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Carper Calls For Improved Implementation Of FITARA

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015

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Carper Calls For Improved Implementation Of FITARA

Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.)

Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called on federal agencies to improve implementation of a federal information technology law on the first anniversary of its enactment.The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) was enacted a year ago on December 18 to improve how the federal government acquires, implements and manages its information technology systems.“Congress passed FITARA with the goal of reducing waste in federal information technology (IT) spending and increasing agency…

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