| Attachment | Size |
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| Outlines of Key IT Planning Documents for Federal Government Agencies | 225.13 KB |
Abstract
Congress, with the support of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), created the FITARA Scorecard to gauge agency progress towards deployment of a modern, digital infrastructure implementing the requirements of the seminal Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) by tracking agency progress towards improved IT management and modernization. The FITARA Scorecard has been the subject of numerous Congressional hearings seeking to hold agencies to account in their journey towards IT modernization of their unclassified systems environment.
While serving a salutary purpose, the passage of time and the successful efforts of many agencies to drive IT modernization has created the recognition that the first versions of the FITARA Scorecard required updating and revisions.
Four IT planning documents introduced in the ACT-IAC report on evolving the FITARA Scorecard are deemed essential to evaluating the maturity of any IT organization. The four planning documents are:
- IT Modernization Plan
- Cloud Computing Adoption Plan
- Zero-Trust Architecture Plan
- IT Workforce Strategic Plan.
The project team developing the ACT-IAC report included the existence and substance of these four reports in the scoring recommendations for evolving the FITARA Scorecard.
To truly modernize an agency’s IT requires significant change, not just for the IT organization, but for every mission and business organization throughout an agency. The appropriate incorporation of change leadership concepts is imperative to success. Hence, change leadership is an essential element introduced in each of these four planning documents.
The FITARA Scorecard has been an effective tool to drive agencies to improve their management of IT. Now is the time to update this tool, recognizing the evolving nature of technology and working to ensure federal government agencies are adopting modern IT management practices.
In addition to the project team members, members from the ACT-IAC IT Modernization & Management COI and Cybersecurity COI, along with the Cloud Working Group, provided input and review of the outlines included in this report.