The Department’s Compliance with FITARA Requirements

The objective of our audit was to assess the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) compliance with Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) Chief Information Officer (CIO) authority enhancements and other selected requirements. Specifically, we reviewed the Department’s compliance with the FITARA CIO authority enhancements as defined by the Common Baseline, transparency and risk management and the reporting of required data under FITARA, and required PortfolioStat Sessions and related action items. Our audit reviewed the Department’s compliance with these FITARA requirements from the enactment of FITARA, December 19, 2014, through the end of our audit fieldwork, June 13, 2019.