FITARA scorecard offers baseline, holds people accountable, APHIS CIO says

Fedscoop: While some IT heads may not like the scorecard associated with implementation of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act, one agency chief information officer said Wednesday that it has helped him establish a baseline and hold people in his agency accountable.

“Many people may not say this, but actually the scorecards have done me a favor,” said Gary Washington, chief information officer of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Because if you want to implement change, you have to know where you are, what your baseline is, where you’re starting from."

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