Items tagged with "grants"

XBRL US Hosts GovFin 2023: Empowering Governments, Modernizing Reporting, November 9, 2023, Washington, DC

XBRL US announced that they will be hosting a one-day conference, GovFin 2023: Empowering Governments, Modernizing Reporting, in Washington, DC, on Thursday, November 9, 2023. This educational forum will focus on the passage of legislation including the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA), and the Grants Reporting Efficiency and Transparency (GREAT) Act, and on how governments […more]


XBRL US Comments on GSA RFI RE: GREAT Act Data Standards for Grants Reporting

XBRL US submitted a comment letter to the General Services Administration (GSA) regarding a Request for Information on the Federal Integrated Business Framework (FIBF) Information Management Toolset. The FIBF Framework is part of the implementation of the Grants Reporting Efficiency and Transparency (GREAT) Act which aims to bring data standards into the grants reporting process […more]


XBRL US Presents at OMB Grants Innovation Exchange

XBRL US was given an opportunity to present an XBRL Grants Case Study at the CFO Council Grants Community of Practice Innovation Exchange. During the program, hosted by the Office of Management and Budget, the XBRL US Standard Government Reporting Working Group, shared a case study on how grants reporting, including Single Audit, can be […more]


GREAT Act, for Grants Reporting, Signed into Law

The GREAT (Grants Reporting Efficiency and Transparency) Act, which  calls for data standards in grants reporting, was signed into law by the President on December 30, 2019. Key provisions of the bill include: Section 2. Purpose. The legislation is designed to modernize reporting by Federal grants recipients; implement recommendations of the Office of Management and […more]


GREAT Act Passes House and Senate

The GREAT (Grants Reporting Efficiency and Transparency) Act was passed by both the House and the Senate and now awaits the President’s signature. The GREAT Act calls for data standards in grants reporting, and defines data standards as those that will: “(1) render information reported by recipients of Federal awards fully searchable and machine-readable; “(2) be nonproprietary; […more]


Senate Passes GREAT (Grants Reporting Efficiency & Agreements Transparency) Act

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Grants Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Act (H.R. 4887). A Senate version (S. 3834), introduced by Senators James Lankford (OK) and Michael Enzi (WY), was passed by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.


XBRL US Member Presents at Data Coalition Event on Federal Data Strategy

XBRL US sole practitioner member, Liz Sweeney, presented her views to the White House Office of Management and Budget during a July 8, 2019, Data Coalition event, held in Washington, DC, noting: “I believe that encouraging adoption of financial reporting standards for state and local governments would create synergistic benefits within the federal data strategy. Specifically, […more]


GREAT Act for Grants Reporting, Passes Committee on Homeland Security & Govt Affairs

The GREAT Act (H.R. 150, S. 1829) was passed by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The bill will next go to the full Senate for a vote. The bill calls for the creation of government-wide data standards to be used by grants recipients, as noted in the section of the bill […more]


GREAT Act Passes U.S. House of Representatives

The GREAT Act (H.R. 150) unanimously passed the House of Representatives in the 116th Congress. The GREAT (Grants Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency) Act calls for the creation of a comprehensive and standardized data structure (“taxonomy”) covering all reported federal grant and assistance data. Read the bill.


XBRL US Letter RE: Draft Federal Grants Management Data Standards

XBRL US white paper “XBRL US Center for Data Quality, an industry initiative for the common good”, details timeline, milestone and accomplishments to date including significant reduction in errors, greater engagement with regulators and expanding usage of XBRL data.