“The DATA Act, if it passes this year as we expect it to, will start to fix this problem within the federal financial management domain; we have plans to pursue additional legislation in other domains”, said Hollister.
The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA) — which seeks to simplify and increase transparency for federal government spending data — was first introduced to both both chambers of Congress in 2011. A revised version of the bill was reintroduced in the Senate in late 2012.
In a January blog post, Hollister said that believed that the bill would again be reintroduced and passed this year.
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