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Jason Miller, Executive Editor, Federal News Radio

Major changes to how federal chief information officers oversee IT investments are part of a package of proposals from the Senate Homeland Security and Governme...

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June 24, 2014 3:42 pm

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Major changes to how federal chief information officers oversee IT investments are part of a package of proposals from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Those changes include full budget authority and approval over all IT contracts. Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) will offer up their version of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) at a committee mark-up. Federal News Radio’s Executive Editor Jason Miller has a copy of the draft bill and tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the details. Read Jason’s related article.