According to an article by Patrick Thibodeau from InfoWorld, President Obama’s budget for 2011 would flatten federal IT spending and would require consolidation of IT operations in federal agencies.
Thibodeau quotes in the article that “government IT operations have a history of not delivering the type of productivity and performance gains ‘that are found when IT is deployed effectively in the private sector.’”
As a result, federal agencies are being encouraged to implement strategies used by the private sector to cut costs and increase efficiency. In addition, the agencies are also advised to utilize Web 2.0 technology “to collaborate on best practices with experts in the private sector.” Overall the IT budget would boost spending to $79.4 million as compared to $45 billion in IT spend in 2001.
Part of the cost cutting strategy includes cutting the number of federal data centers. In addition, there is a proposal to centralize delivery of IT services to multiple agencies through cloud computing.
Click here to read Patrick Thibodeau’s article in its entirety.
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