December 2018 Federal IT Modernization Summit Report

The ATARC (Advanced Technology Academic Research Center) Federal IT Modernization Summit was held on December 13, 2018 in Washington, D.C. This was the first ATARC summit on the topic. During this summit, five MITRE-ATARC collaboration sessions provided representatives of industry, academia, government, and MITRE the opportunity to discuss challenges the government faces while modernizing their information technology infrastructures. The goal of the summit was to create an interactive forum for participants to exchange ideas on best practices, recommendations, success stories, barriers, and requirements to advance IT Modernization in government.

Participants in the collaboration sessions were from government, industry, academia, and MITRE. Each collaboration session was led by representatives from government, MITRE, and industry. The sessions facilitated discussions on the IT modernization challenges faced by government agencies, followed by discussions and recommendations on how they may be addressed.