Sharing to Promote Security and Competitiveness
The House Government Reform Committee will focus on
national security and national competitiveness largely
through IT and information–sharing efforts for the 109th
Congress, according to an annual report from the
committee outlining its areas of interest.
The “views and estimates” document said that while the
federal government spends $150 billion a year on IT, it
fails to effectively share information, which is
critical to both security and economic health, and the
committee will “work to streamline” government against
waste fraud and mismanagement.
It said it was in favor of putting more federal services
online through interagency cooperation, that it supports
administration reforms aimed at more efficiently
managing federal real property, and is awaiting the
opportunity to work with the administration on legislation
to “improve federal asset management.”
According to the report, the committee is also “interested
in reviewing” administration proposals —- based on its
work with PART — for two bi–partisan commissions, one to
scrutinize federal programs on a schedule set by Congress
to determine whether they are producing results, and
should continue to exist, and another to establish a
results commission to review consolidation proposals and
make recommendations for congressional action.