On 15 April 2011, the General Services Administration released the long-awaited (if you're a researcher) or long-dreaded (if you're a contractor) public view of the FAPIIS (Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System) database. The early reviews are in from open government groups and, unfortunately, they are not pretty:
- FAPIIS May be the Worst Government Website We've Ever Seen, from the Sunlight Foundation
- FAPIIS First Impressions (two thumbs down), from POGO.org
FAPIIS is intended to bring information about federal government contractors' performance together in one place so that all agencies have access to the same data. It mandates the collection of new information as well. Public Law 110-417 required the development of the database for use by government contracting officers; later, Public Law 111-212 mandated that most of the data in FAPIIS be made available online for the public as well. The public version is required to exclude past contractor performance reports made before April 15, meaning that database is thin on content now but will grow.
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