H. Glen Walker Executive Director, Recovery Accountability & Transparency Board

1. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009Advancing Government AccountabilityBaltimore , MarylandJanuary 21, 2010 H. Glen Walker Executive Director, Recovery Accountability & Transparency Board

2. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act • $787 Billion available • Save and create 3 to 4 million jobs • Lay the foundation for a robust and sustainable 21st century economy • Create an oversight body to ensure transparency and accountability of the funds

3. Breakout of $787 Billion Funding (Source – OMB) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

4. Agency Commitments vs. Spending*Contract, Grants, Loans, and Entitlements American Recovery and Reinvestment Act $ in Billions *Updated through January 5, 2010

5. Mission of the Board • Provide public with unprecedented transparency of Recovery spending and job creation (Recovery.gov) • Provide oversight of Recovery spending to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse

6. Board Members & Committees • Recovery.gov • TIGTA – Russell George (Committee Chair) • HHS IG – Daniel Levinson • Commerce IG – Todd Zinser • Defense IG – Gordon Heddell • Accountability • Homeland IG – Richard Skinner (Committee Chair & Board Vice-Chair) • Justice IG – Glenn Fine • Energy IG – Greg Friedman • Education IG – Mary Mitchelson (acting) • Recovery Funds Working Group • Transportation IG – Calvin Scovel (Committee Chair) • Agriculture IG – Phyllis Fong • Interior IG – Mary Kendall (acting) • Treasury IG – Eric Thorson

7. Recovery.gov Committee

8. Recovery.gov Version 2.0 Architecture FederalReporting.gov Recovery.gov Recipient In-Bound Reporting Out-Bound Reporting Smartronix (KMPG, Synteractive, TMP Government), GSA (Savvis), DHS EPA (CGI Federal) Data Replicated Between Hosting Centers Database GSA Database (Sybase) • Web Portal • Data Storage • Reports on the use of funds • Data visualization • Content management • Pre-compiled reports • Raw report data • Advanced geospatial capabilities • Recipient Registration • Recipient Reporting • Agency Validation Our strategy employs a hybrid approach, leveraging expertise and services from both government and industry.

9. Recovery.gov Version 2.0 Organizational Relationships

10. FederalReporting.gov Overview • The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was selected to lead the development of the recipient reporting architecture (FederalReporting.gov) • FederalReporting.gov is powered by EPA’s mature CDX (Exchange Network) technology • EPA’s secure CDX is currently used by all 50 States for Reporting/Data Exchange

11. FederalReporting.gov Overview (continued) FederalReporting.gov is designed to satisfy Section 1512, “Reports on Use of Funds” as specified by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).

12. Recipient Reporting Requirements Federal Agency Prime Recipient Level (State) Sub Recipient Level 1 data is reported by the prime or sub recipient Sub Recipient Level 1 (City) Only the identity of Sub Recipient Level 2 is reported Sub Recipient Level 2 (Contractor) Lowest Data Collection Level----------------------------------------------------------- Sub Recipient Level 3 (Paving Company) Data on 3rd or lower level recipients is not reported

13. Initial Recipient Reporting* Prominent Issues • Late Reports – 16,997 • Recipients Who Failed to Report – 4,359 • Job Reporting • Data Input Issues • Funding and Awarding Agency Codes and Names • Treasury Account Symbol Code (TAS) • Congressional District Recipient and Place of Performance • Federal Award Number or ID *October 2009 Reporting Period

14. Prime Recipient Reports 2nd Quarter Enhancements • New Data Anomaly Reports to assist with Data Quality Reviews • Quality Edit Checks & Alert Messages • Improved Data Definitions (OMB/RATB) • Simplified Job Reporting Requirements (OMB/GAO) • Extended Stakeholder Review Period

15. Recipient Reporting Preliminary January 2010* • Total Number of Reports – 134,194 • Reports by Type of Award • Contracts – 18,205 • Grants – 115,333 • Loans – 656 • Help Desk Statistics • Total Number of Contacts – 19,194 • Average Response Time – 01:06 minutes • Satisfaction Rating – 4.5 out of 5 *As of January 15, 2010

16. Accountability Committee

17. Accountability Module Information Flow

18. Accountability Committee Contract & Grant Activities • Reviews contracts and grants for completeness • Reviews whether competition requirements for contracts and grants have been satisfied • Reviews for wasteful spending, poor contract/grant management, and other abuses • Refers matters it considers appropriate for investigation to the OIG for the applicable agency

19. Accountability Committee Recovery Operations Center Primary Function • Initial Risk Assessment – Recipient screening • Target Analysis – In-depth fraud analysis to identify non-obvious relationships • Focusing Limited Resources – Enhancing the IG’s organic investigative capabilities

20. Accountability Committee Key Oversight Statistics Recovery Board and All Inspectors General Data Through November 30, 2009

21. Accountability Committee Generating Leads

22. Accountability Committee Complaints By Geographical Area Heat Map technology affords a visual image of geographical hot spots.

23. Recovery Funds Working Group Committee

24. Recovery Funds Working Group Committee Decision Making Process Regular Updates

25. Recovery Funds Working Group Committee • Initiatives To Date: • OIG Recovery Act Plan – provides overview of planned work • OIG Monthly Report – provides overview of completed work • Survey of Federal Acquisition and Grant Personnel – data will be used to make government-wide recommendations regarding Recovery Act oversight • Funding – made recommendations to OMB to address funding State and Local Recovery Act oversight activities

26. Recovery Funds Working Group Committee • Initiatives To Date (continued): • Single Audits – made recommendations to OMB to address Single Audit process issues as they relate to the Recovery Act • Oversight Coordination – coordinating across OIGs, GAO, and Federal Agencies and between Federal, State, and local governments • Reporting – issue quarterly and annual reports on Recovery Act funds and other issues as appropriate • Data Quality Reviews - HHS OIG, on behalf of the Recovery Board, issued a report entitled Summary of Inspectors General Reports on Federal Agencies’ Data-Quality Review Processes 

27. Closing • Two Fold Mission – Accountability & Transparency • Recovery.gov • Prevent fraud, waste, and abuse • Led by Three Board Committees • Recovery.gov • Accountability • Recovery Funds Working Group • Coordinated throughout Federal, State, and Local Oversight Communities

28. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009Advancing Government AccountabilityBaltimore , MarylandJanuary 21, 2010 H. Glen Walker Executive Director, Recovery Accountability & Transparency Board