About TAGGS

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) accomplishes its mission through a variety of programs, initiatives, and activities working together to promote and protect the health of the American people. HHS is responsible for approximately a quarter of all federal outlays and administers more grant dollars than all other federal agencies combined. The HHS Office of Grants provides key leadership and oversight on HHS and government-wide electronic grant initiatives. Tracking and accounting for HHS grant spending and providing high quality data to the public and external stakeholders is critical to fulfilling HHS’s mission and strategic goals. The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) and later the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA Act), require all federal agencies to report financial assistance data to a single, searchable website (https://USAspending.gov) that is open to public access.

The Security and Data Infrastructure Project Management Office (PMO) within the HHS Office of Grants is responsible for compliance with DATA Act reporting requirements. To accomplish these objectives, the Security and Data Infrastructure Data PMO manages and oversees the Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS), which is a management and reporting platform developed in 1995 that assembles financial assistance data from across the agency into one consolidated repository. The HHS data is submitted to TAGGS by the 12 HHS grant-making Operating Divisions and several Staff Divisions under the Office of the Secretary (OS). Other data collected by TAGGS includes grant recipient demographics (e.g., type of organization, address); other types of financial assistance including Medicare payments and loan repayments; and descriptive program information included in https://SAM.gov. The TAGGS website is updated daily, and HHS financial assistance data is submitted to Treasury for publication to https://USAspending.gov twice per month.

The HHS Security and Data Infrastructure Data PMO remains committed to increasing transparency of federal funds and to show where and how the funding is spent. Through the TAGGS website, potential and current grant recipients, other executive agencies, congressional offices, HHS staff, and other interested parties can access the site for a variety of informational purposes. The website provides an easy-to-use application interface with several avenues for searching and reporting award data. Commonly searched data fields include congressional district, program name, recipient name, recipient location, awarding agency, transaction amount, and fiscal year. Customizable reports can be exported for use from the Award, Recipient, Site, and Advanced Search pages.