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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