1. Recovery.gov:
Integrated Repor2ng and Analy2cs System
July 2012
Evan Burfield
Chairman and Founder,
Synterac<ve, Inc.
(703) 597 5237
Gaurav “GP” Pal
Director and Program Manager,
Recovery.gov
(571) 271 4396

2. About Recovery.gov
Provide deep and meaningful insight into $840 billion S<mulus
Act (ARRA 2009) spending and record progress of projects
Prevent and reduce Waste, Fraud and Abuse of Public Funds
through advanced data analy<cs and proac<ve oversight with
other stakeholders including States, Federal Agencies, and
Oversight bodies
Promote public engagement through the use of simple
language, heavy focus on usability and use of Web 2.0 tools
like Social Media, Google Translate, Mashups etc.
“The current incarna-on of Recovery.gov…is perhaps the
clearest, richest interac-ve database ever produced by the
American bureaucracy.”… Andre Romano, Newsweek
Has received over 14 major industry awards
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3. Recovery.gov System Overview
Agencies
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4. Some interes2ng results…
Collected and published over 2 million recipient reports over 11 quarterly
reporting periods.
Consistent enforcement action reduced the nearly 4,500 Non-complier
awards in Sep 2009 to nearly 300 Non-complier awards in March 2012.
Flagged nearly 400 recipients worth $850 million for further analysis related
to potential administrative issues. Helped unearth and fix government-wide
data reporting issue.
Analyzed over 350 Medicare providers and identified nearly 40 fraudulent
providers with similar fraud indicators and demographics.
In 2012, continuing to work as a Government-wide service provider with over
50 assistance requests with nearly $1.6 billion in awards.
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5. Lesson #1: Standardized reporting helps track the flow of money
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6. Lesson #2: High-quality data enables rich analytics for meaningful insight

7. Program Spending Versus “Need”
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8. Lesson #3: The old way needed to be further refined…
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9. Recipients provide high quality data that is easy to read
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10. Lesson #4: Ensure high-levels of data integrity and quality
Recovery.gov Data Platform uses Universal Award Key to
track Awards across life-cycle
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11. Lesson #5: Proac2ve use of data analy2cs on Open Source
Datasets yields rich results
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12. Lesson #6: Cloud Compu2ng Saves Money
Cloud Dividend
• Pay only for what you use when you need it:
‐ Bandwidth
‐ Compute
‐ Storage
• Delivered 20‐30% in cost savings due to elas2city of cloud offering
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13. Smartronix engages a broad range of partners and vendors as part of its best of
breed delivery ecosystem.
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14. Helpful links…
Get Started on Recovery.gov
http://www.recovery.gov/About/GetStarted/Pages/default.aspx
About the Recovery Act
http://www.recovery.gov/About/Pages/The_Act.aspx
Maps of Reports
http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/
RecipientReportedDataMap.aspx
Video Center about Recovery Act and Recovery.gov
http://www.recovery.gov/FAQ/tutorial/Videos/Tutorial.aspx
Developer Center for API and Widgets
http://www.recovery.gov/FAQ/Developer/Pages/default.aspx
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15. Recovery.gov:
Integrated Repor2ng and Analy2cs System
July 2012
Evan Burfield
Chairman and Founder,
Synterac<ve, Inc.
(703) 597 5237
Gaurav “GP” Pal
Director and Program Manager,
Recovery.gov
(571) 271 4396