My Cup of IT: TMF Boost Can Break Modernization Logjam Mar 30, 2020 | 9:49 am What does Covid-relief legislation mean for Fed IT? So far, not nothing, but in the big picture, not enough to move the needle on any large-scale modernization push. […]
House Version of COVID Relief Bill Features $3 Billion TMF Item Mar 24, 2020 | 3:15 pm A House version of COVID-19 relief legislation being prepared as an alternative to the separate relief/stimulus bill being considered by the Senate on March 24 features a stunning proposed increase in funding for the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) that serves as a repayable source of capital for Federal agency IT modernization projects. […]
President’s FY21 Budget Offers TMF $150 Million Feb 10, 2020 | 4:25 pm The White House Fiscal Year 2021 budget proposal allocated $150 million to the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) to continue its modernization initiatives. […]
USDA, HUD, Energy Are First Agencies to Pay Back TMF Jan 13, 2020 | 1:42 pm The Departments of Agriculture (USDA), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Energy are the first three agencies to begin paying back Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) grants, representatives from each agency confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
TMF Gets $25M in FY2020 Budget Compromise Bill Dec 17, 2019 | 8:32 am A compromise budget agreement between House and Senate negotiators has allocated $25 million for the Technology Modernization Fund in Fiscal Year 2020. […]
OMB, GSA Must Improve TMF Fee Processes, GAO Says Dec 16, 2019 | 10:52 am The General Services Administration (GSA) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) are having problems with Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) fee collection and project cost estimations, according to a Dec. 12 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. […]
House, Senate Negotiators Agree to FY2020 Spending Deal Dec 12, 2019 | 4:42 pm House and Senate negotiators have agreed to a bipartisan compromise deal to ensure funding for the Federal government through the end of Fiscal Year 2020, according to reports from multiple media outlets today. […]
GSA to Keep Pushing on IT Modernization in FY2020 Nov 25, 2019 | 9:45 am The General Services Administration (GSA) made strides in IT transformation throughout Fiscal Year 2019 and plans to continue to prioritize modernization in FY2020, according to its FY2019 Agency Financial Report released on Nov. 21. […]
Fed CIOs Tell Agencies to Consider ‘Repeatability’ in TMF Proposals Nov 20, 2019 | 3:47 pm The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) received praise from top Federal CIOs at ATARC’s TMF event on Nov. 20 but for agencies looking to score a grant, board members recommended proposing projects with government-wide significance. […]
TMF Makes New Awards to USDA and EEOC Oct 21, 2019 | 3:37 pm The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced the award of $12 million total from the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) for two new projects at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). […]
Senate Offers $0 for TMF. Now What? Oct 3, 2019 | 10:47 am After all the negotiations were said and done in the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) ended up with zero dollars for fiscal year 2020 from the upper chamber of Congress. […]
Senate Subcommittee Zeros Out TMF Funding for FY2020 Sep 17, 2019 | 5:46 pm The Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government today approved the FY2020 Financial Services and General Government Funding bill that zeros out funding for the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) for FY2020, a source with knowledge confirmed. […]
Rep. Connolly: Fed IT is Modernizing, but Expect More Nudges Jul 24, 2019 | 11:02 am Federal IT is on the right path and is making progress on modernization, but Congress will continue to push agencies to modernize faster and address slowdowns in processes, including FedRAMP, said Representative Gerry Connolly, D-Va. […]
Data Strategy Feedback Hits Common Theme of Culture Change Jul 9, 2019 | 9:43 am While comments from stakeholders in academia and industry on the Federal Data Strategy hit a wide range of topics, an overriding theme emerged about the need for culture change around the use of data in government. […]
FITARA Shifts Scoring Criteria, Most Agencies Weather Storm Jul 1, 2019 | 3:12 pm Most Federal agencies earned stable scores in the latest FITARA (Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act) Scorecard issued by the House Oversight and Reform Committee, but two big shifts in the way the committee reached those grades could portend significant changes going forward. […]
Connolly Amendment Seeks To Boost FY2020 TMF Funding Jun 25, 2019 | 2:02 pm Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., is offering an amendment to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act (HR 3351) that would boost the FY2020 budget for the Technology Modernization Fund by $15 million, to a total of $50 million. […]
