American Recovery and Reinvestment Act New Tools for Transparency and Accountability

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American Recovery and Reinvestment ActNew Tools
for Transparency and Accountability

Office of the Deputy Secretary September 2009
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Agenda

• Dept. of Education ARRA Funding Summary
• New Tracking Tools Available Now
• Soon to Come Quarterly Recipient Reporting
• Longer-Term Goal Using Data to Promote Reform

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American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 100
billion investment in education
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ARRA Funding for Existing Formula Grants 26
Billion
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New Tracking Tools Available Now

• Recovery.gov
• Includes all agencies receiving ARRA findings
• Maintained by OMB/Recovery Accountability and
  Transparency Board
• Builds on learning from Federal Financial
  Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA),
  USASpending.gov

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New Tracking Tools Available Now

• Recovery.gov Key Features
• Financial and Activity Report updated weekly
• Funding Notification Report updated weekly
• Maps allowing some state and recipient tracking
• Consistent reporting elements across agencies

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New Tracking Tools Available Now

• Enhanced reporting at the agency level
• Department of Education
• Spending Report by State
• Spending Report by Program

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Soon to Come Quarterly Recipient Reporting

• All ARRA recipients required to report quarterly
  via a single federal portal FederalReporting.gov
• Includes all ED ARRA programs except Pell
• A game changer new level of transparency
  into spending
• Massive undertaking at the federal level
• There will be a learning curve and bumps along
  the way

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Soon to Come Quarterly Recipient Reporting

• Required Reporting Elements (Prime Recipients
  must report on these elements for each ARRA
  program for which they received funding)
• Identification details
• Award amount
• Expenditure amount
• Vendors and sub-recipients over 25,000
• Project description and completion status
• Jobs creation estimate

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Soon to Come Quarterly Recipient Reporting

• Timing
• Registration open now on FederalReporting.gov
• Reporting begins Oct 1 with reports due Oct 10
• Changes can be made by recipient through Oct 21
• Agency can continue to review through Oct 29
• Reports will be public Oct 30

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Soon to Come Quarterly Recipient Reporting

• Key Issues
• Limited by one size fits all reporting
  requirements across agencies
• Data quality is responsibility of prime
  recipients, though agencies will perform quality
  review
• Estimating jobs created/retained is complex
• Process will begin again in January

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Longer Term use data to show how schools
perform, help schools improve

• Specific data metrics have been developed to
  measure progress against the four reform
  priorities recently available for public comment
  in the Federal Register
• In application for phase two stabilization funds,
  states provide plan for collecting and reporting
  these data
• Transparency on state progress toward reforms
  will drive conversations and action