Session II - Why the data act matters New uses for standardized spending information Becky Sweger, Data and Software Engineer, GSA 18f Bryce Pippert, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton Collaboration space, Alexandria, VA June 2017

May 9th 2017 – a beginning, not an end What does the DATA Act make possible? Analysis and decision-makings based on More reliable spending data because it will be of higher quality and there will be more integrity to the data across the spending lifecycle More accessible spending data for analytics because it is standardized, connected and available (in many different ways – visuals, APIs, CSV files, table downloads, and more to come) How do we expect to see the DATA Act data sets used? Simple queries Trend analysis Benchmarking and comparisons of agencies, programs, contractors, … Policy impact analysis for evidence-based decision-making Scenario building and war gaming TBD!

Many options for Accessing the data

Putting the data to use

Simulating and assessing policy choices

Connecting data sets to gain new insights

Questions and final thoughts