; Federal agency; Federal award; Secretary The terms Director , Federal agency , Federal award , and Secretary have the meaning given those terms in section 2(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 ( 31 U.S.C. 6101 note). (3) FFATA subaward reporting system; system The terms FFATA subaward reporting system and system mean the subaward reporting system described in section 2(d)(2) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 ( 31 U.S.C. 6101 note).