FITARA
Agency CIOs must supply top-down IT contract information, OMB memo states
The guidance aims to help enforce legal mandates that CIOs have full visibility into their agency’s IT spend.
As US celebrates 250th, CIOs turn youngish 30
COMMENTARY | What can be done to improve federal IT leadership?
Agencies score record number of A's on latest FITARA scorecard
GAO Information Technology and Cybersecurity Director Carol Harris said the biannual review has saved the government a total of roughly $31.4 billion since it first began in 2005.
Why it's past time to modernize the FITARA scorecard
COMMENTARY | Another reset is needed to keep the FITARA scorecard relevant in driving IT management best practices across federal agencies
Embedding AI in tech modernization plans
COMMENTARY | Opportunities exist to accelerate AI adoption across government and use tools like the FITARA Scorecard to ensure effective implementation.
Agencies contend with new metrics, another missing hearing for FITARA 17.0
Cracks are showing in the usual, bipartisan buy-in for oversight on FITARA progress.
SSA restructures tech shop to center on the CIO
Be on the lookout for a vacancy announcement for the SSA CIO position.
Connolly releases new FITARA scores without usual committee hearing
“We could not allow a lapse in the scorecard,” Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., said of the Tuesday roundtable discussion held without Republicans.
Enhancing the FITARA scorecard
Opportunities exist to enhance the FITARA scorecard to ensure its continued relevance and to keep pace with technology changes.
Lawmakers float FITARA changes as scores get dragged down by missing data
The cyber scores were unreliable due to incomplete data, witnesses told lawmakers.
FITARA 14 sees just one overall A and stagnant grades
The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act scorecard did reveal continued struggles in the cybersecurity and Networx transition.
Agencies lag on telecom transition in latest FITARA scorecard
At a House hearing, lawmakers, federal officials and stakeholders called for improved metrics to grade compliance with the Federal IT Technology Reform Act.
Government watchdog calls out TMF for low rate of cost recovery
The Government Accountability Office said its previous recommendations for the Technology Modernization Fund have not been followed, leading to unrecovered operating costs and unreliable proposal cost estimates for new projects.
TMF, cyber EO drive modernization at Labor, CIO says
The unprecedented investment in IT and cybersecurity resources have provided agencies like the Department of Labor with a historic opportunity to tackle some of their loftiest modernization plans.
Why digital transformation is a process, not a destination
The agencies that may feel they don't have the time to fully implement digital transformation are the very ones that stand the most to gain.
Labor Department moves toward zero trust
Labor Department CISO Paul Blahusch detailed how his agency ramped up its implementation efforts around zero trust in recent months, from establishing an entirely new team to proposing a project for the Technology Modernization Fund.
Agencies have proposed more than $2B in TMF projects since new funding was approved
Federal CIO Clare Martorana told a House subcommittee that 108 project proposals have been submitted to the Technology Modernization Fund across 43 agencies, with 75% focusing on cybersecurity since the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act.
FITARA grades mostly stable
Most agencies maintained their grades on the latest FITARA scorecard, but the new telecom category produced some failing marks.
Lawmakers look to expand FITARA oversight
As agencies improve IT operations, lawmakers want to modernize FITARA scorecard categories.
No failures, but some declines in 10th round of agency FITARA grades
Although all two dozen agencies got passing grades on the latest Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard, some agencies had cybersecurity and reporting challenges.
