{"id":42707,"date":"2021-11-30T10:12:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T18:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=42707"},"modified":"2021-11-30T13:12:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T21:12:53","slug":"on-tenth-anniversary-of-joining-the-international-aid-transparency-initiative-iati-the-united-states-marks-a-sustained-commitment-to-foreign-assistance-data-transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=42707","title":{"rendered":"On Tenth Anniversary of Joining the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), the United States Marks a Sustained Commitment to Foreign Assistance Data Transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>11\/30\/2021 08:15 AM EST<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Office of the Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>Today,\u00a0the United States\u00a0celebrates\u00a0the\u00a0tenth\u00a0<wbr><\/wbr>anniversary of\u00a0becoming a signatory to\u00a0the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), marking\u00a0a sustained, whole-of-government\u00a0commitment to increasing the transparency of U.S. foreign assistance data.\u00a0Additionally, as part of this\u00a0broader\u00a0commitment, the U.S. government launched a new\u00a0platform\u00a0to advance the transparency, accessibility, and accountability of\u00a0U.S.\u00a0foreign assistance data, available at ForeignAssistance.gov.<\/p>\n<p>By publishing U.S. foreign assistance data that is accurate and timely, ForeignAssistance.gov presents a multi-dimensional picture of the U.S. foreign assistance lifecycle in a highly visual, interactive website.\u00a0ForeignAssistance.gov publishes data as reported by more than 20 U.S. government agencies that manage foreign assistance programs. In doing so,\u00a0the website\u00a0fulfills aid transparency standards and reporting requirements, including the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016 (FATAA), Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act,\u00a0and\u00a0Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Bulletin 12-01.\u00a0ForeignAssistance.gov is a product of the Foreign Assistance Data and Reporting Team (FA-DART), a joint initiative by the Department\u00a0of State\u00a0and\u00a0U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); it replaces two legacy websites,\u00a0previously\u00a0managed\u00a0<wbr><\/wbr>under separate mandates.<\/p>\n<p>IATI is\u00a0a global,\u00a0voluntary, multi-stakeholder initiative that includes donors, partner countries, civil society organizations,\u00a0and private enterprises that aims to make information about foreign aid spending easier to access, use, and understand.\u00a0At the center of IATI is the IATI Standard, a framework for publishing data on development activities.\u00a0The United States is proud to have\u00a0been an active member of the IATI community for\u00a0the past decade and remains committed to continuing to improve\u00a0foreign assistance data transparency to increase learning, improve outcomes,\u00a0better use resources, and remain accountable to the American public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11\/30\/2021 08:15 AM EST &nbsp; Office&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-tech","category-u-s-a","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42708,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42707\/revisions\/42708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}