Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act : Background, Overview, and Implementation Issues.

Discusses the background of P.L. 109-282, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, to direct OMB to create and maintain a single comprehensive searchable website including information on all Federal grants, contracts, and other funding awarded to public and private organizati...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Public contracts. Government information. Expenditures, Public. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Discusses the background of P.L. 109-282, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, to direct OMB to create and maintain a single comprehensive searchable website including information on all Federal grants, contracts, and other funding awarded to public and private organizations. Compares provisions of P.L. 109-282 to similar H.R. 5060, and examines types of assistance included in the database, the primary sources of the data, and deadlines for implementation. Identifies several issues that have been raised regarding implementation of the Act.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.