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Enhancing the impact of Technology Modernization Fund Developing connections across the TMF and with larger IT investment programs will yield sustained positive outcomes for the government. By Dan Chenok, Margaret Graves May 11, 2021   Last week, the Office of Management and Budget issued new guidance regarding priorities and processes for agencies to submit proposals for the Technology Modernization Fund that support the American Rescue Plan Act. The guidance provides important insights on ho...

Biden administration officials announced on Tuesday that payback requirements will be relaxed for some projects funded by the recent $1 billion addition to the Technology Modernization Fund. Administrators want urgently needed upgrades that help respond to the pandemic or improve the cybersecurity of federal agencies. Quick Hits *** President Joe Biden praised civil servants on Wednesday during a virtual event hosted by the Partnership for Public Service to recognize finalists for the "Sammie...

Quick Hits *** The Office of Management and Budget is seeking public comment on the implementation of the Biden Administrations day-one executive order titled Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government. OMBs request includes a section on federal procurement. Under the order, "agencies will need to assess opportunities to direct more procurement and contracting dollars to underserved individuals and communities so that a broad cross-section of...

Get Permission The Biden administration will prioritize cybersecurity in its $1 billion IT modernization grant program for federal agencies, which will be overseen by the General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget. In March, Congress allocated $1 billion for federal IT modernization project grants as part of the American Rescue Plan - the $2 trillion economic relief package signed by President Joe Biden. That measure also includes $650 million in funding for the Cy...

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By Natalie Alms   A bipartisan bill introduced in the House on Friday takes aim at updating the process for agencies’ creation of congressionally mandated performance plans. Agencies are required to make publically available performance plans annually that lay out their strategic goals and objectives. The law mandating this process requires agencies’ chief human capital officers to help create the plans, but Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), chair of the Subcommittee on Government Operations o...

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will pause the rollout of its Cerner electronic health record until it reviews the program and shares the results with Congress.   Agency officials told the House Subcommittee on Technology Modernization at a Wednesday hearing that they would not go live with the EHR at a second site before a strategic review announced this past month is completed. "VA is committed, in partnership with the Department of Defense, to leading American healthcare forward,...

President Joe Biden (Photo via whitehouse.gov) The Biden administration this past Friday released a letter outlining President Joe Bidens request for fiscal year 2022 discretionary funding in advance of Congresss annual appropriations and budget process.   The letter, addressed to Appropriations Committee Chair Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, along with several other top federal lawmakers, includes a range of proposals that reflect Bidens broader agenda.   "The consequences of this broad disi...

Presiding: Chair Frank Mrvan The Subcommittee on Technology Modernization will hold a hearing entitled "Strategic Review: Evaluating Concerns About the Ongoing Implementation of the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program" This meeting will be livestreamed on Youtube and Facebook.  Check back for live video of this hearing.

The head of U.S. Veterans Affairs was joined Wednesday by Montana’s congressional delegation as he capped off a three-day visit to the state at Fort Harrison VA Medical Center in Helena, where he heard from the public about their concerns and what the VA could be doing better. Denis McDonough, appointed by President Joe Biden and confirmed to the post in February, said the Montana VA “does a lot of things really well … and one of them is this team works well together.” He...