The author writes that agencies should take a deliberate approach to this new opportunity.
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The Data Transparency Office went beyond the DATA Act mandate to build visualizations showing where agencies' $500 billion in contract spending goes each year.
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Once set, the legislation would also bake them into agency performance plans.
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