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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Advancing Government Accountability
Baltimore , MarylandJanuary 21, 2010
H. Glen WalkerExecutive Director,
Recovery Accountability & Transparency Board
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
$787 Billion availableSave and create 3 to 4 million jobsLay the foundation for a robust and
sustainable 21st century economyCreate an oversight body to ensure
transparency and accountability of the funds
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Breakout of $787 Billion Funding (Source – OMB)
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
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Agency Commitments vs. Spending*Contract, Grants, Loans, and Entitlements
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
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$ in Billions
Provide public with unprecedented transparency of Recovery spending and job creation (Recovery.gov)
Provide oversight of Recovery spending to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse
Mission of the Board
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Recovery.gov- TIGTA – Russell George (Committee Chair)- HHS IG – Daniel Levinson- Commerce IG – Todd Zinser- Defense IG – Gordon Heddell
Accountability- Homeland IG – Richard Skinner (Committee Chair & Board Vice-Chair)- Justice IG – Glenn Fine- Energy IG – Greg Friedman- Education IG – Mary Mitchelson (acting)
Recovery Funds Working Group- Transportation IG – Calvin Scovel (Committee Chair)- Agriculture IG – Phyllis Fong- Interior IG – Mary Kendall (acting)- Treasury IG – Eric Thorson
Board Members & Committees
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Recovery.gov Committee
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Smartronix (KMPG, Synteractive, TMP
Government), GSA (Savvis), DHSEPA
(CGI Federal)
• Web Portal• Data Storage• Reports on the use of funds• Data visualization• Content management• Pre-compiled reports• Raw report data• Advanced geospatial capabilities
Out-Bound ReportingRecipientIn-Bound Reporting
• Recipient Registration • Recipient Reporting • Agency Validation
Recovery.govFederalReporting.gov
GSA Database
(Sybase)
Database
Data Replicated Between Hosting Centers
Our strategy employs a hybrid approach, leveraging expertise and services from both government and industry.
Recovery.gov Version 2.0 Architecture
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Issues Recovery Act Implementation Guidance
Provides Host System for FederalReporting.gov Repository for Data Collection
Provides Recovery.gov Version 2.0 Collocation, Database, and Internet Connectivity
Provides Information Security Monitoring (Einstein) GSA– DHS
Infrastructure of RECOVERY.GOV VERSION 2.0
Recovery.gov Version 2.0 Organizational Relationships
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was selected to lead the development of the recipient reporting architecture (FederalReporting.gov)
FederalReporting.gov is powered by EPA’s mature CDX (Exchange Network) technology
EPA’s secure CDX is currently used by all 50 States for Reporting/Data Exchange
FederalReporting.govOverview
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FederalReporting.gov is designed to satisfy Section 1512, “Reports on Use of Funds” as specified by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).
FederalReporting.govOverview (continued)
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Prime Recipient Level (State)
Lowest Data Collection Level-----------------------------------------------------------
Sub Recipient Level 2 (Contractor)
Sub Recipient Level 1 (City)
Federal Agency
Sub Recipient Level 3 (Paving Company)
Sub Recipient Level 1 data is reported by the prime or sub recipient
Only the identity of Sub Recipient Level 2is reported
Data on 3rd or lower level recipients is not reported
Recipient Reporting Requirements
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Late Reports – 16,997
Recipients Who Failed to Report – 4,359
Job Reporting
Data Input Issues Funding and Awarding Agency Codes and Names Treasury Account Symbol Code (TAS) Congressional District Recipient and Place of
Performance Federal Award Number or ID
Initial Recipient Reporting* Prominent Issues
13*October 2009 Reporting Period
New Data Anomaly Reports to assist with Data Quality Reviews
Quality Edit Checks & Alert Messages
Improved Data Definitions (OMB/RATB)
Simplified Job Reporting Requirements (OMB/GAO)
Extended Stakeholder Review Period
Prime Recipient Reports2nd Quarter Enhancements
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Total Number of Reports – 134,194
Reports by Type of Award Contracts – 18,205 Grants – 115,333 Loans – 656
Help Desk Statistics Total Number of Contacts – 19,194 Average Response Time – 01:06 minutes Satisfaction Rating – 4.5 out of 5
Recipient Reporting Preliminary January 2010*
15*As of January 15, 2010
Accountability Committee
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Referral Starting PointGenerated from
all types of external
complaints and/or proactive
RATB risk assessment, review and
analysis Triage and Analysis Continued analysis on intake and internally generated
issues
Assignment(Referred to
OIGs)
Reporting back to RATB
Required in monthly
reporting on all Recovery related matters , and key to our predictive
analysis
Accountability ModuleInformation Flow
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Reviews contracts and grants for completeness
Reviews whether competition requirements for contracts and grants have been satisfied
Reviews for wasteful spending, poor contract/grant management, and other abuses
Refers matters it considers appropriate for investigation to the OIG for the applicable agency
Accountability Committee Contract & Grant Activities
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Accountability Committee Recovery Operations Center
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Initial Risk Assessment – Recipient screening Target Analysis – In-depth fraud analysis to
identify non-obvious relationshipsFocusing Limited Resources – Enhancing the
IG’s organic investigative capabilities
Primary Function
Accountability CommitteeKey Oversight Statistics
Recovery Board and All Inspectors GeneralData Through November 30, 2009
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Complaints 1,006 Received Via the ROC = 442Investigations 29 Closed Without Action Hotline - 225
25 Accepted for Prosecution FAX - 34 Prosecution Denied Website - 2082 Referred for Alternative Resolution US Mail - 4
Audits, Inspections, Evaluations and Reviews 250 Completed Other - 2Whistleblower Reprisal Allegations 5 Received Referred for Action - 41
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Accountability CommitteeGenerating Leads
Accountability CommitteeComplaints By Geographical Area
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Heat Map technology
affords a visual image of
geographical hot spots.
Recovery Funds Working Group
Committee
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Recovery Funds Working Group Committee
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Board Committee
Recovery OIG Working Group
Lead Recovery OIG
Regular
Update
sDecision Making
Process
Initiatives To Date: OIG Recovery Act Plan – provides overview of planned
work
OIG Monthly Report – provides overview of completed work
Survey of Federal Acquisition and Grant Personnel – data will be used to make government-wide recommendations regarding Recovery Act oversight
Funding – made recommendations to OMB to address funding State and Local Recovery Act oversight activities
Recovery Funds Working Group Committee
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Initiatives To Date (continued): Single Audits – made recommendations to OMB to address
Single Audit process issues as they relate to the Recovery Act
Oversight Coordination – coordinating across OIGs, GAO, and Federal Agencies and between Federal, State, and local governments
Reporting – issue quarterly and annual reports on Recovery Act funds and other issues as appropriate
Data Quality Reviews - HHS OIG, on behalf of the Recovery Board, issued a report entitled Summary of Inspectors General Reports on Federal Agencies’ Data-Quality Review Processes
Recovery Funds Working Group Committee
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Two Fold Mission – Accountability & Transparency– Recovery.gov– Prevent fraud, waste, and abuse
Led by Three Board Committees– Recovery.gov– Accountability– Recovery Funds Working Group
Coordinated throughout Federal, State, and Local Oversight Communities
Closing
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Advancing Government Accountability
Baltimore , MarylandJanuary 21, 2010
H. Glen WalkerExecutive Director,
Recovery Accountability & Transparency Board