While the contract is developed primarily for Library of Congress offices, it will also be made available to all legislative agencies.

A new advisory committee will design the recently funded service to implement pilots across agencies increasing data access and privacy — objectives often thought at odds.

Agency compliance has been an issue for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.

The program, which the Department of Homeland Security uses to monitor and protect federal networks, is adding more data and connections all the time. Congress enters another…

As proposed in a House bill, the program would cost about $11 million per year, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

CBO officials said the bulk of the costs would come from increased QIS education and research funding to the Department of Energy, NIST and NSF.

“This is an important step forward in making the FITARA Enhancement Act reality and in our efforts to realize the full potential of FITARA," Rep. Gerry Connolly,…

Launched in 1975, the CBO serves as an independent office analyzing and "scoring" budgetary and economic issues for congressional legislation.

The Congressional Budget Office issued a cost estimate of $500 million over a five-year window for the bill by Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas.

Some old-fashioned IT savings are still possible in government: Ending automatic delivery of printed copies of the Federal Register would save about $1 million, the Congressional Budget…