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Suggestions on how the benefits of the Performance Measures could be enhanced and the burdens of reporting could be reduced.

Do the feds have a formula they want us to use when reporting on partner stations that DO NOT collect unduplicated individuals served? Every year we run up against this issue and how to dissect a number of all served, usually duplicated, to how that breaks down as far as number of individuals served by RSVP volunteers.

Currently, the submission to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse requires a PDF file (Single Audit Reporting Package/Audit Report Package) in addition to some of the same data provided in Form SF-SAC. Since all of the components of the Single Audit Reporting Package are posted on websites, I suggest we provide links to these documents rather than create a PDF of all of the documents. In addition, the format we use for our ...more »

Comment from June 10 Data Act Summit breakout session on Recipient Reporting:

As a Federal contract recipient, I want performance reporting to be in one place.

Comment from June 10 Data Act Summit breakout session on Recipient Reporting:

I’m interested in Entity Classifications- better classifications, better utilization of existing classifications. I want to, for example, be able to look in USASpending.gov and analyze the dollars going to non-profits.

Comment from June 10 Data Act Summit breakout session on Recipient Reporting:

There needs to be alignment of Federal Spending elements and the elements in the CDERL and elements like entity classification

Comment from June 10 Data Act Summit breakout session on Recipient Reporting:

As a Federal Award recipient, I want to see more pre-populated forms and drop-down options to minimize the burden of completing reporting.

Comment from June 10 Data Act Summit breakout session on Recipient Reporting: As a Federal Award recipient, I want transactional data reporting to be a more efficient method than a weekly form. There’s a need to minimize weekly re-entry of the same information that was submitted previously. Also the government already has a lot of this information, so the recipient should only be required to report what the government ...more »

Comment from June 10 Data Act Summit breakout session on Recipient Reporting:

As a Federal Award recipient, I want to easily correct errors I find in government data systems. I want to be able to alert the contracting office, for them to quickly make a correction, for this process to be seamless.

Comment from June 10 Data Act Summit breakout session on Recipient Reporting:

As a Federal Award recipient , I would like the ability to submit a single financial report to single place that would be used each agency for its own purposes.

I am surprised more people haven't been commenting or making suggestions. Do you think it might be due to the fact that most of us are so busy with our jobs, lacking funds, burnt out and trying to pick up pieces of pie because we are spending our own time working and ignoring everything else? Our jobs have become so complicated with reporting and regulations that we don't have time to take care of the people and partners ...more »

Last year, the Coalition for Government Procurement submitted a number of recommendations in response to the Chief Acquisition Officers Council (CAO) Council Open Dialogue to improve the economy and efficiency of the Federal acquisition system. The Coalition urges the government to take action on the previously submitted recommendations to increase the efficiency and the effectiveness of Federal procurement. Implementing ...more »