Congress Mulls a CIO's Authority, Future of Homeland Security and Data Breaches

Nextgov: Lawmakers are scheduled to vote Tuesday on a bill that would boost the buying authority of the Federal Communications Commission chief information officer.
The FCC CIO Parity Act is tucked into Ray Baum’s Act, legislation that would reauthorize the FCC for the first time in 15 years and contains several measures to improve communications infrastructure and internet access.
The FCC Parity Act would grant the CIO “a significant role” in planning, budgeting and hiring processes related to IT at the agency. These powers would be similar to what the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act grants to CIOs at CFO Act agencies.

Nextgov: Lawmakers are scheduled to vote Tuesday on a bill that would boost the buying authority of the Federal Communications Commission chief information officer.

The FCC CIO Parity Act is tucked into Ray Baum’s Act, legislation that would reauthorize the FCC for the first time in 15 years and contains several measures to improve communications infrastructure and internet access.

The FCC Parity Act would grant the CIO “a significant role” in planning, budgeting and hiring processes related to IT at the agency. These powers would be similar to what the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act grants to CIOs at CFO Act agencies.

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