Federal Government Information Technology

Why HUD is offloading commodity IT to focus on bigger fish

Federal Times: For better or worse, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is a bit of a guinea pig. Its “New Core Project” to move financial systems to the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Fiscal Service, still in process, has been lauded as the federal government’s first department-level shared service.

The process has not been without its pain points. HUD's inspector general pointed to concerns related to system design and development and schedule management deficiencies, as well as initial rollouts. But the IG is also who pressed HUD to modernize its financial systems, or risk noncompliance with regulations. And so, the transition continues, and if you ask HUD CIO Rafael Diaz, it's on track. He spoke to Federal Times Editor Jill Aitoro about where the effort stands and what's next in IT.

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