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Cyber

White House Releases Final IT Modernization Report, Removes Provision To Halt Planned Legacy Acquisitions

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, December 15th, 2017

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White House Releases Final IT Modernization Report, Removes Provision To Halt Planned Legacy Acquisitions

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The White House has released the final version of its strategic plan for modernizing federal information technology (IT), and has removed an earlier provision to halt all upcoming procurements related to legacy systems.The administration’s Office of American Innovation report details plans to leverage cloud computing systems, update the IT acquisition process and implement strategies for greater cyber security resilience.Following a draft version released in August, the White House collected comments from over 100 IT industry partners to to revise its…

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