DATA Act Files

DATA Act File A

Includes the appropriations account detail information. Data for DATA Act File A is selected from the GLBalances table.

DATA Act File B

Includes Object Class, Program Activity Code and Disaster Emergency Fund Code (DEFC) for the account balances reported in File A. Data for DATA Act File B is selected from the Journal Lines table. Federal Attributes (Program Activity Name, Program Activity Name, Object Class, Direct Reimbursable Funding Source, and DEFC) are assigned using the mapping defined in Federal Attributes.

DATA Act File C

Reports detailed transactions and summary balances at the Award level. This process selects data from General Ledger, Purchasing, and Payables tables. Then federal attributes (Program Activity Code, Program Activity Name, Object Class, Direct Reimbursable Funding Source, Disaster Emergency Fund Code, Parent Award ID, PIID, URI, and FAIN ) are assigned using the mapping in Federal Attributes. File C reports balances as well as details from transactions that comprise the balances.

For information regarding the balance fields for each file type see: https://fiscal.treasury.gov/data-transparency/gsdm-current.html