Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act

E942020

The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act is a U.S. law that overhauled federal IT management and procurement to increase efficiency, accountability, and the authority of agency Chief Information Officers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
information technology management reform law ⓘ
aimsTo improve management of large IT projects ⓘ
improve oversight of IT contracts ⓘ
reduce duplication of IT systems ⓘ
reduce wasteful IT spending ⓘ
appliesTo federal executive agencies ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
establishes requirements for CIO authority over IT ⓘ
requirements for IT portfolio reviews ⓘ
requirements for data center optimization ⓘ
requirements for software license management ⓘ
excludes Department of Defense (in many provisions) ⓘ
focusesOn IT acquisition ⓘ
IT investment management ⓘ
IT portfolio review ⓘ
data center consolidation ⓘ
risk management of major IT investments ⓘ
software licensing ⓘ
transparency of IT spending ⓘ
governs acquisition of federal IT systems ⓘ
management of federal IT investments ⓘ
implementedBy Office of Management and Budget ⓘ
federal civilian agencies ⓘ
objective enhance accountability for IT outcomes ⓘ
improve return on investment for federal IT ⓘ
increase transparency of IT performance ⓘ
purpose improve federal information technology acquisition ⓘ
increase accountability for federal IT management ⓘ
increase efficiency of federal IT investments ⓘ
strengthen authority of agency Chief Information Officers ⓘ
regulates federal IT procurement practices ⓘ
relatedTo Clinger–Cohen Act ⓘ
E-Government Act of 2002 ⓘ
Federal Information Security Modernization Act ⓘ
requires CIO approval of major IT investments ⓘ
greater CIO involvement in IT budgeting ⓘ
improved transparency of IT dashboards ⓘ
inventory of federal data centers ⓘ
inventory of software licenses ⓘ
plans for data center consolidation ⓘ
portfolio review of IT investments ⓘ
public reporting on IT investment risk ⓘ
sector public sector information technology ⓘ
shortName FITARA ⓘ
strengthensRoleOf agency Chief Information Officer ⓘ
targets high-risk IT projects ⓘ
major IT investments ⓘ

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Chief Information Officers Council of the United States → legalBasis → Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act ⓘ
Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States → legalBasis → Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act ⓘ
Office of the Chief Information Officer (DOE) → legalBasis → Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act ⓘ
OMB Circular A-11 → relatedTo → Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act ⓘ
ITMRA → replaces → Brooks Act information technology procurement framework ⓘ
linked to: Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act
Chief Information Officer of the Department of State → legalBasis → Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act ⓘ
Chief Information Officer of the Department of the Treasury → legalBasis → Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act ⓘ
Chief Information Officer of the Department of Agriculture → legalBasis → Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act ⓘ
Chief Information Officer of the Small Business Administration → appliesStandard → Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act ⓘ