Federal CIO Says New IT Modernization Plan In the Works OlegAlbinsky/iStock.com
email May 19, 2021 02:00 PM ET
The Biden administration will outline exactly what it “stands for” when it comes to IT delivery in government, Federal CIO Clare Martorana said.
The Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer and Federal CIO Council have started work on a new governmentwide IT modernization strategy to replace the IT Modernization Plan put in place under the Trump administration, President Joe Biden’s top IT leader said Wednesday.
When it comes to IT, the Biden administration has not been shy about rolling out cybersecurity directives, as major breaches and security incidents continue to crop up. But there has been little guidance related to IT delivery produced during the first months of the new presidency.
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Officials urged agencies to pitch projects that focus on hack cleanup, COVID-19 response or economic recovery by June 2 for maximum repayment flexibility from the Technology Modernization Fund.
The federal agencies managing a central fund for loaning money to other agencies to upgrade aging IT a fund that just received $1 billion from Congress as part of the second COVID-19 stimulus package released an outline Tuesday updating priorities and making fundamental changes to how the fund works.
The Technology Modernization Fund was created as part of the 2017 Modernizing Government Technology Act, or MGT Act, envisioned as a self-sustaining fund that would loan money for projects with wide potential impact and a solid return on investment that would replenish the fund on a three- to five-year cycle.
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