Federal Government Information Technology

2016 in review: Progress made implementing FITARA, but still 'not enough'

Fedscoop: By year's end, twelve agencies had improved in congressional ratings designed to hold them accountable for meeting the savings and other benchmarks set by the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act.

There is still work to be done, though, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members were quick to note in their last hearing on the subject for the year.

In particular, FITARA was, above all else, designed to give chief information officers the authority they needed over IT projects so Congress could hold them accountable. But it became evident in a December House hearing on implementing the law, and the third round of issuing a FITARA scorecard, that several agencies still have a way to go toward finding a structure that satisfies congressional intent with the legislation.

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