Federal Government Information Technology

Critical Update: Rep. Will Hurd Explains Why Everyone Should Care About Government Tech

NextGov: Federal technologists have been trying to improve the state of government IT for years, though many lacked the authorities needed to make real transformation happen. That is changing, in large part due to several pieces of legislation giving federal chief information officers more power over hiring, budgets and the strategic direction of their agencies.

One of the major advocates of these bills is Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, a two-term congressman and chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on IT. As part of his oversight role, he helped develop the FITARA Scorecard, a tool Congress uses to track whether agencies are complying with major IT initiatives like data center consolidation goals and legislation like the Modernizing Government Technology Act and MEGABYTE Act.

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