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Time for Agency Data Quality Plans Comes and Goes with Little to Show
Posted 06-01-2010 at 03:43 PM by webixi
Time for Agency Data Quality Plans Comes and Goes with Little to Show
The Open Government Directive (OGD) issued on December 8, 2009 included a mandate that all agencies create a data quality plan that enhanced the transparency of how agencies spend federal funds. Two weeks ago, these plans were supposed to be finalized and released to the public but so far we can only find one agency’s plan.
On Feb. 8, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Deputy Director Jeff Zients issued a memo outlining a timeline for public release as well as what information should be contained in the data quality plans. Data quality plans were due to OMB by April 14. OMB was to work with agencies to improve their plans and finalize them by May 14.
The OGD required that agencies to be accountable for the quality of federal spending information that is publicly disseminated through public venues such as USASpending.gov and similar websites. The plans were to address problems agencies currently encounter with this information. These include duplicate data, missing data and transactions, inaccurate data, and untimely data.
Now, two-weeks after the finalization date, the only plan we have been able to find is that created by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA’s plan is a good review of what the agency current does to ensure data quality. However, the plan leaves much to be desired and we hope that it is not a sign of things to expect from other agencies.
Read more:
http://www.ombwatch.org/node/11035
The Open Government Directive (OGD) issued on December 8, 2009 included a mandate that all agencies create a data quality plan that enhanced the transparency of how agencies spend federal funds. Two weeks ago, these plans were supposed to be finalized and released to the public but so far we can only find one agency’s plan.
On Feb. 8, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Deputy Director Jeff Zients issued a memo outlining a timeline for public release as well as what information should be contained in the data quality plans. Data quality plans were due to OMB by April 14. OMB was to work with agencies to improve their plans and finalize them by May 14.
The OGD required that agencies to be accountable for the quality of federal spending information that is publicly disseminated through public venues such as USASpending.gov and similar websites. The plans were to address problems agencies currently encounter with this information. These include duplicate data, missing data and transactions, inaccurate data, and untimely data.
Now, two-weeks after the finalization date, the only plan we have been able to find is that created by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA’s plan is a good review of what the agency current does to ensure data quality. However, the plan leaves much to be desired and we hope that it is not a sign of things to expect from other agencies.
Read more:
http://www.ombwatch.org/node/11035
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