The Fed Mission Success Round Up: House Panel Presses FAA Modernization; Zero Trust Progress; and FedRAMP Wishlist

Welcome to the Fed Mission Success News Round Up brought to you by Makpar. Each week, we will provide a summary of actionable news and insights to help aid in overall mission success for Federal agency IT decision-makers and influencers.  

House Panel Presses FAA to Speed Up Modernization

Members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure recently pressed the FAA to speed up efforts to modernize IT. Be sure to check out our opinion piece on how government can avoid another FAA outage here.

Deputy Federal CIO: OMB Seeks Evidence of Zero Trust Progress When Deciding Which IT Projects to Fund

Senior IT leaders at the White House assess a range of factors including an agency’s progress in adopting Zero-Trust architecture when deciding what technology projects to support as part of the larger federal budget request, according to the deputy federal CIO.

SBA, DoD Expand Collaboration Around National Security Startups

The Small Business Administration and the Defense Department are expanding an arrangement to foster new companies with national security technology with a joint effort is called the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technologies Initiative.

NSF Will Invest Up to $28M for STEM Open-Source Ecosystems

The National Science Foundation is looking to foster the development of open-source ecosystems in STEM fields under a new solicitation, according to a recent announcement. 

IRS Needs to Capturing the True Cost of its Legacy IT Footprint, Watchdog Says

According to an oversight report, the IRS is lagging in efforts to modernize its technology infrastructure, but appears poised to make good on promises to update its aging systems.

Software Industry Group Offers FedRAMP Wishlist to OMB, GSA

The Alliance for Digital Innovation wants the federal government to use the FedRAMP Authorization Act to “reimagine” the program and address longstanding problems with insufficient funding and barriers to entry for cloud providers.

White House Tells Agencies to Get On DotGov to Help Bolster ‘Public Trust’

The White House is directing agencies to only use government-controlled website domains as part of an effort to bolster public trust in the information and services the federal government provides over the Internet.

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