Federal Government Information Technology

MGT signed into law; central fund money still in question

Federal Times: The Modernizing Government Technology Act became law on Tuesday as part of the National Defense Authorization Act signed by President Trump.

“It took longer than I expected, to be honest, but a lot of folks were involved and I think it’s going to be enduring for a long time,” said MGT’s original author, Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, in an interview with Federal Times.

MGT was first introduced in the last Congress in September 2016 and failed to pass the Senate due to a $9 billion Congressional Budget Office score. The bill was then retooled and introduced in April 2017 alongside a Senate version authored by Sens. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Tom Udall, D-N.M. The bill then became a last minute amendment to the NDAA.

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