance for
developing the inventories, which allowed agencies flexibility
to define their programs in various ways, including by
outcomes, customers, products/services, organization structure,
and budget structure. As a result, agencies--and even the
components within an agency--took different approaches to
defining their programs. The resulting variation limited
comparability among similar programs. Additionally, Federal
budget and cost information was not available for all programs.
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\12\Office of Management and Budget, OMB Circular No. A-11, Section
280--Federal Program Inventory (2014), available at https://
obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/
a11_current_year/s280.pdf.
\13\Statement of Gene Dodaro (Comptroller General of the United
States), Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs, Management Matters: Creating a 21st Century
Government, GAO-14-436T, 7 (Mar. 12, 2014).
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Instead of requiring OMB to provide agencies with guidance
on how to define a program for the purposes of the program
inventory, S. 2177 defines the term ``program,'' thereby
providing for uniform reporting. The bill also requires
agencies to identify and publish the specific statute
authorizing each program and any major regulations specific to
the program, and to provide links to any evaluation,
assessment, or program performance reviews by the agency, an
Inspector General, or the GAO for the preceding five years. For
any program that provides grants or other financial assistance
to individuals or entities, agencies are also required, to the
extent practicable, to provide relevant information about the
financial assistance listings such as the population intended
to be served, results of the awards including direct and
indirect recipients, and the percentage of the award used for
management and administration.
In addition to having a defined program list, the Committee
believes it is important for Congress and the public to have a
link to the program's performance information with its
financial information. To that end, the bill builds upon the
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA),
which was authored by Senators Tom Coburn and Barack Obama and
signed into law in 2006 by President George W. Bush. This
legislation fundamentally changed the way that Federal spending
is reported to the public,\14\ an effort that was supplemented
by the 2014 Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA
Act).\15\ The DATA Act requires the Federal Government to
increase the availability, accuracy, and usefulness of online
information regarding Federal spending. Specifically, it
requires Federal agencies to publish spending information
online to cover virtually all forms of government spending,
mandates that the information appear in a form that is both
easily searchable and downloadable, and makes uniform the
manner in which agencies provide such data for online posting.
The Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act would require that program
inventories also include, to the extent available, financial
information for each object class required to be reported under
the DATA Act. When fully enacted, the Taxpayers Right-to-Know
Act will result in detailed financial and performance
information for most Federal programs, all in one place.
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\14\31 U.S.C. Sec. 6101 note, Pub. L. No. 109-282.
\15\31 U.S.C. Sec. 6101, Pub. L. No 113-101.
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The Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act was first introduced by
former Senator Tom Coburn and then-Representative James
Lankford in 2011 to ensure that future program inventories will
reflect what this Committee and Congress envisioned when GPRA
Modernization was passed.\16\ Senator Lankford introduced a
similar version of the bill in 2015 and in each subsequent
Congress, and although it has passed the House twice, it has
never received full consideration in the Senate.
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\16\S. 1957 (112th Congress).
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III. Legislative History
S. 2177 was introduced on July 18, 2019, by Senators James
Lankford (R-OK), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Kyrsten Sinema
(D-AZ), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Michael Enzi (R-
WY), Rand Paul (R-KY), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Jon Tester (D-
MT). Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) joined as a cosponsor on July
22, 2019.
The bill was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs. The Committee considered S. 2177 at a
business meeting on July 24, 2019. S. 2177 passed by voice vote
en bloc with Senators Johnson, Portman, Paul, Lankford, Romney,
Scott, Enzi, Hawley, Peters, Carper, Hassan, Sinema, and Rosen
present. Consistent with Committee rules, the Committee reports
the bill with a technical amendment.
IV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Bill, as Reported
Section 1. Short title
This section establishes short title of the bill as the
``Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act.''
Section 2. Inventory of government programs
This section provides definitions of ``Federal financial
assistance,'' ``open Government data asset,'' ``program,'' and
``program activity.'' It further directs the OMB Director to
publish a program inventory that uses these definitions to
include financial information about programs such as the
amounts appropriated, obligated, and outlayed for each program
activity in the current and previous two fiscal years. The
inventory must also link to any evaluations, assessments, or
performance reviews conducted by GAO, an inspector general, or
the agency on the programs. Each program activity listed on the
inventory must also include the authorizing statute, or
creating authority, and any major regulations specific to the
program activity. The section also provides flexibility for the
Director to include other information deemed necessary to
increase transparency or accountability of federal programs.
