Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) Archives

WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 04: Early morning fog envelopes the U.S. Capitol dome behind the U.S. House of Representatives. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

What the midterm results mean for federal IT leaders

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…

Nov 10, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones Nihal Krishan

Clare Martorana. Image Credit: The White House.

Clare Martorana says FITARA scorecard should retain CIO reporting relationship metric

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

Sep 16, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

Rep. Gerry Connolly. (House Oversight Flickr)

FITARA has helped agencies save $24.8B on federal IT projects: GAO leader

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

Jul 29, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

GSA gauging which agencies will extend network, telecom services on legacy contracts

The departments of Defense, Homeland Security and Justice and the Government Accountability Office are likely candidates given outstanding task orders.

Jun 14, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

Department of Energy (DOE) — (Department of Energy / Flickr)

Dunkin: DOE’s cybersecurity posture ‘stronger’ than D grade reflects

The CIO responded to criticism her department's priorities aren't in order and leave it vulnerable to attack.

Jan 20, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

FITARA 14.0 scorecard will feature a revised methodology

Recent executive orders on cybersecurity and customer experience give the opportunity to revamp the scorecard.

Jan 20, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

SAN CLEMENTE, CA – MARCH 15: Ocean waves come ashore near the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station along San Onofre State Beach on March 15, 2012 south of San Clemente, California. Three steam generator tubes in Unit 3 of the nuclear reaction facility failed pressure stress tests by Southern California Edison (SCE), prompting the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to begin assembling a team of nuclear energy inspection experts who will try to determine why the level of wear on the tubes is unusually high. The unit has been shut down since the detection of a leak in one of the steam generator tubes on January 31. Unit 2 is also off line, for routine inspections, and Unit 1 has been decommissioned. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Nuclear Regulatory Commission on track to complete EIS transition by year end

The agency expects to complete the contract switchover nine months ahead of the federal deadline.

Sep 15, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

Exit Interview: Former CIO Eric Olson says Treasury’s IT is in a better place

The technology leader admits he is not the biggest fan of aspects of FITARA.

Aug 19, 2021 By Billy Mitchell

Department of Commerce in Washington — (Getty Images)

Forthcoming Commerce enterprise IT contract could total $1.5B in task orders

DOC's CIO office wants to use cloud platforms to deliver as-a-service offerings to its departments.

Aug 11, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

Rep. Gerry Connolly, Virginia Democrat — Rep. Gerry Connolly. (House Oversight Democrats / Flickr)

FITARA scores mostly stay firm, with TMF and cyber EO changes looming

A total of 18 agencies maintained their grades, four improved them and two saw downgrades, but the next scorecard could get a facelift.

Jul 28, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir