The Obama administration’s program to more efficiently utilize information technology has worked — but not well enough to get a passing grade from the U.S. Congress. Lawmakers are ratcheting up the pressure on federal agencies to improve their IT resource management — including the way they procure IT products and services from the private sector. There are significant flaws in the way the Office of Management and Budget monitors the effectiveness of IT spending by federal agencies, the Government Accountability Office notes in a report released last week.
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Congress Pressures Federal Agencies to Cut Wasteful IT Spending
Posted by: John K. Higgins March 29, 2011 05:00 AMThe Obama administration’s program to more efficiently utilize information technology has worked — but not well enough to get a passing grade from the U.S. Congress. Lawmakers are ratcheting up the pressure on federal agencies to improve their IT resource management — including the way they procure IT products and services from the private sector. There are significant flaws in the way the Office of Management and Budget monitors the effectiveness of IT spending by federal agencies, the Government Accountability Office notes in a report released last week.