Databases: House votes to create grants database

The House passed legislation that will establish a public database tracking federal grants, a move that advocates say will bring a new level of transparency to the government grant-making process. The bill, HR 5060, requires the government to post information as to whom a grant was awarded, a breakdown of assistance by agency and program source, all awards a grantee has received over the past 10 years and a list of dates and amounts of federal financial assistance the grantee has received.

Source: GCN

UPDATE 9/11: Senate backs online search of spending (via AP)

A far-flung coalition of groups across the political spectrum supports the idea and their efforts were rewarded Thursday as the Senate passed a bill to build a Google-like search engine to allow people to track online approximately $1 trillion in federal grants, contracts, earmarks and loans…The House passed a narrower version of the measure in June. The House version would allow searches of grants – which often go to nonprofits – but not contracts awarded to businesses.

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