Oversight Hearing: Improving IT Management at the Library of Congress

• •The GAO audit identified 6 broad findings and 31 recommendations for improving the Library's IT management.
• •The Library has fully implemented 5 of the 31 GAO recommendations as of June 2017.
• •The Library has committed to closing an additional 22 recommendations by the end of 2017.
• •Bud Barton was appointed as the Library's Chief Information Officer in 2015.
• •In 2016, the Librarian of Congress mandated that all technology activities be centrally coordinated and approved by the Chief Information Officer.
• •The Library has completed a new IT strategic plan and implemented processes to inventory and review IT investments.
• •The Library maintains over 164 million items in its collections.
• •The Copyright Office registered over 414,000 claims in fiscal year 2016.
• •The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped provided 22 million items to over 800,000 individuals in fiscal year 2016.

The Library of Congress is modernizing its IT infrastructure to ensure the continued operation of the Copyright Office and the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, which serve hundreds of thousands of users annually.

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.