Senior leaders of two technology industry lobby groups have written to White House cyber and technology officials calling on them to reaffirm the Biden administration’s commitment to “technology neutrality,” FedScoop has learned.
In a letter sent Feb. 3 obtained by FedScoop, Director of Policy at the Business Software Alliance (BSA) Henry Young and Executive Director of the Enterprise Cloud Coalition Andrew Howell said government agencies must have access to private sector digital identity tools to help combat identity theft…
Technology neutrality — also often referred to as tech agnosticism — is a term of art used in the federal government to describe an approach to acquisition in which IT solutions are considered solely on their merit and value for money for the American taxpayer.
The missive comes as the Biden administration prepares to issue an executive order on Digital Theft in the coming weeks, which is expected to introduce new measures to prevent and detect identity theft involving public benefits… Read the full article here.