Any program activity involving Federal financial assistance
must include information about the populations served by the
assistance, and to the extent practicable, any results from the
provision of the assistance, the percentage of the assistance
that is used for management and administration, and direct and
indirect recipients of the assistance. The section ensures any
information on financial assistance complies with existing law
and protections relating to personally identifiable
information. The section also directs the program inventory be
updated annually and ensures information collected is
successfully archived for future use.
Section 3. Guidance, implementation, reporting, and review
This section requires OMB and GAO to report to Congress on
the implementation of this bill, and its effectiveness in
assessing the Federal Government's investments in various
programs.
Subsection (a) defines the terms ``Director,'' ``program,''
and ``program activity.''
Subsection (b) requires the OMB Director to submit a report
to Congress that includes a plan for how to make program
inventory and activity information available on the website,
how any gaps in data will be addressed, how the data will be
displayed, and how the information collected will be expanded
to incorporate the program activity information required under
section 2 of this bill. Subsection (b) also requires this
report by the OMB Director to detail a pilot program for
developing and implementing a functional program inventory and
to establish a timeline for implementing the requirements of
this bill. The report must also include recommendations for
Congress to reconcile conflicting definitions of the term
``program'' in relevant Federal statutes.
Subsection (c) mandates the OMB Director to publish online
all the information required by this bill within three years of
enactment of the bill. The OMB Director may extend this
deadline by no more than one year if justified by a cost
analysis of the implementation. The OMB Director must first
notify Congress before extending this deadline.
Subsection (d) requires GAO to conduct a review of and
submit a report to Congress on the implementation of this bill
within two years after the OMB Director publishes online the
information required under this bill. This review must address
how the OMB Director and agencies determine how to aggregate,
disaggregate, and consolidate program activities for the
purpose of a most useful program inventory of Government
investments; evaluate the extent to which the program inventory
provides useful information for transparency, decision-making,
and oversight and provides a coherent picture of the scope of
Federal investments in certain areas; and any recommendations
for improving implementation of this bill.
Section 4. Technical and conforming amendments
This section provides technical amendments to sections
1112, 1115, 1120, 1126, and 3512 of title 31 to provide the OMB
Director with flexibility to place the program inventory on a
website where other data already exists.
V. Evaluation of Regulatory Impact
Pursuant to the requirements of paragraph 11(b) of rule
XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee has
considered the regulatory impact of this bill and determined
that the bill will have no regulatory impact within the meaning
of the rules. The Committee agrees with the Congressional
Budget Office's statement that the bill contains no
intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would impose no costs
on state, local, or tribal governments.
VI. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimates
U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, October 23, 2019.
Hon. Ron Johnson,
Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S.
Senate, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for S. 2177, the Taxpayers
Right-To-Know Act.
If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Matthew
Pickford.
Sincerely,
Phillip L. Swagel,
Director.
Enclosure.
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S. 2177 would change how information about federal programs
is provided online. The legislation would require that specific
information about each program administered by a federal agency
be available to the public on a website operated by the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB). That information would include:
Expenditure data for three fiscal years,
Any performance reviews of the program,
Statutes authorizing the program,
Major regulations related to the program,
and
Any federal assistance provided by the
program.
Under S. 2177, OMB would have 180 days to develop an
initial plan and begin a pilot program to post the necessary
information; OMB would need to implement the entire program
within four years of enactment. The Government Accountability
Office would report to the Congress on the program's
implementation and all posted information would be archived by
OMB.
Under current law, agencies regularly produce information
on program management, budgets, strategic plans, and annual
performance. For example, USASpending.gov links to
Congressional budget justifications for many federal agencies.
The Government Performance and Results Act requires agencies to
describe every program they administer to the public and the
Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 requires
agencies to make information on all federal spending accessible
and transparent to the public.
Although much of the information required by S. 2177 is
already available to the public, including in documents such as
Congressional budget justifications, they are not collected on
a comprehensive website. CBO expects that OMB would initially
spend about $2 million over three years for a pilot program to
analyze the data that is currently available and to determine
what additional data would be needed to implement the bill. In
addition, CBO expects that OMB would mostly rely on existing
information sources to meet the requirements of S. 2177. At the
conclusion of the pilot program CBO estimates that it would
cost $8 million over the 2023-2024 period for administrative
expenses to develop a website that links all federal programs
to existing online information, including such sites as
USASpending.gov, Acquisition.gov, Grants.gov,
DisasterAssistance.gov, and Regulations.gov. Additional costs
would cover employees to run and maintain the website,
contractor support, and support from staff at all federal
agencies. If OMB determined that significant additional data
needed to be collected from agencies to develop the proposed
website, the cost to implement S. 2177 would be larger.
