Trump administration to make IT modernization an 'imperative,' says former SSA CIO Rob Klopp

Fedscoop: The Trump administration is going to make agencies fund IT modernization from within, says a former federal IT official who recently left government service.

In a conversation with FedScoop, former Social Security Administration CIO Rob Klopp predicted that the Trump administration probably will elevate IT modernization higher than the Obama administration already did.

Agencies will have to do it without a dedicated funding boost, though, said Klopp, whose last day in the government was April 14 after more than two years in the SSA job. The Trump administration had asked him to stay on during the transition.

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