VA becomes latest agency to finally give its CIO full authorities under FITARA

Published: June 25, 2020, 3:07 p.m.

b"The Veterans Affairs Department has a 6 billion dollar IT budget. Now there's real news: Its chief information officer finally has control over it. This means the largest civilian agency is at last complying with a 2015 law that gave agency CIOs authority over all IT spending. Federal News Network's Jason Miller got a hold of the memo giving the VA CIO new authority. Jason writes about why five years after the passage of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act or FITARA agencies still are falling short of meeting the spirit and intent of the law.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"