The House meanwhile joined the Senate in approving S-4716, to tighten requirements for auditing recipients of grants. Image: Savvapanf Photo/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe Senate has joined the House in passing HR-7524, which seeks greater transparency in spending on federal IT, in particular focusing on the GSA’s Technology Transformation Service.
The bill requires greater reporting about funded projects, explanations for the basis of the projects, and timelines and potential reimbursements. It also requires reporting by GSA to Congress on each project funded by the Citizen Services Fund and some projects funded by the Acquisition Services Fund.
It was offered in light of a 2023 inspector general report finding that the TTS had “misled” customer agencies regarding the security features of login.gov, which it markets as a central portal for accessing government services, and “knowingly” billed them as if the site met standards that it did not meet.
The House meanwhile joined the Senate in approving S-4716, to tighten requirements for auditing recipients of grants made by federal agencies by requiring OMB and GSA to set a new cross-governmental strategy and use advanced analytical tools to identify fraud risk and to make audit data more accessible.
The bill also requires periodic government-wide reviews of audit quality that incorporate recommendations from GAO and other oversight entities, and would also increase federal agency coordination to ensure recipients of federal awards are complying with requirements and submitting their required audits.
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