The U.S. government will increase IT spending for the third year in a row, if the Obama administration’s proposed 2016 fiscal year budget passes. The 2016 budget request includes civilian agency IT spending at $49.1 billion and defense IT expenditures at $37.3 billion. The 2016 total of $86.4 billion is about $2 billion more than for 2015, and it is more than double the amount spent in 2001. A significant aspect of the 2016 proposal is that IT spending will continue the upward trend of the past three years after hitting a small trough in 2011.
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Proposed 2016 Federal Budget Plumps IT Spending by $2B
Posted by: John K. Higgins March 11, 2015 05:00 AMThe U.S. government will increase IT spending for the third year in a row, if the Obama administration’s proposed 2016 fiscal year budget passes. The 2016 budget request includes civilian agency IT spending at $49.1 billion and defense IT expenditures at $37.3 billion. The 2016 total of $86.4 billion is about $2 billion more than for 2015, and it is more than double the amount spent in 2001. A significant aspect of the 2016 proposal is that IT spending will continue the upward trend of the past three years after hitting a small trough in 2011.