Open Data for Government Accountability, Efficiency, and Effectiveness, Government Executive Media Group

This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to the Government Executive Media Group on Thursday, November 13, 2014. Major topics of this presentation include: (1) GAO goals and objectives to support the Congress and the Nation; (2) the case for data standards; (3) effective implementation of the DATA Act of 2014 (DATA Act); (4) GAO's July 2014 report showing USASpending.gov data challenges that highlight the need for effective DATA Act implementation; and (5) data analytics at GAO.