Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act

Lawmakers want to end 8-year debate over the definition of data centers

GAO told the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations that CIO authorities improved across five agencies over the course of the…

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Senator Gary Peters, D-Mich., questions Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to examine Department of Homeland Security personnel deployments to recent protests on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Washington. (Toni Sandys/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

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New data proves some federal management laws do work

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Education pushes back, OPM opens up during FITARA hearing

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

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Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

More lawmakers getting on IT modernization bandwagon as House prepares 10th FITARA scorecard

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Clarence Shields, an Army veteran, pickets with a small group of activists from the American Federation of Government Employees local 424 and the National Association of Government Employees local R3-19 during the coronavirus pandemic, outside the Baltimore VA Medical Center, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Baltimore. The Department of Veterans Affairs is struggling with shortages of workers at its health care facilities as it cares for veterans infected with the novel coronavirus. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Thousands impacted as coronavirus takes toll on veterans, VA staff

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Before she leaves, Wynn setting NASA up for a reorganized, consolidated IT future

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

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

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FITARA is turning 5 years old and some CIOs are just receiving benefits of the law

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Senate Dems concerned with EPA’s handling of contract negotiations with AFGE

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American Council for Technology and the Industry Advisory Council

ACT-IAC maturity model gives agencies roadmap to improve FITARA scores

ACT-IAC’s Suzanne Komara and Stu Hammer explain how the group is giving agencies a roadmap for how to improve their FITARA scores.

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A Venezuelan volunteer places a bag of USAID humanitarian aid for storage at a warehouse next to the Tienditas International Bridge, near Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019. Trucks carrying U.S. humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela arrived Thursday at the Colombian border, where opposition leaders vowed to bring them into their troubled nation despite objections from embattled President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

How USAID got out of technical debt

Jay Mahanand, the chief information officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development, said the plan is to launch an enterprise portfolio management…

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OMB finalizes data center policy, fueling FITARA hearing

Congress

The House Oversight and Reform Committee will release the 8th Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard showing five agencies improving, five falling and 14 agencies holding steady.

Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act

Lawmakers want to end 8-year debate over the definition of data centers

New data proves some federal management laws do work

Education pushes back, OPM opens up during FITARA hearing

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

More lawmakers getting on IT modernization bandwagon as House prepares 10th FITARA scorecard

Thousands impacted as coronavirus takes toll on veterans, VA staff

Before she leaves, Wynn setting NASA up for a reorganized, consolidated IT future

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

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

FITARA is turning 5 years old and some CIOs are just receiving benefits of the law

Senate Dems concerned with EPA’s handling of contract negotiations with AFGE

ACT-IAC maturity model gives agencies roadmap to improve FITARA scores

How USAID got out of technical debt

OMB finalizes data center policy, fueling FITARA hearing

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