Federal DATA Act Reporting Configurations

Configure the attributes related to the US Federal DATA Act process and report in accordance with Treasury’s reporting requirements. Configure each attribute for the DATA Act balances, including the DATA Act balance name, file type, and related balance criteria.

The DATA Act requires agencies to report data monthly to the US Department of the Treasury. There are three types of DATA Act files that are used to report financial data based on Treasury’s specifications for the DATA Act process. The DATA Act files include:

General Ledger data:

  • File A–Appropriations Account Data–13 balance columns
  • File B–Object Class and Program Activity–32 balance columns

Purchasing, Accounts Payable, and General Ledger data:

  • File C–Award Financial (Procurement and Grants) –32 balance columns and detailed transactions

The Manage Federal DATA Act Balances page is used to create and update Treasury-defined DATA Act field names and navigate to the DATA Act Balance Sequence page to create sequences for each of the file types. You can enter the USSGL accounts that need to be summed for the field. Existing DATA Act fields can be summed to create the balance for a new DATA Act field using the Total type. You can use sequencing to update the list of reported DATA Act balance fields and the order in which they will be reported.

Manage Federal DATA Act Balances

The Manage Federal DATA Act Balances page displays all existing DATA Act Balance fields by Type and File.

The Manage Federal DATA Act Balances page for the Balances type allows a user to add USSGL accounts to calculate the balance.

The Manage Federal DATA Act Balances page for the Total type allows a user to create the balance for a new DATA Act field by summing existing DATA Act fields.

DATA Act Balance Sequence

The DATA Act Balance Sequence page lists all DATA Act Balance fields by File Type (A, B, or C) and allows the user to add or remove fields from the report as necessary. The DATA Act Balance Sequence page is accessed by clicking File A Sequence, File B Sequence, or File C Sequence from the More Actions menu of the Manage Federal DATA Act Balances page.

DATA Act Balance Sequence: Criteria Tab

Use the Criteria tab to add one or more criteria that you can use for filtering selected accounting records.

Business Benefit:

The configurations will provide the infrastructure needed to perform the DATA Act process and report generation for Treasury reporting requirements.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

  • For more information on Federal DATA Act Reporting Configurations, refer to the implementing U.S. Federal Financials and Using U.S. Federal Financials guides.

Access Requirements

  • Financial Application Administrator