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April 21, 2016 By AMK

Getting FITARA right

Although it’s been nearly 16 months since President Barack Obama signed the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA), we still have a lot of work to do to strengthen the management of government’s IT.

Considered one of the most significant IT reforms since the Clinger-Cohen Act, FITARA expands oversight of the almost $90 billion in federal IT spending. The law’s main objectives are:

  • Provide better visibility into IT expenditures.
  • Improve risk management in IT investments.
  • Engage other senior officials in the oversight of IT investments.
  • Give more authority to the federal government’s more than 250 CIOs to plan, approve and execute IT acquisitions.

Keep reading this article at: https://fcw.com/articles/2016/04/13/comment-delprete-fitara.aspx

See June 10, 2015 memorandum entitled “Management and Oversight of Federal Information Technology” from the Office of Management & Budget at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2015/m-15-14.pdf

FITARA Scorecard - Nov. 2015

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: acquisition planning, acquisition reform, contract management, Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act, FITARA, IT, procurement reform, technology

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