“Tom Quaadman, the Chamber’s Executive Vice President, wrote to Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, and Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., urging that Congress provide flexibility for ensuring that agencies make progress on IT modernization plans, with congressional oversight to ensure accountability.
‘Recent appropriations for IT modernization have helped jumpstart a process towards stronger, more capable, and resilient federal government systems through appropriations made by the American Rescue Plan (ARP),’ wrote Quaadman. ‘However, there is a great need for adequate resources to digitally transform government. Last spring, the TMF received over 130 proposals from more than 40 agencies, totaling approximately $2.5 billion dollars in high-need projects for the $1 billion appropriated by ARP.’…”
“Lastly, the organization stressed a new Federal IT approach to ‘stress performance improvements and measure progress, prioritize value, transform and simplify user experience with government systems and services, and improve cybersecurity performance.’…” Read the full article here.
Source: Chamber of Commerce Backs New $300M TMF Funding – By Jordan Smith, May 9, 2022. MeriTalk.
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