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Issa's IT reform bill moves through committee, concerns still remain
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) with little debate and no amendments. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the bill's author and chairman of the committee, said the provisions to give CIOs more budget control and the IT project and program management improvements will have a big impact on how agencies spend money on technology.
Tags: technology , Darrell Issa , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , acquisition , industry , Mike Hettinger , Software and Information Industry Association , TechAmerica , Project management , Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act , open source , strategic sourcing , Jason Miller , exclusive
IT Reform: Where do we go Next
February 19th, 2013
Policy and Reality: We just celebrated the
10-year anniversary of the eGovernment Act of
2002 in December, and Clinger-Cohen is 17
years old - does the content of those two
historic pieces of legislation remain relevant
today? Where in the Federal government can IT
reform create real impact? What stands in the
way of reform? How can those barriers be
broken down?
Tags: VMWare , Federal IT Challenge ,
VanRoekel dismisses need for IT reform, calls for more flexibility
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held its first hearing on the steps needed to reform IT management across government. But federal CIO Steven VanRoekel said he has the authority needed to improve how agencies spend money on technology programs. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the committee's chairman, is developing legislation to update laws governing the management of IT.
Tags: technology , Steven VanRoekel , OMB , Darrell Issa , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , CIO authorities , Tom Davis , Deloitte , David Powner , GAO , John Mica , Jason Miller , House , Congress
Video: House committee fires first shot in IT reform revolution
Later today, the full membership of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will begin to consider legislation to reduce wasteful IT spending.
Tags: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , Darrell Issa , technology , Michael OConnell , information technology , Congress , House
IT reform bill would cull the CIO herd, give them more power
Rep. Darrell Issa said agencies need a lot more agility in their IT spending, but a lack of budget authority and a proliferation of accountability among bureau-level CIOs gets in the way.
Tags: technology , Congress , Darrell Issa , Gerry Connolly , Trey Hodgkins , TechAmerica , OMB , Open source software , Jared Serbu
Issa proposes major reforms to IT management
The Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act would codify much of the Obama administration's 25-point IT reform plan. The draft bill would go even further in attempting to address long-standing challenges for agency chief information officers.
Tags: technology , Darrell Issa , House Oversight and Government Reform Commitee , OMB , GSA , strategic sourcing , Mike Hettinger , Software and Information Industry Association , TechAmerica , Trey Hodgkins , Jason Miller
Ambitious IT reform plan viewed as effective
In 2010, the Office of Management and Budget unveiled a sweeping plan to reform federal IT projects, encompassing 25 focus areas. Among them: Shuttering data centers and transitioning to cloud-computing platforms and implementing more robust metrics and processes to effectively manage large-scale IT projects. Federal IT experts evaluate agencies' progress on the initiative and discuss why they believe it has been effective as part of the special report, The Obama Impact: Evaluating the Last Four Years.
Tags: Steven VanRoekel , Vivek Kundra , Karen Evans , Dan Chenok , IBM Center for the Business of Government
Technology reforms give agencies a needed lift
In part 2 of Federal News Radio's special report, The Obama Impact: Evaluating the Last Four Years, we examine the success and change brought by five technology initiatives. We rated three as effective, one as having made some progress, but more is needed, and a fifth as ineffective.
Tags: technology , Obama Impact , cybersecurity , openness and transparency , health IT , information sharing , Jason Miller
Agencies given how-to guide for modular, agile IT contracting
Federal Chief Information Officer Steve VanRoekel and Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator Joe Jordan released the guidance that highlights possible risks or challenges, and offers checklists, templates and other tools to make the move to this smaller, more outcome based approach easier for agencies.
Tags: acquisition , acquisition policy , contracting , industry , OMB , OFPP , Joe Jordan , Steven VanRoekel , TechStat , modular contracting , agile development , Jason Miller
In Depth interviews - June 6
On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Robert Tobias , Dan Meyer , DoD , DoD IG , Mike Hettinger , SIIA , Josh Sawislak , Telework Exchange , Larry Clinton
