Do agency reviewers have to approve contractor reports before the contractor can submit the report?
(01/08/2010) The system does not require the Federal contractor to correct the report based on agency comments nor otherwise require agency approval of the report. However, agencies have been directed to report any significant errors on which they commented but for which the contractor failed to provide a correction or a reasonable explanation of why the data was not incorrect. In these instances, the report will be considered to have significant errors (see paragraph 3, Part 1 to OMB Memorandum M-10-08, dated December 18, 2009 available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/recovery_default). Contracting officers may use any available contractual remedies, as appropriate, to ensure timely and accurate reports that do not contain significant errors or material omissions that might compromise transparency. The system was not designed to take the place of government oversight but to ensure reports are publicly available within the timeframes provided in Section 1512 of the Recovery Act. There
