Spending Transparency

Commentary: Issa Releases New Spending Transparency Bill

On June 13, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Darrell Issa (R-CA) introduced a bill to revamp federal spending transparency. The new bill, called the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act), would create a new board to oversee spending transparency, as well as implement full multi-tier recipient reporting. While the bill is a welcome effort to improve federal spending transparency, it still lacks some key details, contains a few worrisome provisions, and does not go far enough in broadening transparency in federal spending.

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Stiff Cuts to E-Government in Compromise CR

Apr 12, 2011 by Gavin Baker

The details of the compromise continuing resolution (CR) agreed to late last Friday, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown, have been released. While more analysis is forthcoming, at this point we can say that the CR doesn't look good for e-government.

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Government Launches New Tool to Improve Transparency of Foreign Aid Spending

Dec 16, 2010 by Gavin Baker

Today, the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the Foreign Assistance Dashboard, a new tool to shed light on U.S. foreign aid spending.

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Another Assessment Finds U.S. Among Least Transparent of Foreign Aid Donors

Oct 26, 2010 by Gavin Baker

A new international study ranks the U.S. 25th out of 30 donors in the transparency of its foreign aid spending.

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International Comparison Ranks U.S. Well on Budget Transparency

Oct 19, 2010 by Gavin Baker

A new international comparison of budget transparency ranks the U.S. among the world's leaders, but highlights some areas for improvement.

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U.S. Scores Poorly on Transparency of Foreign Aid Spending

Oct 7, 2010 by Gavin Baker

A new comparative study of development aid finds the U.S. among the least transparent of the world's donors.

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Golden Opportunity for Transparency at UN Development Summit

Sep 17, 2010 by Gavin Baker

Yesterday, OMB Watch delivered a letter to President Obama calling for greater transparency in U.S. foreign aid. The letter asks the U.S. government to publicly commit to aid transparency at next week's UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

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Why Doesn't Federal Spending Add Up?

Sep 9, 2010 by Gavin Baker

A new report by the Sunlight Foundation found widespread errors in USASpending.gov data.

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Advocates Call for Transparency in Development Aid

Aug 24, 2010 by Gavin Baker

Experts from around the world are meeting this week in London to advocate for transparency in development efforts. The Conference on Transparency, Free Flow of Information and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is being held in advance of next month's UN Summit to review progress toward the Goals.

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EPA is First Agency Heard on Spending Data Quality

On May 18, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) became the first agency to release its plan to ensure that federal spending information from the agency is current and of high quality. While the plan details the agency’s current quality procedures, it seems lacking in several areas. Data quality plans for federal spending information were mandated by the Open Government Directive (OGD), but most have not been made public.

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