“By law and by policy, federal chief information officers are supposed to have review and approval authority over the IT budgets in their agencies. Many do, but compliance with specific policy guidance has been uneven across government, a recent study by the Government Accountability Office reports…”
“Released Tuesday, GAO’s audit analyzed the extent of these authorities at four federal agencies: the departments of Energy, Health and Human Services, Justice and Treasury. GAO picked these four as the bookends of agency compliance—Justice and Treasury had the highest self-assessment scores for compliance with FITARA; Energy and Health and Human Services had the lowest scores…” Read the full article here.
Source: Watchdog: Department CIOs Are Getting More Authority But Compliance Is Uneven – By Aaron Boyd, November 13, 2018. Nextgov.
