A special congressional panel is facing a deadline of Nov. 23 to propose more than a trillion dollars in federal budget reductions over 10 years. If the panel fails, an automatic budget-cutting mechanism will take effect. Either way, the U.S. government will be launching a major austerity program that will affect virtually all agencies — and all government contractors. As a result, federal agencies will be viewing their information technology investments in significantly different ways as the government adjusts to belt-tightening.
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Choppy Waters Ahead for the Federal IT Market, Part 2
Posted by: John K. Higgins November 28, 2011 05:00 AMA special congressional panel is facing a deadline of Nov. 23 to propose more than a trillion dollars in federal budget reductions over 10 years. If the panel fails, an automatic budget-cutting mechanism will take effect. Either way, the U.S. government will be launching a major austerity program that will affect virtually all agencies — and all government contractors. As a result, federal agencies will be viewing their information technology investments in significantly different ways as the government adjusts to belt-tightening.