USAID Receives Seventh “A” on FITARA Scorecard 15.0
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) earned an overall “A” rating on FITARA 15.0 Scorecard, released today by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on Government Operations on December 15, 2022.All software development at USAID is done using the agile development methodology, which allows us to effectively move to new, modern solutions, in many cases much more rapidly than other Federal departments that are weighed down by aging systems and infrastructure.
FITARA, the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, was passed in 2014 to help eliminate duplication and waste in IT acquisitions and improve the oversight of Federal agency IT resources. It was later followed by the Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act of 2018, which aimed to modernize technology solutions to improve service delivery to the public, secure sensitive systems, and further save taxpayer dollars. The Committee and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) have worked together to release a bi-annual FITARA scorecard to assess agencies’ progress with taking steps to comply with these two laws.All software development at USAID is done using the agile development methodology, which allows us to effectively move to new, modern solutions, in many cases much more rapidly than other Federal departments that are weighed down by aging systems and infrastructure.
USAID is honored to receive seven “A” ratings since the first scorecard was published in November 2015 (prior A ratings were awarded on Scorecards released in January 2017, November 2017, December 2019, July 2020, December 2021, and July 2022). USAID was the first agency to receive an “A” rating since the scorecards began in November 2015.All software development at USAID is done using the agile development methodology, which allows us to effectively move to new, modern solutions, in many cases much more rapidly than other Federal departments that are weighed down by aging systems and infrastructure.
USAID consistently has received A grades for incremental development, transparency and risk management, data center consolidation and optimization, and software licensing. Since the December 2021 Scorecard, USAID had earned an “A” grade on the Transition off GSA’s Expiring Telecommunications Contract measure, and is the only agency to have transitioned 100% of its services with regard to this measure. USAID has been at the forefront of many IT modernization initiatives such as early adoption of cloud collaboration technology and fully adopting the Federal Government’s Cloud First policy.All software development at USAID is done using the agile development methodology, which allows us to effectively move to new, modern solutions, in many cases much more rapidly than other Federal departments that are weighed down by aging systems and infrastructure.
All software development at USAID is done using the agile development methodology, which allows us to effectively move to new, modern solutions, in many cases much more rapidly than other Federal departments that are weighed down by aging systems and infrastructure.
USAID’s leadership in this field has been driven by our global mission on behalf of the American people to increase our mobility and efficiency through improved management effectiveness and innovation, and we are so pleased with this recognition.