Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., released the latest Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act scorecards for agencies in an unusual forum on Tuesday, hosting a roundtable discussion with agency representatives rather than via an official subcommittee hearing.  The scorecard dates back to 2015 — though it has […]

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The White House advanced an effort launched in Congress years ago to put the federal government on a digital footing. Late Friday, the Office of Management and Budget released guidance directing agencies to deliver a “digital-first public experience,” and giving agencies details and deadlines for […]

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A reboot of the Modernizing Government Technology Act — the bill that established the Technology Modernization Fund in late 2017 — will be marked up at a Wednesday meeting of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. The reauthorization of the MGT legislation includes provisions […]

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The Department of Veterans Affairs is eying the summer of 2024 to resume its deployments of the Oracle-Cerner electronic health record system.  The 10-year technology refresh, currently budgeted at $16 billion but widely expected to cost much more, was paused in April to focus on […]

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The Office of Personnel Management’s tech shop is zeroed in on moving to the cloud and improving agency technology for governmentwide services like retirement, human resources and more, according to its first new IT strategic plan in nearly a decade.  The plan for fiscal years […]

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With technology contracts getting larger, the opportunities for small technology contractors are becoming fewer, as large contracts become increasingly in vogue looking ahead to 2024.  A series of governmentwide acquisition contracts and enterprise vehicles slated to go into competition starting this fall and early into […]

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The future of the federal government’s largest civilian payroll provider — the Agriculture Department’s National Finance Center — is “at risk without prompt action,” an expert panel writes in a new report requested by the Agriculture Department itself.  The center, dubbed a shared services provider […]

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House lawmakers criticized the Department of Defense on Wednesday for pulling the plug on its new multi-million dollar travel management system just months after directing all of its service branches to transition to the modernized software.  During a House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology […]

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The federal government is planning to spend $770 million on zero-emission vehicles and charging stations in fiscal 2023 as agencies begin ramping up to meet President Biden’s ambitious timeline to phase out gas-guzzling cars and trucks.  Agencies plan to buy 9,500 ZEVs in fiscal 2023, […]

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The Labor Department is adjusting to a new reality after lawmakers took back half of the $2 billion they’d previously given the department for modernization and fraud prevention in the unemployment system. That bonus funding was initially granted in 2021 but was then cut back […]

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The State Department is planning to modernize the customer experience for some of its Bureau of Consular Affairs operations and is conducting market research to help inform a potential contract.  In a sources sought notice released Monday, the Bureau of Consular Affairs’ Office of Consular […]

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The Department of Veterans Affairs came under bipartisan fire on Thursday from members of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee for delaying future phased releases of new software for its digital GI Bill platform, with members largely praising the department’s IT modernization effort at-large but expressing […]

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The Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill out of committee on Thursday that would rescind $290 million from the Technology Modernization Fund as lawmakers work on crafting government funding bills that fit into the debt ceiling deal reached earlier this year, which capped non-defense discretionary […]

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Officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs pushed back on Wednesday against legislation that would impose stringent requirements on the department’s beleaguered electronic health record modernization program, but voiced support for a proposal to increase oversight of major acquisition projects moving forward.  Testifying before separate […]

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