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AP/Cliff OwenRep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., addresses the Atlantic Council's

FedRAMP, MGT Act reforms on Rep. Connolly’s radar after August recess

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) warns that many IT modernization fixes passed already by lawmakers still aren’t working as planned.

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DHS deputy CIO sees opportunity in ‘elasticity’ of cloud amid data center consolidation effort

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AP/Carolyn KasterRep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.)

Rep. Connolly: 250-plus agency CIOs ‘not a good model’ for IT management

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FedRAMP director

GSA: Accelerated cloud cybersecurity authorization ‘looks very good’

Officials with GSA’s FedRAMP program say they are about to authorize the first provider coming through the accelerated process.

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Two agencies stumped by how best to reform IT

The departments of Labor and Energy are still working through their final plans to implement the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act.

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Amelia Brust/Federal News NetworkFederal Acquisition, GSA

OMB expects ‘believable plans’ from agencies as FITARA deadline nears

Agencies are under an Aug. 15 deadline to describe how they’ll implement the a key part of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act. As part of a forthcoming FITARA dashboard, OMB wants to broadcast those plans as widely as possible.

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