The Technology Modernization Fund

The TMF is an innovative funding vehicle that gives agencies additional ways to deliver services to the American public more quickly, better secure ... Skiptomaincontent The.govmeansit’sofficial. Federalgovernmentwebsitesalwaysusea.govor.mildomain.Beforesharingsensitiveinformationonline,makesureyou’reona.govor.milsitebyinspectingyourbrowser’saddress(or“location”)bar. ThissiteisalsoprotectedbyanSSL(SecureSocketsLayer)certificatethat’sbeensignedbytheU.S.government.Thehttps://meansalltransmitteddataisencrypted—inotherwords,anyinformationorbrowsinghistorythatyouprovideistransmittedsecurely. Overview Mission&GuidingPrinciples WhyusetheTMF? TheProcess AmericanRescuePlan SubmitaProposal SelectionCriteria Documents&Templates CommonQuestions GetHelpPreparingYourSubmission SeetheInvestments MeettheBoard JointheTeam TheTMFisaninnovativefundingvehiclethatgivesagenciesadditionalwaystodeliverservicestotheAmericanpublicmorequickly,bettersecuresensitivesystemsanddata,andusetaxpayerdollarsmoreefficiently. TheTechnologyModernizationFund(TMF)wasauthorizedbytheModernizingGovernmentTechnologyActof2017. Investmentsreceiveincrementalfundingandtechnicalexpertisetoensureprojectsuccess.Todate,theTMFhasreceived$175millionthroughtheannualbudgetprocessand$1billionthroughtheAmericanRescuePlantofundmodernizationprojects. GuidelinesfortheAmericanRescuePlanFundingcanbefoundhere. HowtheTMFworks TheTMFisoverseenbytheTechnologyModernizationBoard,comprisedofGovernmentITleadersrepresentingprovenexpertiseintechnology,transformation,andoperations.AgenciessubmitIT-relatedprojectproposalsfortheBoardtoreviewandconsider.AgenciessubmittechnologymodernizationproposalstotheBoardthroughatwo-phasedapprovalprocess. PhaseOne:InitialProjectProposal(IPP) AgenciessubmitInitialProjectProposals(IPPs),whichactasalowburdenpre-screentomaximizethenumberofuniqueprojectstheBoardcanreview.AgenciesmustalsoconfirmthatfundingforthisprojecthasneverexplicitlybeendeniedorrestrictedbyCongress. PhaseTwo:FullProjectProposal(FPP) IftheBoardapprovesanIPP,theprojectteamsubmitstheirFullProjectProposal(FPP)totheBoard.TheFPPentailsamorecomprehensivedescriptionoftheproposal,discreteprojectmilestones,andfundingschedule.Theteammayalsoprepareapitchdeckandin-personpresentationfortheBoard. ProjectsrecommendedforfundingbytheBoardreceiveincrementalfundingcontingentonthesuccessfulexecutionofmilestones.TheTMFprovidesgreaterflexibilitytoagenciesfundingtechnologymodernizationeffortsbyallowingforpaybacktermsofuptofiveyearsandflexiblerepaymenttermswheredeterminedappropriatebytheGSAAdministratorandOMBDirector. ProposaltemplatesfortheIPPandFPPphasesareavailableintheDocuments&Templatessectionofthissite.