The Federal Funding and Transparency Act of 2006 (FFATA) requires full disclosure of information on entities which received Federal funding from any Department at a single searchable web site. The purpose of FFATA is to provide total transparency to the public on how appropriated dollars are spent by the Federal Government. FFATA was implemented for prime awardees in 2008 and is no being implemented for subawardees beginning with first-tier subawardees. Effective October 1,2010, federal agencies must begin using new award terms which implement the following changes:
