FITARA takes major steps towards consolidating CIO authority over IT spending
The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) requires the heads of Federal agencies to ensure that their respective chief information officers (CIOs) have a significant role in information technology (IT) decisions, including annual and multi-year planning, programming, budgeting, execution, reporting, management, governance, and oversight functions. The law also requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) annual IT capital planning guidance to require CIOs to (1) approve their agency’s IT budget requests, (2) certify that IT investments adequately implement incremental development, and (3) ensure that all requested IT positions meet ongoing requirements. Click FITARA to review the law in its entirety. Also, visit https://whitehouse.github.io/fitara/ to provide feedback on OMB’s proposed guidance.