Draft Budget Places Pressure on EIS Transition Jun 11, 2019 | 1:42 pm The House Appropriations Committee is putting pressure on the General Services Administration (GSA) to get agencies migrated over to the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) Contract, including a provision to push agencies to adopt the contract, as well as other IT oversight items for GSA. […]
House Only Offers $35 Million for TMF in Draft Budget Jun 3, 2019 | 5:52 pm The draft Financial Service and General Government budget released by the House Appropriations Committee on Sunday, June 2, only includes $35 million for the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF), putting funding below the White House budget request of $150 million and more in line with the $25 million allocated in fiscal year 2019. […]
Speeding the Path to Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Apr 18, 2019 | 11:10 am Suppose that mid-way along the long, complex road to Federal IT modernization, an agency IT manager jotted down a wish-list for the most important big-picture elements of what the promised land should look like? […]
GSA Administrator Murphy Discusses TMF, IT, Shared Services at House Hearing Mar 13, 2019 | 12:47 pm Emily Murphy, administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), explained the agency’s extensive portfolio of IT modernization work at a GSA oversight hearing held today by the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. […]
President’s FY2020 Budget Offers $150 Million for TMF, Okays MGT WCFs Mar 11, 2019 | 12:15 pm President Trump’s FY2020 budget released today includes $150 million for the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) and proposes necessary authorities for agencies to establish IT working capital funds under the Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act. […]
TMF Website Shows Small Project Spend Thus Far Feb 18, 2019 | 9:17 am The Technology Modernization Fund’s (TMF) website shows minimal or no spend thus far on the projects for which $89 million of funding has been awarded. […]
Government Funding Bill Features Modernization, TMF, MGT Feb 14, 2019 | 1:15 pm The Consolidated Appropriations Act–the bill negotiated by Democrats and Republicans in Congress that could fully fund several Federal agencies and avert another partial government shutdown–features a variety of funding for IT modernization projects at multiple agencies, according to the joint explanatory statement released with the bill: […]
TMF Announces $20.7 Million Award for Payroll Shared-Services Feb 11, 2019 | 3:20 pm The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) board announced $20.7 million in funding for a Federal-wide project for commercial payroll and scheduling software-as-a-service (SaaS) to be managed by the General Services Administration (GSA). […]
GOP Funding Bill Also Includes $25 Million for TMF Jan 22, 2019 | 12:18 pm The “End The Shutdown And Secure The Border Act,” touted by President Trump as a “commonsense compromise” funding bill to end the partial federal government shutdown and set to be introduced in the Senate, includes $25 million in FY 2019 funding for the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) – mirroring the funding level set in H.R. 648, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, set to be considered in the House this week. […]
TMF Funding Tumbles to $25M in House-Senate Conference Report Jan 18, 2019 | 4:17 pm A House-Senate conference committee has pegged FY 2019 funding for the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) at just $25 million, according to text of legislation made public by the House Rules Committee and set to be considered by the committee, and possibly by the House, next week. […]
TMF 2019 Funding Remains in Limbo During Budget Fight Jan 4, 2019 | 3:51 pm Whether the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) will receive any funding for fiscal year 2019 remained an open question late Thursday as the House voted to approve a full-year FY 2019 appropriations bill that includes no funding for TMF. […]
Kent Calls 2018 ‘Year of Action’ Dec 14, 2018 | 9:57 am 2018 brought a lot of progress on IT modernization and Federal policies, providing a platform for future IT modernization efforts, said Federal CIO Suzette Kent on Thursday. […]
USDA, HUD Officials Detail TMF Project Progress Nov 15, 2018 | 4:23 pm IT officials from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) detailed progress their agencies have made so far in utilizing grants awarded by the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF), and highlighted the benefits of TMF funding including the ability to repay the working capital fund through cost savings. […]
Deputy CIO Graves Lauds Impact of New Labor TMF Project Nov 2, 2018 | 1:20 pm The newest round of Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) awards came after the TMF board reviewed more than 40 proposals from agencies looking to win funds from the program, according to Federal Deputy CIO Margie Graves. […]