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FEDERALhearing transcript

High Impact

Hearing on GSA's Proposed Transactional Data Rule

Original title: GSA'S PROPOSED TRANSACTIONAL DATA RULE AND ITS EFFECT ON SMALL BUSINESSES

January 1, 2015

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The Frame

What this does

The proposed rule could require small businesses to dedicate significant staff time to data entry, potentially increasing costs for contractors and the federal government or causing small businesses to stop participating in contracts.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Small business contractors

These businesses would be required to collect and report transactional data to the GSA under the proposed rule.

General Services Administration

The agency is responsible for proposing and implementing the new data collection rule.

What changed

Last recorded activity January 1, 2015.

What's next

Next step not available in the current record.

Summary

The House Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce held a hearing to examine a proposed rule requiring federal contractors to report . Witnesses and committee members discussed concerns that the reporting requirements could impose significant administrative costs on small businesses.

Why It Matters

Key Facts

The GSA proposed a new rule intended to increase transparency in federal contracting by collecting transactional data.
Chairman Hanna stated that the rule could cost up to $800 billion in its first year.
The rule may require small businesses to dedicate one employee for three months annually to enter data.
The data requested by the GSA is reportedly already held by the government but not collected in a central location.
Concerns were raised that the rule could lead to higher government procurement costs or cause small businesses to exit the GSA contracting system.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the GSA's proposed transactional data rule?

It is a proposed regulation that would require federal contractors to report specific to the to increase transparency in government spending.

Why are small businesses concerned about this rule?

Concerns include the high administrative burden of data entry, which could require significant staff time and increase operational costs for small firms.

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Discoveries

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Data Collection Redundancy

The hearing highlights a conflict where the government seeks to mandate data reporting for information it already possesses but fails to aggregate centrally.

General Services Administration

Connected Entities

personMark Takai“Member of the Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce.”Map →

organizationGeneral Services Administration“The federal agency proposing the new transactional data rule.”Map →

personJohn Horan“Witness and partner at McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP.”Map →

personSheila A. Armstrong“Witness and partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.”Map →

personJohn Stanford“Witness representing Women Impacting Public Policy.”Map →

personRoger Waldron“Witness and President of The Coalition for Government Procurement.”Map →

personRichard Hanna“Chairman of the Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce.”Map →

Sources

Open source document

www.govinfo.gov

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Controversy60
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