The Government Accountability Office has called on the Office of Management and Budget and the Treasury Department to require complete documentation of controls and processes from agencies as they implement the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act.

GAO said Friday it found that OMB and Treasury failed to design and implement controls or fully documented processes for the review of the agencies’ implementation plans for the DATA Act and that the OMB did not identify the total number of agencies that must submit implementation plans to OMB.

GAO noted that in mid-June, the OMB asked only agency chief financial officers to submit the implementation plans by August 12.

“Lacking fully documented controls and processes as well as a complete population of agencies that are required to report under the DATA Act increases the risk that the purposes and benefits of the DATA Act may not be fully achieved, and could result in incomplete spending data being reported,” the government watchdog said.

GAO also found that none of the 42 implementation plans it examined include the 51 plan elements indicated in the OMB and Treasury guidance.

GAO recommended that OMB and Treasury request updated plans from non-CFO Act agencies and the two agencies agreed to the recommendations.

NASA plans to remove the Space Station Live program from its television network in September as part of changes in the agency’s coverage of International Space Station activities and various human spaceflight projects.

The agency said Saturday NASA TV will continue to provide live coverage of ISS spacecraft launches, dockings, landings, spacewalks and briefings as well as weekly highlights of life on ISS through the short-format Space to Ground program.

NASA added its social media accounts will feature stories from ISS, the Orion spacecraft program, other human spaceflight projects and behind-the-scenes updates on technology development efforts under the Journey to Mars initiative.

The Johnson Space Center will also provide weekly video highlights through a news release list that online audiences can subscribe to, NASA noted.

NASA added its ISS blog will continue to post research and operations updates while rundowns of station crew activities will be detailed on the in-orbit status report blog.

The General Services Administration has introduced a document designed to help federal agencies create an enterprise risk management program in an effort to comply with the requirements of the Office of Management and Budget’s revised Circular A-123.

OMB’s updated circular seeks to outline federal managers’ responsibilities in the management of risks and internal controls within an agency, GSA said Friday.

GSA unveiled the Playbook: Enterprise Risk Management in collaboration with the Partnership for Public Service.

The Office of Executive Councils asked risk practitioners and representatives from at least 20 federal agencies to collaborate on an interagency effort to develop the playbook that seeks to show and define practices on how to implement an ERM program within an agency.

The document outlines seven steps on how to create an ERM model, such as consideration of the context, risk identification, prioritization of risks, evaluation and analysis of risks, risk response, development of alternatives, and continuous risk assessment and identification.