DATA Act Information Model Schema (DAIMS) v1.4

Version 1.4 of the DAIMS released on September 27, 2019 and includes the data standard conceptual model, specifications, and schema management. This release is necessary to address audit findings, clarify aggregate record reporting, align with Federal Hierarchy, and align with changes in integrated data sources. DAIMS v1.4 was implemented on May 18. DAIMS v1.4 will be implemented in April 2020 for FABS and May 2020 for DABS. The DAIMS architecture is designed to meet the needs of the business users and technical systems. It serves as the foundation for the DAIMS data standards. It is extensible through domain, component, element, and metadata. Additional descriptive content on the DAIMS architecture will be released as necessary.

Version 2.0 of the DAIMS was released on May 6, 2020 and will be implemented in July 2020. Visit our DAIMS v2.0 page to learn more about this release.

DAIMS Document Release v1.4

• Release Notes v1.4 – provides a summary of changes for this release.
• DAIMS 1.4 Document ZIP – provides all the DAIMS documents (Overview, Architecture, Information Flow, RSS, IDD, Validation Rules, Sample Files, and File Diagrams) in a single downloadable zip file.

DAIMS includes:

• DAIMS Overview - provides an overview of the data standards and data architecture.
• DAIMS Architecture - provides details of the data standards and data architecture.
• Information Flow - provides details of the reporting timeframes and sources of the data included in the DAIMS across the federal enterprise.

DAIMS Reporting Guidance includes:

Reporting Submission Specification (RSS) - includes a listing of the data elements with specific instructions for federal agencies to submit content in the appropriate format.

The RSS is a human-readable version of the data standards. The previously separate Terse Labels (shortened versions of the data element names), Domain Values (permissible values for a sub-set of the DAIMS data elements), and DAIMS Diagrams (visual representations of how the data elements from the RSS fit together in context) have been incorporated to improve usability.

Interface Definition Document (IDD) - contains a listing of the elements, with supporting metadata, that explain what data will be pulled from government-wide systems for procurement and sub-awards and from the Broker itself (via FABS) for financial assistance.

The IDD is a human-readable version of the data standard for the award related content. The previously separate Terse Labels (shortened versions of the data element names) and DAIMS Diagrams (visual representations of how the data elements from the IDD fit together in context) have been incorporated to improve usability.

Validation Rules - documents the business rules employed by the DATA Act Broker for field and cross-file validations.

Practices and Procedures - provides the general practices and procedures for submitting, validating, and understanding the reporting of submissions to the DATA Act Broker.

Sample Submission Files

Sample files include examples to illustrate the format of agency submission files.

• FABS: Financial Assistance data
• File A: Appropriation Account data
• File B: Object Class and Program Activity data
• File C: Award Financial data

File Diagrams

Diagrams showing the data model for RSS and IDD files.

• RSS File A Diagram
• RSS File B Diagram
• RSS File C Diagram
• RSS FABS Diagram
• IDD File D1 Diagram
• IDD File D2 Diagram
• IDD File E Diagram
• IDD File F Diagram

DAIMS Documents for Consumers Include:

• Online Data Dictionary - contains a comprehensive list of data elements with definitions and some associated metadata.
• XBRL Schema File - provides a machine-readable version of the data standards that include accounting-related and award-related content.
• Consumption-Focused Metadata (CFM) - contains a listing of the elements with supporting metadata explaining how submission and outlay data is compiled for consumption. The CFM is a human-readable version of the data standard for consumption related content.
• Consumption Focused File Diagram - diagram showing the data model for data sources of the USAspending website.

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XBRL Data Downloads

These zip files contain financial data in an XBRL format and are organized by quarters.

Last modified 05/15/20