FITARA Scorecard changes: What you need to know
June 1, 2022 Leave a comment
By Tara Franzonello, Program Development Manager
How will changes to the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act affect government agencies and OEMs?
On Jan. 20, 2022, the Subcommittee on Government Operations discussed FITARA, the Modernizing Government Technology Act, and the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014. The purpose was to consider how to modernize the FITARA Scorecard, since many agency grades have remained stagnant.
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, chairman of the Subcommittee, suggested that lack of progress was because of the methodology used to calculate metrics. Connolly believes there should be new ways to hold agencies accountable for IT modernization, including moving to the cloud.
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