Friday, July 25, 2025

GAO: Information Technology and Cybersecurity: Using Scorecards to Monitor Agencies’ Implementation of Statutory Requirements

Fast Facts

The federal government annually spends more than $100 billion on IT and cyber investments—many of which have been ineffectively managed. Congress passed laws to address these issues, including the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA).

Since 2015, Congress has issued scorecards to monitor agencies’ implementation of FITARA and key IT topics. We testified that the scorecards have evolved and served as effective oversight tools.

Both IT management and cybersecurity are on our High Risk List. About 77% of the 5,300 recommendations we’ve made in these areas since 2010 have been implemented…

Access the full report here.

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Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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