“The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the General Services Administration (GSA) both develop guidance to assist with federal IT projects and acquisitions. A review by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that these two agencies don’t always coordinate on the IT guidance that they develop for the rest of the federal government…”
“Over the past 10 years, GAO has issued 12 reports that included 275 recommendations to agencies to address issues related to duplicative IT, such as weaknesses in the processes agencies used to reduce contract duplication. GAO also made 117 recommendations in six reports to address issues related to IT management roles and responsibilities, such as unclear responsibilities for chief information officers and acquisition officials. As of October 2021, agencies had implemented a total of 290 (74 percent) of the recommendations. Implementing the remaining 102 would provide agencies greater assurance that they are effectively managing IT acquisitions and operations…”
“GAO is making two recommendations, one each to OMB and GSA, to establish and document an approach to coordinate on IT guidance provided to agencies. OMB and GSA generally concurred and said they have begun meeting to develop new processes to ensure future coordination between the two programs…” Read the full article here.
Source: GAO Finds Lack of Coordination on Federal IT Guidance – December 11, 2021. Homeland Security Today.
