Carol Harris

FILE- In this March 30, 2019, file photo the Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as cherry blossom trees bloom on the West Lawn in Washington. On Wednesday, April 10, the Treasury Department releases federal budget data for March. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

When it comes to the data center debate, time to fish or cut bait

During the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard hearing, Federal CIO Clare Martorana outlined her four priorities.

Reporter's Notebook

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USPS delivers 100M mail-in ballots, authorizes ‘extraordinary measures’ to local management

Management

Federal IT projects continue to be difficult for agencies to finish

Technology

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CIO reporting, working capital funds remain outliers in agency IT modernization progress

Congress

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Bill Zielinski, Maria Roat, Brendan Johnson, Small Business Administration

GSA’s e-commerce initiative strained by new protests, questions over supply chain risks

Reporter's Notebook

Risk is high that GSA’s latest telecom contract suffers same fate as last two

Congress

After six years, OMB, GAO still at odds over data center initiative

Reporter's Notebook

GSA, Education, USAID receive ‘As’ on FITARA scorecard

Congress

VA to spend $10B on EHR replacement despite firm grasp on current system

Federal Drive

VA’s plans for maintaining VistA spark cost concerns for new electronic health record

Veterans Affairs

Federal CIO: Limited TMF funding shrinks scope of IT modernization projects

IT Modernization

GAO’s top 10 legacy IT systems again confirms the slow progress of modernization

GAO ranked 10 federal systems in most need of modernization and they range from 8-to-51 years old and cost about $337 million annually to maintain.

Reporter's Notebook

MISSION Act’s new community care program ready for prime time, VA says

The Department of Veterans Affairs is confident it’s ready to implement a major piece of the VA MISSION Act by the June 6 deadline. But another part of…

Veterans Affairs

GAO finds agencies are having trouble meeting Data Center Optimization Initiative goals

Federal Drive

Carol Harris, GAO director of IT acquisition, goes over agencies struggling with Data Center Optimization Initiative goals on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.