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FEDERALhearing transcript

High Impact

FITARA 13.0 Oversight Hearing

Original title: FITARA 13.0

January 1, 2022

information technology government oversight federal budget cybersecurity FITARA

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The Frame

What this does

The directly influences how 24 federal agencies manage their IT budgets and cybersecurity protocols, impacting the efficiency and security of government digital services.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Federal Agencies

Agencies are subject to biannual grading on their IT acquisition and management performance.

Taxpayers

Taxpayers are affected by the reported $20 billion in savings generated through improved IT system management.

What changed

Last recorded activity January 1, 2022.

What's next

Next step not available in the current record.

Summary

The House Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing to review the 13th iteration of the , a tool used to track how federal agencies manage and acquire information technology. The hearing highlighted the scorecard's role in improving IT security and saving taxpayers over $20 billion since 2015.

Key Facts

The FITARA scorecard has saved taxpayers an estimated $20 billion since its inception in 2015.
Between November 2015 and December 2021, the percentage of federal agencies receiving a grade of C or higher increased from 29% to 100%.
As of the most recent scorecard, 50% of the 24 tracked federal agencies received a grade of A or B.
The hearing was held on January 20, 2022, via the Zoom video platform.
The scorecard tracks 24 federal agencies across various IT acquisition categories.
The subcommittee has held more oversight hearings on FITARA than any other piece of federal legislation in the last seven years.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the FITARA scorecard?

It is an oversight tool used by Congress to measure how 24 federal agencies perform in information technology acquisition and management.

How many agencies are evaluated by the scorecard?

The tracks 24 federal agencies.

Why It Matters

The directly influences how 24 federal agencies manage their IT budgets and cybersecurity protocols, impacting the efficiency and security of government digital services.

News Coverage

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Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift90% confidence

Consistent Oversight Success

The subcommittee reports a 100% success rate in agencies achieving a C grade or higher, indicating a significant shift in agency compliance since 2015.

Government Accountability Office

Connected Entities

personSuzette Kent“CEO, Kent Advisory Services”Map →

personGuy Cavallo“Chief Information Officer, Office of Personnel Management”Map →

personGerald E. Connolly“Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations”Map →

personAnn Dunkin“Chief Information Officer, Department of Energy”Map →

personRichard Spires“Principal, Richard A. Spires Consulting”Map →

personDavid Powner“Executive Director, Center for Data-Driven Policy, MITRE”Map →

personCarol C. Harris“Director, Information Technology and Cybersecurity, GAO”Map →

organizationGovernment Accountability Office“Provided data on scorecard effectiveness and savings”Map →

Sources

Open source document

www.govinfo.gov

Analysis Score

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Significance80
How much this matters to a regular citizen
Controversy10
Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
Entertainment5
Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
Buzz20
Current news / social attention level

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