Late last week, the Senate passed the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act by unanimous consent.

The DATA Act, sponsored by Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), would bring much-needed updating to USASpending.gov, the website that tracks grants and contracts between the federal government and other parties. The legislation would require government-wide financial data to be searchable and downloadable, to include unique identifiers for federal awards and contractors, and to include payment information.

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The Center for Responsive Politics is part of a coalition that urges consideration and passage of this bill. A version of the DATA Act, H.R. 2061, passed the House last November. Now that the bill has cleared both chambers, we hope the two bills can be reconciled quickly and the final product sent to the president.



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