# 2026-12814: Treasury Adds Giant Business Database to Its Do-Not-Pay Hit List

2026-12814, Designation of OpenCorporates Dataset Into DNP Working System, is a Federal Register notice from Treasury Department published 2026-06-25, effective Submit written comments on or before July 10, 2026. At the conclusion of the comment period, if Treasury decides to finalize the designation, Treasury will publish a notice in the Federal Register to officially designate the database.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-02).

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- As of: 2026-07-02
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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-12814
- Title: Designation of OpenCorporates Dataset Into DNP Working System
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Treasury Department
- Citation: 91 FR 38476
- Published: 2026-06-25
- Effective: Submit written comments on or before July 10, 2026. At the conclusion of the comment period, if Treasury decides to finalize the designation, Treasury will publish a notice in the Federal Register to officially designate the database.
- Comments close: 2026-07-10
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-07-02

## In one line

Treasury Adds Giant Business Database to Its Do-Not-Pay Hit List

## 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.

## Abstract

Pursuant to the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) (31 U.S.C. 3351, et seq.), Treasury is issuing this notice to provide the public an opportunity to comment on the proposed designation of the U.S. legal entity dataset of OpenCorporates Limited ("OpenCorporates"), which contains business registration information sourced from official U.S. state and territory public registries to the Do Not Pay Working System.

## Effects PRIA read

- Do Not Pay Will Use OpenCorporates Data: benefit, medium. 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' n…
- Inactive or Missing Registrations May Trigger Flags: cost, medium. 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 pay…
- Centralized Access Reduces Agency Procurement: benefit, low. 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 operationa…

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## Sources
- [2026-12814 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/25/2026-12814/designation-of-opencorporates-dataset-into-dnp-working-system)
- [2026-12814 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-25/pdf/2026-12814.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12814 (as of 2026-07-02).