
House lawmakers pressed Pentagon officials Wednesday on their department’s third consecutive “F” grade on a technology acquisition scorecard pointing to confusion over budget authorities, the slow pace of data center consolidation and a lack of transparency on spending.DoD received failing marks in nearly every category of the latest version of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard released this week, including for software licensing and review of its information technology (IT) portfolio.“We are concerned about DoD’s scoring. On…