IT Modernization

As the Director of the American Technology Council (ATC), I was directed by the President, through Executive Order (EO) 13800, to coordinate a report regarding the modernization of Federal Information Technology (IT). This report was developed by experts selected by the Administrator of General Services Administration (GSA), the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Secretary of Commerce (Commerce). We set out to accomplish two high-level objectives. First is to create a vision for the future of Federal IT that maximizes secure use of the best commercial technology available, and second is to define a plan to jumpstart the government’s transition to that vision.