“The Housing and Urban Development Department was tapped as the second agency to get assistance with its modernization efforts from the General Services Administration’s Centers of Excellence. While the relationship will be similar to that of the first agency to go through the process—the Agriculture Department—the processes and areas of focus will be different for HUD.” “As HUD joins the effort, the agency will be leveraging all five centers, Chow said, though in slightly different ways. The agency is also in talks with GSA to stand up a sixth center around cybersecurity.” “For the Centers of Excellence projects, HUD reprogramed $4 million from accounts across the agency.” Read the full article here. Source: Here's What the HUD CIO Expects From the Centers of Excellence – By Aaron Boyd, September 26, 2018. Nextgov.