Federal CIO: Budget request includes funds for IT oversight

A significant portion of the $50 million slated for coordinating e-government in the Obama administration's 2011 budget would go toward better oversight of information technology investments, said federal chief information officer Vivek Kundra.

The money would support a recently launched project evaluation system, called TechStat, which cancels, halts or overhauls underperforming IT projects. The administration would use the 2011 TechStat allocation to increase the number of projects evaluated and the frequency of reviews. "This is going to happen with not just me alone, I'm making sure that CIOs across the government" are conducting meetings, Kundra said.