If you’ve been wondering what the government’s new contractor integrity and performance database, the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), looks like—wonder no more.
FAPIIS is off-limits to the public, but POGO obtained some screen shots of the database as it appears on the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) government contracting portal. These are the screens federal contractors and grantees will use to submit information regarding civil, criminal or administrative wrongdoing in connection with the award or performance of federal and state contracts or grants (click below to enlarge, or view all four together in this .pdf):
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This
is the part of FAPIIS that was modeled on POGO’s Federal
Contractor
Misconduct Database. Note that the “Disposition” pull-down menu in
FAPIIS only has two options—“Conviction/Finding
of Fault” and “Other acknowledgement of fault.” In contrast, ours has
13. What’s more, FAPIIS only covers misconduct in connection with the
award or performance of a contract or grant. POGO’s database is far more
extensive, covering 17 distinct types of misconduct plus an
all-inclusive “Other”.
FAPIIS also includes information about
contractors’ past performance, suspensions and debarments, terminations
for default, and non-responsibility determinations. POGO hopes that
some—dare we say, all—of the above information will be released to us
through our
pending Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request or via congressional
mandate. Or, perhaps agencies could take matters into their own
hands and release the information they submit as part of the Obama
Administration's push for executive branch transparency.
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Neil Gordon
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