New cloud category sinks FITARA scores, but thats not necessarily a bad thing

Published: Feb. 6, 2024, 1:14 p.m.

b'Federal agency scores plummeted on the 17th Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard. The reason for the drop in grades: Continued struggles to implement best practices for moving workloads and services to the cloud.\\nBut oversight leaders say the decrease in grades is not only expected, but not indicative of the progress agencies have made over the last decade.\\nThe scorecard, released today by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), co-author of FITARA, showed double the amount of \\u201cC\\u201d grades with 10 \\u201cCs\\u201d and three \\u201cDs\\u201d for the first time since July 2022.\\nAt the FITARA scorecard roundtable today on Capitol Hill, Connolly and Carol Harris, the director of cybersecurity and technology at the Government Accountability Office, were quick to downplay the drop in grades.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'