,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eija  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ac1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,khanna 7for himself and ,mr4 
,meadows7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
establish a program to facilitate the   
adoption of modern technology by        
executive agencies1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,modernization      
,centers of ,excellence ,program ,act4  
#b4 ,,gsa ,modernization ,centers of    
,excellence ,program  7a7 ,establishment
 ,the ,administrator of ,general        
,services1 acting through the ,director 
of the ,technology ,transformation      
,services1 shall establish a program 7to
 be known as the ,modernization ,centers
 of ,excellence ,program7 to facilitate 
the adoption of modern technology by    
executive agencies4  7b7                
,responsibilities ,the ,modernization   
,centers of ,excellence ,program shall  

have the following responsibilities upon
 request by an executive agency3 7#a7   
,to modernize information technology and
 how a customer interacts with an       
executive agency4  7#b7 ,to improve     
cooperation between commercial and      
executive agency information technology 
sectors4  7#c7 ,to assist an executive  
agency with planning and adoption of--  
7,a7 a commercial cloud computing system
 that includes-- 7i7 end-to-end         
migration planning and an assessment of 
progress towards modernization2 and     
7ii7 a security and governance framework
 based on industry and government best  
practices2  7,b7 tools to help a        
customer receive support from and       
communicate with an executive agency2   
7,c7 contact centers and other related  
costumer supports2  7,d7 efficient use  
of data management1 analysis1 and       
reporting2 and  7,e7 optimized          
infrastructure1 including for data      
centers1 and to reduce operating costs4 
7#d7 ,to share best practices and       

expertise an executive agency4  7#e7    
,other responsibilities the ,director of
 ,technology ,transformation ,services  
may identify4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this
 section3 7#a7 ,cloud computing ,the    
term 8cloud computing0 has the meaning  
given that term in section #ajgf of the 
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
of #bjah 7#dj ,u4,s4,c4 #aacja note74   
7#b7 ,executive ,agency ,the term       
executive agency has the meaning given  
the term ,executive agency in section   
#aje of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4