{"id":15988,"date":"2018-11-14T21:17:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T21:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/14\/insufficient-plans-hold-back-tech-leadership-authorities-report-finds\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:43:27","slug":"insufficient-plans-hold-back-tech-leadership-authorities-report-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/federal-oversight\/watchdogs\/2018\/11\/14\/insufficient-plans-hold-back-tech-leadership-authorities-report-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Insufficient plans hold back tech leadership authorities, report finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chief information officer authorities mandated under the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act<\/a> and Office of Management and Budget requirements are lacking because agencies do not have a concise plan for effecting IT leadership change in line with those regulations, a Nov. 13 Government Accountability Office report found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GAO studied four federal agencies \u2014 the Departments of Energy, Health and Human Services, Justice and the Treasury \u2014 as well as their components and found that while all four had made efforts to fulfill the eight OMB requirements for CIO authorities, they still fell partially or fully behind on some of those requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhere the departments had not fully established policies and procedures, it was due, in part, to having not addressed in their FITARA implementation and delegation plans how they intended to implement the OMB requirements,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUntil departments develop comprehensive policies and procedures that address IT budgeting requirements established by OMB, they risk inconsistently applying requirements that are intended to facilitate the CIO’s oversight and approval of the IT budget.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t