Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) was enacted by Congress in December 2014 with the purpose of providing the Chief Information Officer (CIO) within Federal Agencies greater authority over IT budget, acquisition, organization and workforce, governance, program management, and cyber security so they can be more effective.
In June 2015, the OMB issued the Management and Oversight of Federal IT Memoranda (M-15-14) to provide specific guidance on the implementation of FITARA across the federal sector and ensure that government-wide implementation is consistent with existing laws, policies, and management practices.
OMB requires agencies to publish the following information related to its FITARA implementation.
- Common Baseline and Implementation Plan (PDF, 964 KB), a plan describing the changes USDA will make to ensure that all Common Baseline responsibilities described in M-15-14 are implemented.
- Agency IT Policy Archive, an archive containing USDA’s general IT policies can be found here: ZIP
- Bureau IT Leadership Directory, a listing of USDA employees with the title of CIO can be found here: HTML | JSON
- CIO Governance Board Membership, a listing of USDA governance boards the USDA CIO is a member of can be found here: HTML | JSON
- FITARA Milestones, a dataset of reviews and updates of the USDA FITARA Implementation Plan can be found here: PDF | JSON
- Cost Savings/Avoidance, a dataset of realized cost savings and/or avoidances since 2012 can be found here: JSON
- Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) Strategic Plans reporting requirements can be found here: JSON | USDA CIO Certification | CIO Certification (PDF, 206 KB)
For more information on USDA implementation of FITARA, feel free to contact us at FITARA@usda.gov.