Clark Campbell, vice president of Public Sector at BDNA, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how how his company can help federal agencies achieve the goals of FI...
About 20 years ago a law was passed with similar goals. Technically, it was called The Information Technology Management Reform Act, also known as the Clinger-Cohen Act (1996). What happened next was one of the two proponents, Rep. William F. Clinger (R-PA) did not run for office. Sen. William Cohen (R-ME) became the Secretary of Defense.
There was no human champion for the cause of efficiency in federal information technology. Today we have well-known Gerry Connelly (D-VA) who was a primary mover behind FITARA. Time will tell if he can lead implementation of policies inherent in its goals.
In developing his argument, Clark mentions that fact that in the mid-1990’s we didn’t have a federal CIO position and we didn’t have the tools to give transparency to networks. This is where BDNA fits into the puzzle – by providing tools that empower federal information professionals to gain a better understanding of their network resources in order to be able to make decisions for compliance.
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