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31 U.S.C. § 6
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.
“(a)Inspector General Reports.—“(1)In general.—In accordance with paragraph (2), the Inspector General of each Federal agency, in consultation with the Comptroller General of the United States, shall—“(A) review a statistically valid sampling of the spending data submitted under this Act by the Federal agency; and“(B) submit to Congress and make publically available a report assessing the completeness, timeliness, quality, and accuracy of the data sampled and the implementation and use of data standards by the Federal agency.“(2)Deadlines.—“(A)First report.—Not later than 18 months after the date on which the Director and the Secretary issue guidance to Federal agencies under section 4(c)(1), the Inspector General of each Federal agency shall submit and make publically available a report as described in paragraph (1).“(B)Subsequent reports.—On the same date as the Inspector General of each Federal agency submits the second and fourth reports under sections 3521(f) and 9105(a)(3) of title 31, United States Code, that are submitted after the report under subparagraph (A), the Inspector General shall submit and make publically available a report as described in paragraph (1). The report submitted under this subparagraph may be submitted as a part of the report submitted under section 3521(f) or 9105(a)(3) of title 31, United States Code.“(b)Comptroller General Reports.—“(1)In general.—In accordance with paragraph (2) and after a review of the reports submitted under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress and make publically available a report assessing and comparing the data completeness, timeliness, quality, and accuracy of the data submitted under this Act by Federal agencies and the implementation and use of data standards by Federal agencies.“(2)Deadlines.—Not later than 30 months after the date on which the Director and the Secretary issue guidance to Federal agencies under section 4(c)(1), and every 2 years thereafter until the date that is 4 years after the date on which the first report is submitted under this subsection, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit and make publically available a report as described in paragraph (1).“(c)Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board Data Analysis Center.—“(1)In general.—The Secretary may establish a data analysis center or expand an existing service to provide data, analytic tools, and data management techniques to support—“(A) the prevention and reduction of improper payments by Federal agencies; and“(B) improving efficiency and transparency in Federal spending.“(2)Data availability.—The Secretary shall enter into memoranda of understanding with Federal agencies, including Inspectors General and Federal law enforcement agencies—“(A) under which the Secretary may provide data from the data analysis center for—“(i) the purposes set forth under paragraph (1);“(ii) the identification, prevention, and reduction of waste, fraud, and abuse relating to Federal spending; and“(iii) use in the conduct of criminal and other investigations; and“(B) which may require the Federal agency, Inspector General, or Federal law enforcement agency to provide reimbursement to the Secretary for the reasonable cost of carrying out the agreement.“(3)Transfer.—Upon the establishment of a data analysis center or the expansion of a service under paragraph (1), and on or before the date on which the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board terminates, and in addition to any other transfer that the Director determines is necessary under section 1531 of title 31, United States Code, there are transferred to the Department of the Treasury all assets identified by the Secretary that support the operations and activities of the Recovery Operations Center of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board relating to the detection of waste, fraud, and abuse in the use of Federal funds that are in existence on the day before the transfer.
Notes of Decisions
Application of the Russell Amendment to Advisory Committees (OLC 1979).
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