The scenario: A House government oversight subcommittee chairman and ranking member have a strong interest in how agencies are managing technology, in light of a new law that gives agency CIOs more leverage over operations. The subcommittee leaders ask the Government Accountability Office to assess agency performance in key areas, and the subcommittee then takes the assessment and assigns grades that come back with far more Ds and Fs than As and Bs.
A hearing is held as an administration approaches its final year in office, an Office of Management and Budget policy official in charge of IT and several CIOs testify about that performance and pledge improvements, and the subcommittee vows to support the improvement efforts.
