Mader: MGT Act an important piece in IT modernization tapestry

Federal Times: There’s little debate whether the Modernizing Government Technology Act will have a net positive impact on federal agency IT woes.

The question is will it be the defining stroke that helps solve them.

The bill — which passed the House on May 17 by a voice vote — has become one of the crown jewels in the ongoing campaign to update the federal government’s dated and lagging information technology system, but also a corollary affirmation of the movement toward shared services in the public sector.

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