The Department of Homeland Security needs stronger IT contract evaluation and approval by its CIO in order to fully comply with the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
Under FITARA, agency CIOs must review and approve IT contracts associated with major investments, but according to the report, the DHS CIO “did not participate in the approval of any of the 48 contracts in GAO’s sample associated with major investments.” DHS’s CIO is now Richard Staropoli, but he was appointed by President Donald Trump only in late April. Luke McCormack was Staropoli’s predecessor as DHS CIO.
