Senators Tom Udall and Jerry Moran unwrapped the Cloud Infrastructure Transition Act, the son of FITARA legislation… […]

The Situation Report has picked up on some disturbing reports that the Chinese may not have been alone when they hacked into the Office of Personnel Management’s network and made off with more than 21 million security clearance files. Also, attacks on FedRAMP are coming from four fronts.

How is this past summer’s hacking of secure personnel information at The Office of Personnel Management like the 1994 movie Pulp Fiction?

As FITARA, the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, turns 1, the Federal IT community is gushing over its potential. But the terrible twos are ahead.

With new authority comes greater accountability. See how that applies to the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA).

Between the Hill scorecard and the imminent agency self-assessment read out, FITARA’s hot and sometimes hard to follow. So, where are we? what’s next? and why should you care?

Welcome to the first installment of The Situation Report, a weekly column by MeriTalk Executive Editor Dan Verton that takes an honest and discerning look at the programs, policies, and people behind government information technology. When does a call to service cross the line and become an exercise in groveling at the feet of a […] […]