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GAO warns federal IT and cybersecurity remain high risk; legacy systems, FAA and VA cited
Summary
GAO testified that legacy information technology and federal cybersecurity continue to be major high-risk areas, with the government spending more to sustain old systems than to adopt new technology and exposing agencies to cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Comptroller General Gene Dodaro told the House Oversight Committee that the federal government's IT portfolio and cybersecurity posture remain on GAO's high-risk list and called for accelerated, deliberate modernization.
Dodaro said the government spends about $100 billion a year on information technology and that approximately 80% of that amount goes to maintaining legacy systems rather than investing in new capabilities. "Most of that goes to maintain existing legacy systems and…
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