GAO Making Government More Agile
October 5, 2020
The federal government will spend $90 billion over the coming year on information technology programs, so it’s timely that the Government Accountability Office has released a comprehensive guide to help agencies best apply what is called the Agile methodology for software development and management. The GAO’s Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics team helped prepare the guide, and its chief scientist recently detailed in Issues how the team works to provide Congress with independent analysis across a range of topics, including COVID-19, that can dramatically affect daily life.