Fiscal Year 2017 Digital Accountability and Transparency Act Reporting Compliance

The Chief Financial Officer, in coordination with the Chief, Procurement, and the National Taxpayer Advocate, should develop and implement policies and procedures that: 1) clarify the definition of DATA Act elements and associated data fields in the Procurement for Public Sector function (successor system to the IRS Integrated Procurement System), the Award Submission Portal, and the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation (FPDS-NG), 2) specify documentation that should be maintained in support of these elements in grant and contract files, and 3) provide mandatory training to all contracting officers and grant program staff to ensure understanding.

The Chief Financial Officer, in coordination with the Chief, Procurement, and the National Taxpayer Advocate, should enhance quality assurance procedures to improve the accuracy of the Data Act procurement and grant attribute information and provide additional assurance that contract and grant files contain current and appropriate documentation.