Treasury Adds Giant Business Database to Its Do-Not-Pay Hit List
Published Date: 6/25/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Treasury wants to add the OpenCorporates dataset—a big list of U.S. business info—to its Do Not Pay system, which helps stop improper government payments. This change affects federal agencies and programs that use this system to check businesses before paying them. People have until July 10, 2026, to share their thoughts before the Treasury makes it official.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Do Not Pay Will Use OpenCorporates Data
The Treasury proposes adding OpenCorporates' U.S. legal entity dataset to the Do Not Pay Working System. The dataset includes registered business name, business address, registration status (active/inactive), incorporation and dissolution dates, employer identification number (EIN), and officers' names and contact information; comments are due July 10, 2026.
Inactive or Missing Registrations May Trigger Flags
If your business registration is inactive or missing in state registries, that status may be used by Do Not Pay as a risk indicator that you are not operating or that the entity may be fraudulent. Agencies may use that indicator when verifying whether a business is eligible to receive a Federal payment or award.
Centralized Access Reduces Agency Procurement
Centralizing the OpenCorporates legal entity dataset in the Do Not Pay Working System lets authorized federal and federally funded state programs use the data without separately procuring it or building separate technical integrations. Treasury says this streamlining provides significant operational benefits for agencies using the system.
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