The costs of the legislation, detailed in Table 1, fall
within budget function 800 (general government).
Table 1.--ESTIMATED INCREASES IN SPENDING SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION UNDER S. 2177
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By fiscal year, millions of dollars--
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2020-
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2024
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Estimated Authorization................................. * * 1 4 5 10
Estimated Outlays....................................... * * 1 4 5 10
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* = between zero and $500,000.
Enacting S. 2177 could affect direct spending by some
agencies that are allowed to use fees, receipts from the sale
of goods, and other collections to cover operating costs. CBO
estimates that any net changes in direct spending by those
agencies would be negligible because most of them can adjust
amounts collected to reflect changes in operating costs.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Matthew
Pickford. The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss,
Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.
VII. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported
In compliance with paragraph 12 of rule XXVI of the
Standing Rules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows: (existing law
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in brackets, new matter is
printed in italic, and existing law in which no change is
proposed is shown in roman):
UNITED STATES CODE
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TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
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Subtitle II--The Budget Process
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CHAPTER 11--THE BUDGET AND FISCAL, BUDGET, AND PROGRAM INFORMATION
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SEC. 1115. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY PERFORMANCE PLANS.
(a) Federal Government Performance Plans.--In carrying out
the provisions of section 1105(a)(28), the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall coordinate with agencies
to develop the Federal Government performance plan. In addition
to the submission of such plan with each budget of the United
States Government, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall ensure that all information required by this
subsection is concurrently made available on [the website
provided under] a website described in section 1122 and updated
periodically, but no less than annually. The Federal Government
performance plan shall--
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Format of Performance Plans and Reports
Pub. L. 111-352, Sec. 10, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3880,
provided that:
(a) Searchable, Machine Readable Plans and Reports.--For
fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter, each agency
required to produce strategic plans, performance plans, and
performance updates in accordance with the amendments made by
this Act (see Short Title of 2011 Amendment note set out under
section 1101 of this title) shall--
(1) not incur expenses for the printing of strategic
plans, performance plans, and performance reports for
release external to the agency, except when providing
such documents to the Congress;
(2) produce such plans and reports in searchable,
machine-readable formats; and
(3) make such plans and reports available on [the
website described under] a website described in section
1122 of title 31, United States Code.
(b) Web Based Performance Planning and Reporting.--
(1) In general.--Not later than June 1, 2012, the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
issue guidance to agencies to provide concise and
timely performance information for publication on [the
website described under] a website described in section
1122 of title 31, United States Code, including, at a
minimum, all requirements of sections 1115 and 1116 of
title 31, United States Code, except for section
1115(e).
(2) * * *
(3) Considerations.--In developing guidance under
this subsection, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall take into consideration the
experiences of agencies in making consolidated
performance planning and reporting information
available on [the website as required under] a website
described in section 1122 of title 31, United States
Code.
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SEC. 1120. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY PRIORITY GOALS.
(a) Federal Government Priority Goals.--
(1) * * *
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(5) The Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall make information about the Federal
Government priority goals available on [the website
described under] a website described in section 1122 of
this title.
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SEC. 1122. TRANSPARENCY OF PROGRAMS, PRIORITY GOALS, AND RESULTS.
(a) Transparency of Agency Programs.--
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(1) Definitions._For purposes of this subsection--
(A) the term ``Federal financial assistance''
has the meaning given that term under section
7501;
(B) the term ``open Government data asset''
has the meaning given that term under section
3502 of title 44;
(C) the term ``program'' means a single
program activity or an organized set of
aggregated, disaggregated, or consolidated
program activities by 1 or more agencies
directed toward a common purpose or goal; and
(D) the term ``program activity'' has the
meaning given that term in section 1115(h).
[(1) In general.--Not later than October 1, 2012, the
Office of Management and Budget shall] (2) Website and
Program Inventory._The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall--
(A) ensure the effective operation of a
single website that includes the information
required under subsections (b) and (c);
[(B) at a minimum, update the website on a
quarterly basis; and] (B) include on the
website described in subparagraph (A), or
another appropriate Federal Government website
where related information is made available, as
determined by the Director--
(i) a program inventory that shall
identify each program; and
(ii) for each program identified in
the program inventory, the information
required under paragraph (3);
[(C) include on the website information about
each program identified by the agencies.] (C)
make the information in the program inventory
required under subparagraph (B) available as an
open Government data asset; and
(D) at a minimum--
(i) update the information required
to be included on the single website
under subparagraph (A) on a quarterly
basis; and
(ii) update the program inventory
required under subparagraph (B) on an
annual basis.
