The drivers for modernizing federal IT systems are multiplying. From the escalation in citizen expectations to the incoming mandates from the legislative and executive branch, there is a real and emerging momentum. This is most evident in the recently enacted Modernizing Government Technology Act of 2017, which helps bridge the budget gaps that have stifled recent modernization efforts. The challenge now facing agency CIOs is that dedicated MGT funding is insufficient to fully address the decades of “technical debt” that has accumulated in federal systems, despite the heightened expectations prompted by the law’s passage.
GWACs see steady spending season — FCW
The end of the federal IT spending season has been hectic, but typical, at the big
