ADI says the greater funding flexibility would allow all government agencies to take on larger, enterprise-wide IT modernization projects.

GSA, OPM and the Department of Education are among the recipients of a $311M distribution from the central fund.

The representative says new laws may be required to give agencies the authority to create tech modernization funds.

Agile methodologies should not only be used in software development but information technology procurement, finance, budgeting and hiring, according to Case Coleman.

Administrators must consider increasing staffing levels, adjusting project selection criteria and reconsidering repayment terms for agencies, according to their letter.

"You start talking about these issues and many of my colleagues... their eyes glaze over and they want to talk about anything else," said Rep. Gerry Connolly.

This is now the seventh modernization project to receive TMF funding, bringing the grand total awarded to $90 million of the $100 million appropriated for the fund…

Gina Ortiz Jones, Hurd's competitor for his seat serving the 23rd District of Texas, issued a concession statement almost two weeks after the midterm congressional election.

Hurd is most concerned with getting CFO Act agencies to stand up IT modernization working capital funds and depositing money into them in fiscal 2019.

For the past 16 years, Powner has been synonymous with the government’s efforts to modernize its IT and empower its CIOs to oversee technology adoption.