The Electronic Consent Accountability Act requires 16 major federal agencies to report to Congress on whether they have fully implemented digital privacy and consent procedures that were mandated over four years ago. Specifically, the law directs agencies like the Department of Defense, Health and Human Services, and Social Security Administration to disclose their compliance status with Office of Management and Budget guidance requiring them to accept electronic identity verification, create electronic consent forms for website users, and process electronic consent for accessing personal information. Each agency must submit its report within 120 days of the bill's enactment, and if an agency has not implemented these requirements, it must explain why, provide a timeline for compliance, and detail the steps it is taking to catch up. The bill essentially creates accountability for compliance with a 2020 directive that agencies were supposed to implement by November 2021, addressing the Government Accountability Office's finding that federal agencies have not fully met these modernization requirements.
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