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MGT Can Kickstart Federal Modernization Despite Leadership Vacancies, Hurd Says

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, September 25th, 2017

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MGT Can Kickstart Federal Modernization Despite Leadership Vacancies, Hurd Says

Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Information Technology of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) believes his modernization legislation included in the Senate’s recently passed defense bill can begin to solve some of the impediments to federal IT modernization, which has been stifled by vacancies for senior government information technology (IT) leaders and about 15,000 unfilled IT-related positions.House IT Subcommittee Chairman Hurd spoke at a technology conference Monday hosted by the Professional Services Council, the same day the organization released a joint report with Grant Thornton on a 2017 survey of…

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