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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 221 / Friday, November 17, 2023 / Notices
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Dated: November 15, 2023.
Stefanie Davis,
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BILLING CODE 7050–01–P
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Acquisition Data Management
AGENCY
: Office of Federal Procurement
Policy, Office of Management and
Budget.
ACTION
: Proposed new Office of
Management and Budget Circular No.
A–XXX, ‘‘Strategic Management of
Acquisition Data and Information’’.
SUMMARY
: The Office of Federal
Procurement Policy (OFPP) in the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) is
proposing a new OMB Circular,
Strategic Management of Acquisition
Data and Information. The purpose of
this Circular is to improve agency access
to reliable data and information. Using
relevant acquisition data throughout the
acquisition lifecycle facilitates
successful contracting outcomes. This
Circular establishes a centralized data
management strategy to create robust
knowledge and data banks, develop
standard data sharing processes, and
improve agency access to tools and
resources for acquisition-related
decision-making.
DATES
: Interested parties should submit
comments in writing to the address
below on or before January 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES
: Submit comments to the
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions on the portal for submitting
comments. Instructions: Please submit
comments only and cite ‘‘Proposed New
OMB Circular A–XXX’’ in all
correspondence. All comments received
will be posted, without change or
redaction, to www.regulations.gov, so
commenters should not include
information that they do not wish to be
posted (for example because they
consider it personal or business
confidential). Additionally, the OMB
System of Records Notice, OMB Public
Input System of Records, OMB/INPUT/
01 includes a list of routine uses
associated with the collection of this
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Kristen Wilson, +1 (202) 881–9426,
kristen.h.wilson@omb.eop.gov or send
your email to MBX.OMB.OFPPv2@
OMB.eop.gov, Office of Federal
Procurement Policy, 725 17th Street
NW, Washington, DC 20006, at 202–
395–6805.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: There are
tens of billions of acquisition data
points residing in over 170 contract
writing systems (including legacy
systems) and over 15 payment
processing platforms across the Federal
enterprise. Historically, much of this
data has been collected and managed by
agencies. Agencies have used their
resources to build tools within their
agency, harnessing internal data and
databases, but this has often led to
duplicative tools and efforts and a lack
of coordination across agencies. This
approach has limited Government-wide
capacity for analytics, insights, and
efficiency gains other than the System
for Award Management and the Federal
Procurement Data System, which
generally provide aggregate data but
very little pricing and best practices
information.
To address these challenges, the
proposed Circular would establish a
new acquisition data management
policy of promoting Hi-Definition (Hi-
Def) acquisitions where agencies are
able to acquire supplies or services
using acquisition data that is easily
accessed and available at the time of
need. To that end, OMB is creating a Hi-
Def acquisition framework to promote
data interoperability, sharing of
acquisition data between agencies, and
enterprise-wide data analysis. This
framework is supported by a Hi-Def
acquisition data environment that
includes a scalable technical
architecture and solution to store,
access, utilize, share, and archive
acquisition data without having to
duplicate data, tools, or effort. Hi-Def
acquisitions are a critical component of
the acquisition community’s work to
buy as an organized enterprise, as it will
provide access to the breadth and depth
of information needed to support the
activities of the largest and most
sophisticated buyer in the world.
Achieving a Hi-Def environment will
require greater transparency and
collaboration in agency data systems
planning and investment decisions
where these activities would impact the
Government’s ability to achieve data
interoperability for information that is
critical or can otherwise significantly
improve acquisition decision-making at
both the Government-wide and agency-
wide level. To this end, the Circular (1)
establishes interagency governance, (2)
defines agency roles and
responsibilities, and (3) supports the
design and development of solutions to
drive interoperability, allowing systems
to connect and share acquisition data
wherever they reside within the Federal
government without duplication.
Of particular note, the proposed
Circular would:
Require agencies to prepare annual
strategic plans. Agencies will report on
steps to address general data
management stewardship, government-
wide priority initiatives and
individualized acquisition data hurdles
or responsibilities that may impact other
agencies.
Build appropriate centralization. The
Circular will support centralized
standards, knowledge banks, and data-
sharing tools using established and
strengthened governance. Existing
standards and processes will be
updated, modernized, and enforced
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