
Modernization of federal information technology (IT) system won’t necessarily result in cost savings for agencies, but new systems are more efficient, offer greater functionality and stronger security, a government audit official told a Senate panel on Wednesday. This assessment “probably is not what you want to hear given the current fiscal environment,” Kevin Walsh, director of Information Technology and Cybersecurity at the Government Accountability Office (GAO), told a hearing of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Emerging Threats…