Connolly was a contributor to key federal tech legislation during his nearly two-decade career on Capitol Hill, including FITARA and the law that produced the Technology Modernization…

Rep. Gerry Connolly said he wouldn’t be surprised if the next scorecard shows lower marks as leaders mull new categories.

In a letter, the Senate Republican questioned why the SBA hadn’t disclosed artificial intelligence uses in its inventory, alleging the agency was out of compliance.

Lower grades were anticipated with the addition of a cloud metric in the 17th FITARA scorecard, Rep. Connolly said. “The object here is to move up.”

The statute that governs federal acquisition doesn’t currently have a definition for cloud, posing challenges, GAO’s Carol Harris noted at the roundtable with Rep. Gerry Connolly.

The number of CFO Act agencies receiving A grades on the 16th FITARA Scorecard grew to three since the previous grades were issued in December 2022.

Missing records were identified through an audit of IT contracts signed between fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2021.

While the full outcome of the election remains uncertain, tech policy experts tell FedScoop how a Republican-led House could impact the day-to-day operations of government agency IT…

The scorecard currently includes a "CIO direct reporting" component, which assesses how much real authority each agency gives to their top IT leader.

Carol Harris says about 82% of federal government IT projects are now being developed using best practices set out in the FITARA scorecard.