Tim YoungE-Government and IT

Office of Management and Budget

Department of Defense Federated Search COIOctober 16, 2007

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Legislative Overview

The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) of 2006 calls for a single searchable website including for each Federal award:

the name of the entity receiving the award; the amount of the award; information on the award including transaction type, funding

agency, etc; the location of the entity receiving the award; a unique identifier of the entity receiving the award.

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High-Level Timeline

March 2007 – Inform agencies of new information collection and reporting requirements

July 1, 2007 – Commence a pilot program for enabling searches for subgrants and subcontracts across the federal government

January 1, 2008 – Launch a website to the public, free of charge, that provides federal award information

January 1, 2009 – Include subaward data in the website search

January 2010 – GAO report on Act implementation

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Architecture Overview

US Citizen

Agency Data

USASpending.GovWeb App

FPDS

FAADSCentral DB

Federal Spending

Community of Interest

Environment

Grants Loans

Federated SearchAggregator

FeSRS

Con

trac

ts

Sub-ContractsFPDS-

NG

Agency Unique

DB

FFATAXML

FFATAXML

FFATAXML

FFATAXML

FFATA XML Schema

Platform Components LINUX Apache MySQL PHP

• Hybrid approach• Leverages central data sources and federated search• Flexible implementation schedule• Rapid integration of new data sources

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Questions

For additional information, please visit www.egov.gov or

www.federalspending.gov

Tim YoungAssociate AdministratorOffice of E-Government & Information TechnologyOffice of Management and Budget725 17th Street NWWashington DC 20503

(202) 395-0379