Title: Information Technology Modernization Centers of Excellence Program Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Modernization Centers of Excellence Program Act
This bill requires the General Services Administration's Technology Transformation Services to establish a Modernization Centers of Excellence Program to facilitate the adoption of modern technology by executive agencies.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5901 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5901

To establish a program to facilitate the adoption of modern technology 
             by executive agencies, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2020

Mr. Khanna (for himself and Mr. Meadows) introduced the following bill; 
      which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a program to facilitate the adoption of modern technology 
             by executive agencies, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Modernization Centers of Excellence 
Program Act''.

SEC. 2. GSA MODERNIZATION CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Administrator of General Services, acting 
through the Director of the Technology Transformation Services, shall 
establish a program (to be known as the ``Modernization Centers of 
Excellence Program'') to facilitate the adoption of modern technology 
by executive agencies.
    (b) Responsibilities.--The Modernization Centers of Excellence 
Program shall have the following responsibilities upon request by an 
executive agency:
            (1) To modernize information technology and how a customer 
        interacts with an executive agency.
            (2) To improve cooperation between commercial and executive 
        agency information technology sectors.
            (3) To assist an executive agency with planning and 
        adoption of--
                    (A) a commercial cloud computing system that 
                includes--
                            (i) end-to-end migration planning and an 
                        assessment of progress towards modernization; 
                        and
                            (ii) a security and governance framework 
                        based on industry and government best 
                        practices;
                    (B) tools to help a customer receive support from 
                and communicate with an executive agency;
                    (C) contact centers and other related costumer 
                supports;
                    (D) efficient use of data management, analysis, and 
                reporting; and
                    (E) optimized infrastructure, including for data 
                centers, and to reduce operating costs.
            (4) To share best practices and expertise an executive 
        agency.
            (5) Other responsibilities the Director of Technology 
        Transformation Services may identify.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Cloud computing.--The term ``cloud computing'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 1076 of the National Defense 
        Authorization Act of 2018 (40 U.S.C. 11301 note).
            (2) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has 
        the meaning given the term ``Executive agency'' in section 105 
        of title 5, United States Code.
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