The 18th version of the FITARA (Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act) Scorecard is set to be released on Friday, Sept. 20, by Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, IT, and Government Innovation.
The semi-annual scorecard – which first debuted in 2015 – grades the 24 largest Federal agencies on their progress across a range of IT-related categories. The scorecard grades are compiled with input from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and traditionally have been issued by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.
The past few scorecards have been issued directly by Rep. Connolly, which will again be the case later this week, the congressman’s office said today.
Rep. Connolly will host a FITARA Roundtable to discuss the scorecard results on Sept. 20 at 9 a.m. in room 2168 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
The roundtable event on Friday will include officials from the Departments of Energy and Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and NASA.
As usual, the best way to make sense of the multicolored FITARA scorecard is to view the results on MeriTalk’s FITARA Dashboard.
On the 17th edition of the scorecard issued in February, many Federal agencies received lower grades due in part to a significant reshuffling of the IT-related categories that the scorecard uses to evaluate agencies. Those changes included a reduction in grading categories – to six from seven – and the inclusion of two new grading categories on cloud computing and CIO investment evaluation.
On the February scorecard, 11 agencies saw their overall grades decline – most by one full letter grade. Only one agency – the Defense Department – earned a higher grade, and 12 agencies saw their grades unchanged on the latest scorecard. And only one agency – USAID – earned an “A” grade.
