Extension of Expertise Modernization Fund Program By way of 2030 Proposed in Invoice Revision

The Modernizing Authorities Expertise Reform Act of 2023, launched by Reps. Gerry Connolly and Nancy Mace, goals to make key revisions to the legislation that established the federal authorities’s Expertise Modernization Fund. The unique legislation, known as the Modernizing Authorities Expertise Act, was handed in 2017. The brand new invoice seeks to reauthorize the TMF till 2030 and improve its funding by $50 million. At present, the fund is ready to run out in 2025. Moreover, the invoice contains new reporting necessities for the Federal CIO and company CIOs, together with the creation of inventories of high-risk IT methods used throughout the federal government. These inventories can be used to prioritize methods in want of modernization. Rep. Connolly expressed appreciation for the invoice, contemplating it an indication of assist for the MGT Act and the TMF. On Wednesday, the Committee on Oversight and Accountability is scheduled to debate the invoice.