View From the Hill

Congress shapes the technology priorities for federal agencies, which is why we spoke to Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, a two-term congressman and chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on IT. Hurd helped develop the FITARA Scorecard, a tool Congress uses to track whether agencies are complying with major IT initiatives and law such as the Modernizing Government Technology Act and MEGABYTE Act. More specifically, he’s been pushing hard to give federal CIOs more authority over their employees and budgets, as well as real influence over the direction of their agencies. This episode is underwritten by Leidos.