[(2)](3) Information.--Information for each program
[described under paragraph (1) shall include]
identified in the program inventory required under
paragraph (2)(B) shall include, for each program
activity that is a part of a program--
[(A) an identification of how the agency
defines the term ``program'', consistent with
guidance provided by the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget, including the program
activities that are aggregated, disaggregated,
or consolidated to be considered a program by
the agency;]
[(B)](A) a description of the purposes of the
[program] program activity and the contribution
of the [program] program activity to the
mission and goals of the agency; [and]
(B) a consolidated view from the current
fiscal year and each of the 2 fiscal years
before the current fiscal year of--
(i) the amount appropriated;
(ii) the amount obligated; and
(iii) the amount outlayed;
[(C) an identification of funding for the
current fiscal year and previous 2 fiscal
years.] (C) to the extent practicable and
permitted by law, links to any related
evaluation, assessment, or program performance
review by the agency, an inspector general, or
the Government Accountability Office (including
program performance reports required under
section 1116), and other related evidence
assembled in response to implementation of the
Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act
of 2018 (Public Law 115-435; 132 Stat. 5529);
(D) an identification of the statutes that
authorize the program activity or the authority
under which the program activity was created or
operates;
(E) an identification of an major regulations
specific to the program activity;
(F) any other information that the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget
determines relevant relating to program
activity data in priority areas most relevant
to Congress or the public to increase
transparency and accountability; and
(G) for assistance listings under which
Federal financial assistance is provided, for
the current fiscal year and each of the 2
fiscal years before the current fiscal year and
consistent with existing law relating to the
protection of personally identifiable
information--
(i) a linkage to the relevant program
activities that fund Federal financial
assistance by assistance listing;
(ii) information on the population
intended to be served by the assistance
listing based on the language of the
solicitation, as required under section
6102;
(iii) to the extent practicable based
on data reported to the agency
providing the Federal financial
assistance, the results of the Federal
financial assistance awards provided by
assistance listing;
(iv) to the extent practicable, the
percentage of the amount appropriated
for the assistance listing that is used
for management and administration;
(v) the identification of each award
of Federal financial assistance and, to
the extent practicable, the name of
each direct or indirect recipient of
the award; and
(vi) any information relating to the
award of Federal financial assistance
that is required to be included on the
website established under section 2(b)
of the Federal Funding Accountability
and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C.
6101 note).
(4) Archiving._The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall--
(A) archive and preserve the information
included in the program inventory required
under paragraph (2)(B) after the end of the
period during which such information is
required to be made available under paragraph
(3); and
(B) make information archived in accordance
with subparagraph (A) available for research
via an archiving process that results in self-
service of data access.
(b) Transparency of Agency Priority Goals and Results.--The
head of each agency required to develop agency priority goals
shall make information about each agency priority goal
available to the Office of Management and Budget for
publication on the website described in subsection (a)(2)(A),
with the exception of any information covered by section
1120(b)(2) of this title. In addition to an identification of
each agency priority goal, the website described in subsection
(a)(2)(A) shall also consolidate information about each agency
priority goal, including--
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(c) Transparency of Federal Government Priority Goals and
Results.--The Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall also make available on the website described in
subsection (a)(2)(A)--
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(d) Information [on Website].--The information made
available [on the website] under this section shall be readily
accessible and easily found on the Internet by the public and
members and committees of Congress. Such information shall also
be presented in a searchable, machine-readable format. The
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue
guidance to ensure that such information is provided in a way
that presents a coherent picture of all Federal programs, and
the performance of the Federal Government as well as individual
agencies.
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SEC. 1126. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT OFFICERS AND PROGRAM
MANAGEMENT POLICY COUNCIL.
(a) * * *
(b) Program Management Policy Council.--
(1) * * *
(2) Purpose and Functions.--The Council shall act as
the principal interagency forum for improving agency
practices related to program and project management.
The Council shall--
(A) * * *
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(E) review the information published on [the
website of the Office of Management and Budget
pursuant to] a website described in section
1122.
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Subtitle III--Financial Management
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CHAPTER 35--ACCOUNTING AND COLLECTION
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Subchapter II--Accounting Requirements, Systems, and Information
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SEC. 3512. EXECUTIVE AGENCY ACCOUNTING AND OTHER FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
REPORTS AND PLANS.
(a)
(1) The Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall prepare and submit to the appropriate
committees of the Congress and make available on [the
website described under] a website described in section
1122 a financial management status report and a
government-wide 5-year financial management plan.
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