The Department of Homeland Security, as well as several other agencies, has made strides in its IT modernization efforts, and it shows, according to the House Oversight and Reform Committee’s FITARA latest 9.0 scorecard. Keep Reading
The Government Accountability Office testified about 2 issues on its High Risk List: management of IT acquisitions and operations, and cybersecurity. Keep Reading
It has taken half a decade for chief information officers to only begin to truly have the power to manage and control their agency’s technology spending. Keep Reading
The vast majority of the 24 CFO Act agencies included in the scoring stayed stagnant at a C grade, while a handful got Bs and fewer received Ds. Keep Reading
The federal government planned to invest more than $96 billion in IT in fiscal year 2018. However, these investments have often failed or contributed little to mission-related outcomes. Keep Reading
A GAO report has found that have only implemented 61 percent of the IT-related recommendations made by GAO since 2010, and to better manage acquisition operations and cybersecurity more need to be completed. Keep Reading
Over 35 federal agencies across civilian, intelligence and defense organizations are using or currently deploying the Nlyte DCOI platform to attain compliance with FITARA and achieve consistency with the Modernizing Government Technology Act. Keep Reading
Federal agencies should be reviewing and implementing agencies' IT acquisition plans, as per FITARA guidance, and in January GAO made 39 recommendations to improve this process. Keep Reading
Almost all the feds surveyed were worried about legacy technology, with 89 percent saying their agency's reliance on such systems hurts and 73 percent saying that delaying modernization is more risky than moving forward. Keep Reading