The House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that will enable users to keep track of federal spending online, in an effort to enhance government transparency. Known as the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA), the bill calls for the creation of an independent body to archive and store all expenditure records within a single website. Government agencies and recipients of federal grants or contracts would also be required to submit their records in a uniform format, using identifier codes and standardized markup language to make these data more searchable.
Wednesday's vote comes on the heels of a recently uncovered scandal involving the US General Services Administration (GSA), which spent more than $800,000 in...
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