‘Stars are aligning’ for government’s IT upgrade, Graves said

Federal Times: Progress is like water: it can come in a trickle or it can come in a wave.

On the issue of finally modernizing the government’s cybersecurity and information technology, acting Federal Chief Information Officer Margie Graves is hoping to soon see a tsunami.

With the House passing the Modernizing Government Technology Act, the White House’s formation of the Office of American Innovation and the American Technology Council, as well as the utilization of 18F and the U.S. Digital Service, momentum is building toward a swell of potential innovation that could position agencies on sound IT footing after years of leaky legacy systems.

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