RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EVOLVING THE FITARA SCORECARD

Introduction

FITARA has had a significant positive impact on agencies. While the FITARA legislation is valuable, the consistent oversight from Congress has made a real difference, especially the use of the FITARA Scorecard to spotlight the efforts, or lack thereof, of agencies to advance IT management in those areas in which the Scorecard measures progress. As was presented and discussed in the FITARA 13.0 Hearing in January of 2022, there is consensus that the FITARA Scorecard should evolve to encompass the evolution of agency infrastructure and to make it even more of a valuable tool in measuring an agency's IT management maturity of its unclassified systems environment.