WashingtonWatch.com Digest – April 23, 2012
Posted by Jim Harper, April 23, 2012 at 10:00 am
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On the Blog: The GSA Scandal
Congress is trying to figure out what to do about the scandal created by a General Services Administration conference in Las Vegas costing over $800,000.
We assess a couple of relevant bills in a post entitled: “The GSA Scandal: How to Fix It, How Not to Fix It.” One of the bills is H.R. 2146, the DATA Act, which the House will debate this week.
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Featured Items
This week, the House will debate H.R. 2146, the DATA Act. (“DATA” stands for “Digital Accountability and Transparency.”) The bill would establish a new executive branch board to track spending on grants, contracts, and loans. It would also publish spending data that agencies would be required to produce according to standards set by the board.
Passage of H.R. 2146 would cost the average U.S. family about $5.50.
The House will also debate a package of “cybersecurity” bills: H.R. 2096, H.R. 3834, H.R. 4257, and H.R. 3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act.
Among other things, the last one, “CISPA,” would (controversially) require the Director of National Intelligence to establish procedures to promote information sharing about “cyberthreats” between intelligence agencies and the private sector.
Passage of H.R. 3523 would cost the average U.S. family about $0.14.
H.R. 2146
The DATA Act
Costs $5.56 per family
H.R. 3523
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011
Costs $0.14 per family
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Displayed below are new, updated, and passed items with their cost or savings per family.
New Items
S. 1409
The Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2011
Costs $6.57 per family
H.R. 890
The Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2011
Costs $0.00 per family
H.R. 3563
The Integrated Public Alert Warning System Modernization Act of 2011
Costs $0.41 per family
H.R. 3534
The Security in Bonding Act of 2011
Costs $0.08 per family
H.R. 4264
The FHA Emergency Fiscal Solvency Act of 2012
Costs $0.08 per family
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Updated Items
S. 1789
The 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2011
Costs $117.52 per family
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