The Contracting Accountability and Transparency Act (CAT Act) would require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make each public housing agency publicly disclose certain information about every contract the agency enters into. The Secretary must issue this requirement no later than one year after the bill becomes law. Each public housing agency would have to post on its website, for each contract: all material information about the contract including the goods and services provided; the vendor; the date the contract was solicited; the bids and quotes solicited; and the official who solicited the contract.
If you interact with a public housing agency—as a resident, vendor, or member of the public—you would be able to find contract details on that agency’s website. The posted details would include what was bought or contracted for, who the vendor is, when the agency solicited the contract, what bids or quotes were solicited, and which agency official handled the solicitation. The requirement is to be put in place within one year of the law taking effect.
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