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House IT Leaders Reintroduce Bill To Elevate Federal CIO

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, January 4th, 2019

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Congresswoman Robin Kelly Promo (D-Ill.)

The leaders of a House information technology panel reintroduced legislation Friday to elevate the role of the federal chief information officer needed to improve authorities to oversee digital security efforts across the government. Reps. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) and Will Hurd (R-Texas) introduced their Federal CIO Authorization Act, which passed unanimously out of the House in November but did not receive a Senate vote before the end of the last Congress. “This bill helps keep the vast information stored by the…

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