A recently crafted bill to modernize information technology for federal agencies sailed through the House on Sept. 22 in a unanimous vote.
“The Modernizing Government Technology Act is another piece in the puzzle we are putting together to move federal IT systems into the 21st century,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., in a statement. Connolly co-sponsored the new MGT Act last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It will build on the success of FITARA by investing savings in retiring dated, legacy systems and accelerating our transition to the cloud. I am glad to partner with Rep. Hurd on this effort and look forward to this bill hitting the President\u2019s desk post haste.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
The bill was created a week ago as a bipartisan compromise of Hurd\u2019s and Hoyer\u2019s bills. The new bill provides individual working capital funds for each agency to modernize their IT systems called for in Hurd\u2019s MOVE IT Act, but also sets up a central Information Technology and Modernization Fund and Board to “improve Government-wide efficiency and cybersecurity in accordance with the 15 requirements of the agencies.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agencies would “reprogram” their own IT funding to apply to their IT modernization efforts, effectively spending their own money on upgrade projects through individual accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The central fund \u2014 along with an Information Technology Modernization Board to advise it \u2014would establish a revolving pool managed by the General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget that agencies would apply to receive monies for certain IT projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Congress has been trying to find a way to fund the government\u2019s IT modernization efforts ever since President Obama\u2019s February budget request called for a $3.1-billion fund to update the information systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bill will next head to the Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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