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1 S. 3050, 21st Century IDEA 1 (November 29, 2018)

handle is hein.congrec/cboxxici0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE November 29, 2018 S. 3050 21st Century IDEA As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 26, 2018 S. 3050 would require agencies to update their websites, increase the use of electronic forms, implement the use of e-signatures, standardize information technology (IT) throughout the federal government, and improve the overall government IT experience for users. Reports on www.digital.gov indicate that the U.S. government has about 6,000 websites and over 400 domains. The Administration estimates that the federal government has over 23,000 forms-some on paper and some in various stages of digital form. The federal government spends about $95 billion annually on IT services, and according to the Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2019: Analytical Perspectives: federal agencies have a poor track record of appropriately planning and budgeting for continuous modernization of their legacy IT systems. Further, transition to other services such as cloud and shared services remains slow. Recent Administrations have made improvements to IT a management priority, and those efforts continue. S. 3050 does not specifically authorize an appropriation of funds for agencies to achieve the goals of the legislation. Many of the provisions would generally codify current policies and practices. From CBO's review of the current federal digital environment, it is not clear that agencies would take any extra steps to implement S. 3050 beyond those measures already under way or planned. Several Government Accountability Office reports have indicated that many agencies, including the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Internal Revenue Service, have invested billions of dollars in IT programs that have had significant cost overruns and many operational problems.' In CBO's view, implementing S. 3050 would not lead to additional costs beyond those already expected. If agencies did respond to the legislation with greater efforts to expand electronic forms and signatures and generally enhance IT services, those efforts would probably involve discretionary costs of at least $100 million 1. Government Accountability Office, VA IT Modernization: Preparations for Transitioning to a New Electronic Health Record System Are Ongoing, GAO-18-636T (June 26, 2018), www.gao.gov/Products/GAO-18-636T, and Information Technology: Management Attention Is Needed to Successfully Modernize Tax Processing Systems, GAO-18-153T (October 4, 2017), www.gao.gov/products/GAO-18-153T.

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