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Section 1— General Information <br />1.1 What is the purpose of this Guidance? <br />The purpose of this Guidance is to provide Federal agencies and funding recipients with <br />information necessary to effectively implement the reporting requirements included in <br />Section 1512 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ( "Recovery <br />Act," or "the Act "). <br />This Guidance: <br />• Answers questions and clarifies issues related to the mechanics and chronology of <br />recipient reporting required by the Recovery Act; <br />• Provides clarification on what information will be required to be reported into the <br />central reporting solution at www.FederalReporting.gov and what information <br />will be reported on www.Recovery.gov; <br />• Instructs recipients on steps that must be taken to meet these reporting <br />requirements, including the incorporation of sub - recipient reporting requirements <br />under Section 1512(c)(4) of the Act; and <br />• Establishes a common framework for Federal agencies and recipients to manage a <br />data quality process associated with the Recovery Act recipient reporting <br />requirements. <br />1.2 Does this Guidance modify any previously issued guidance by the Office of <br />Management and Budget (OMB) related to recipient reporting? <br />This Guidance builds on previously issued guidance materials, covering new areas not <br />previously addressed (e.g., data quality requirements and logistical details surrounding <br />the www.FederalReporting.gov reporting solution), but it also clarifies, and in some cases <br />modifies, previously issued requirements. In particular, this Guidance: <br />Identifies additional data elements required pursuant to Section 1512 of the <br />Recovery Act to enhance transparency (Section 2.3 and the supplemental <br />materials to this Guidance); <br />Modifies requirements related to recipient data reporting due on July 10, 2009 <br />(Section 2.6); and <br />Updates information on methodologies and approaches for reporting job <br />creation/retention estimates (Section 5). <br />1.3 To which Federal programs does this Guidance apply? <br />A list of Federal programs subject to Section 1512 of the Recovery Act will be posted on <br />OMB's website and www.Recovery.gov as supplemental materials to this Guidance. <br />K <br />