Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act

FITARA

New cloud category sinks FITARA scores, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing

Major changes to the 17th Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard led to agency scores dropping considerably.

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FITARA

Connolly runs out of patience waiting for Republicans to get on FITARA bus

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(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Kiyoshi Tanno)Washington DC/USA Mar 25 2019/Signboard of United States Department of Veterans Affairs(VA).The VA stands in front of Lafayette Square Park in the north of the White House.

Is the authority of the CIO of Veterans Affairs simply symbolic?

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Cyber grades bring down agencies’ scores in FITARA 14

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FITARA

FITARA 13 scorecard brings truce to data center consolidation debate

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FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2019 file photo, former Republican congressman Darrell Issa speaks during a news conference in El Cajon, Calif. The race to fill the vacated seat of former Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California has turned into a GOP slugfest. Hunter held one of the party's few remaining House seats in California before he pleaded guilty to a corruption charge and resigned last month. The race to replace him has been especially bitter between the Republican front-runners, former congressman Issa and San Diego radio host and political commentator Carl DeMaio. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Idea to reduce the number of CIOs per agency reemerges

Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) say it’s time to reconsider having only one person per agency with the title chief information…

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(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)The General Services Administration (GSA) building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. General Service Administrator Emily Murphy, the head of the obscure federal government agency that is holding up Joe Biden's presidential transition, appeared to know she might be facing a messy situation after the votes came in. Prior to Nov. 3, Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, held a Zoom call with Dave Barram, 77, a man who was in her shoes 20 years earlier during the contested 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Barram said he advised her to

GSA earns top marks under FITARA 12 scorecard

House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations released the latest agency grades on progress around IT modernization goals.

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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 Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard.

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