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Home » Government Streamlines Process for Selling IT to U.S. Agencies

Government Streamlines Process for Selling IT to U.S. Agencies

January 9, 2015
Ecommerce Times

President Obama signed the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, or FITARA, on Dec. 16, as a component of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2015. The new law enhances the role of agency chief information officers in the budgeting, planning and spending processes for IT acquisition; enhances transparency and oversight of agency IT investments; requires federal departments to take an enterprise-wide view of IT programs and investments; and continues programs designed to efficiently manage federal data centers.

However, enactment of the legislation is just the beginning of a comprehensive process for implementing improvements to federal IT procurement.

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