Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act

Summary

Amends the law governing the Modernizing Government Technology Fund to tighten what the Fund can pay for, require agencies to repay transfers, increase oversight and reporting, and extend the Fund’s life to December 31, 2032. It requires agency CIOs to identify high‑risk legacy IT systems, requires the Federal CIO to maintain an inventory and a prioritized top‑10 list of the riskiest legacy systems, and requires timely reporting of those lists to oversight bodies.

• Narrows and clarifies permissible uses of the Modernizing Government Technology Fund to focus on IT modernization, cybersecurity, efficiency, and related services.
• Requires agencies to repay transfers for IT acquisition and fully reimburse for services so the Fund remains solvent through its sunset.
• Authorizes suspension or termination of funding when agency heads submit fraudulent or misleading information in Fund applications.
• Mandates agency CIOs to submit annual lists of high‑risk legacy IT systems and requires the Federal CIO to compile an annual federal inventory.
• Creates a prioritized federal top‑10 list of legacy systems posing the greatest security, privacy, and operational risks and requires rapid reporting to oversight bodies.
• Requires transfers to be incremental and tied to metric‑based milestones using rapid iterative development, with limited exceptions.
• Directs the Director to issue implementing guidance within 180 days on lists, definitions, inventory content, and use of existing reporting channels.
• Prohibits using Fund money for projects that Congress has explicitly denied or restricted.
• Extends the Fund’s sunset to December 31, 2032 (replacing a GAO‑report trigger).